Software Licensing Services - NewSoftware Request Form: Computing Services and Systems Development, University of Pittsburgh

Software Licensing Services - New Software Request Form

Students, faculty and staff may submit suggestions for new software to be considered for distribution by Software Licensing Services. Please note that if the request is for software for the computer labs, the following deadlines are applicable:

New Software Request Deadlines
Term	Deadline
Spring Term	October 1
Summer Sessions	February 1
Fall Term	May 1

The decision to carry a new software program will be based on the following criteria:

Evidence of widespread usage (or substantial growth in usage) of the software throughout the University community.
Availability of a publisher/vendor license program that is acceptable to the University.
The ability to acquire a license to distribute the software at a price reduction sufficient to ensure that the software can be distributed to University students, faculty, and staff at low cost. (Some software is already distributed at no cost to users.)
The ability to acquire the right to distribute the software to students for use on their own computers from the publisher/vendor.
Availability of funding for new programs.
Availability of other similar software.

Software Licensing Services - New Software Request Form
Your Name:
Affiliation:
Department (If student, please state your major):
Email Address:
Phone Number:
Campus Affiliation:
Campus Address:
Title of Software Package:
Platform:
Package Vendor or Author (required):
Can you provide vendor-supplied information?	Yes No
Can you provide a demonstration version?	Yes No
Have you used this software before?	Yes No
This software is suggested for:
Campus Computing Labs	Faculty Computing Program
Site License Program	Private Lab
Other (please specify)
Please note: Requests for software titles that have been evaluated, and can be accompanied by vendor information and/or a demo version will receive the highest priority consideration. Please send supporting material to: Software Licensing Services Attn: Jeff Aldrich 105 Bellefield Hall 315 S. Bellefield Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Please describe in detail how you think addition of this new license program would benefit the overall University community? (If this is a specialty package, such as engineering or mathematics software, explain in terms of that segment of the University community.)
Which programs already in place are similar to your suggestion? How is the package you are requesting different?
Estimate the number of people likely to use the software:
If the software is to be used for instruction, please indicate the number of students enrolled in the course:
If you are a student, you MUST provide the name of a faculty sponsor for your request:
Date of Request: