Word: computerize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"If I could plug in anywhere, I would carry my computer around with me more often. It would make life much easier," says Brandon D. Rhodes' 02.
"With roaming Ethernet, graduate students will be able to work comfortably in libraries, lounges, and campus restaurants," says Franklin M. Steen, director of the FAS computer services.
Undergraduates who wish to work at the Langdell Law School Library or at Lamont Library will be able to bring their portable computers and easily access the network. Group study sessions, some of which would benefit from computer use, will be easier to arrange, and lines for campus computer kiosks...
Steen says this development reflects the growing number of laptop users. In the recently released results of a 1998 survey of campus computer use conducted by HASCS, nearly 45 percent of undergraduates report that they use laptops. Five years ago, about 15 percent of undergraduates said they owned laptops.
"More and more, it is not the computer services personnel that drives the development of computing at Harvard. Rather, it is the users," Osterberg says.