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Lamont To Get Wireless Ethernet

"HASCS and HCL staff worked together to deal with the installation of the necessary technology, and we will work together on its support," said HASCS Director Franklin M. Steen.

The addition of wireless services will provide added flexibility to library laptop patrons, as students will now be able to work from the comfort of a Lamont lounge chair.

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"It's for getting onto the network in an arbitrary location," said John Howard, Harvard's librarian for information technology. "The library recognizes that people use computers in academic work and need to access resources."

Harvard already offers wireless services inside the Harvard Stadium press box and in the new, state-of-the-art Maxwell-Dworkin Building, and Howard foresees the proliferation of such technology around the University in the future.

Howard specified older buildings around campus as targeted spaces for

future wireless installation, which would be significantly less costly

than standard wiring procedures.

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