Computer Senses: Digital Exhibition of the University of Göttingen

    by GWDG News Team

    The recently opened digital exhibition “Computer Senses: How Magnetic Tape, Binoculars, Computer Mouse, and Punched Card Punch Change Our View of the Digital” uses exhibits from GWDG’s Computer Museum and the collection of historical objects at the Institute of Astrophysics at the University of Göttingen to show how machines, instruments, and devices shape our experience of the digital.

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    May issue of the GWDG News published

    by GWDG News Team

    The May issue of the GWDG News has just been published.

    It contains among others the following topics:

    • Online Surveys with LimeSurvey at the GWDG: Upcoming Relaunch
    • Koha at the GWDG – First Library Catalogue is Online
    • E-Mail-Encryption Using X.509 Certificates – Part 6: Private Certificates with the Program “Volksverschlüsselung“
    • Comparing Two Approaches for DB2 Reorganization in the Scope of IBM Spectrum Protect

    >> Click here for the GWDG News 5/2021

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    Information: GWDG availability around Pentecost

    by GWDG News Team

    Message-Id: 202105210715 Time: 23.05. - 24.05.2021 Affected: Users of the GWDG Impact: Reduced availabiltiy of the GWDG

    The GWDG service hotline will not be available by phone on 23.05. and 24.05.2021.

    If you would like to contact the GWDG on these days please create a request via our support website or send an e-mail to support@gwdg.de . The ticket system behind this will also be checked regularly by GWDG employees on these

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    Information: Rocket.Chat problems with updating older clients

    by GWDG News Team

    Message-Id: 202105212005 Time: until Rocket.Chat solves the issue Affected: Users of the Rocket.Chat Client Impact: Problems with automatic update of older clients

    Users with older client version (2.x and older) may experience an issue where the client suggests and offers download and update to a newer version but after a restart reappears in the old version and starts the same process again. The problem is known to Rocket.Chat. In the meantime a simple solution is to manually download and install the client in the most recent version. Information for downloading the client are now included in

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