Essential functions of this core and its members are as follows:

• Work with faculty to determine the greatest needs for both widely used and highly specialized software in the sciences, and assist with acquisition and licensing to enable broad use and maximize the impact on research.
  
• Provide ongoing consultation with faculty to identify desired capabilities for future research software, and research services to identify the most applicable and cost effective software packages to meet these specifications.
  
• Provide a single site for users to determine what software packages are available to faculty and students at UT Southwestern.
  
• Serve as a source of institutional memory for scientific software expertise, needs and acquisition, to avoid replication and ensure optimal use of the resources available to the core.
  
• Interact frequently with the advisory committee and utilize their input to guide the administration of the Core and improve services provided to the research faculty.

If there are software packages that you suggest be supported and licensed, please send your request via e-mail to:  Thomas Spencer with Acedemic Information Systems. Thomas.Spencer@UTSouthwestern.edu.