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COVID-19: Library Updates 2022

Licensed Software

The Licensed Software Office (LSO) negotiates and administers software license agreements with many vendors in order to decrease overall software costs to the University. The software can be purchased by U of T students, faculty and staff. However, depending on our agreement with the vendor, not all software is available to everyone.

Contact Us

lic.software@utoronto.ca
416-978-4990

Coming Soon MATLAB for July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

Updated June 29, 2022: We are currently working on updating our catalog and expect that products will be available the first or second week of July. The order has been processed by the vendor.

Currently installed versions of the license will continue to work until the end of July.

Survey SAS for July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

We are surveying our SAS clients to determine who is using the license for administrative purposes. If you are using the product for this purpose please let us know as soon as possible. SAS has informed us that they have Strategic Fee Waived Licenses that can be used for teaching, learning, and academic research at no cost. Administrative use is not covered and knowing the size of the group will help determine the best steps forward.

Information on how to apply for the Strategic Fee Waived Licenses with SAS will be communicated when provided by the vendor.

Delay UTORMFA Hardware Token Delivery Delays

Update June 24, 2022: The hardware token vendor is currently experiencing supply chain issues. Tokens ordered for shipping will be delayed by two to three weeks. When we have more information we will update this space and the products in uSOURCE and software.utoronto.ca

We do have a small inventory of tokens for those who can travel to Robarts Library for purchase and pickup.

Security Multiple SPSS versions with Log4j Vulnerability

Update February 14, 2022: IBM SPSS Statistics Modified Release 1 Fixpack 1 (version 28.0.1.1) has been released and incorporates the previous interim fixes.

For versions 25, 26, and 27, new interim fixes were released by IBM on January 18, 2022 . If you have already updated to the latest fix pack or modified release in step 2 below then please proceed to step 3 to download the latest interim fix.

Please visit our SharePoint site at https://utoronto.sharepoint.com/sites/utl-ic-lso for Licensed Software Office hosted downloads. A UofT e-mail account on the UTmail+ system is required for login.

IBM has announced that their SPSS desktop and server software (Versions 25, 26, 27 and 28) on all platforms is affected by the Log4J critical vulnerability. This vulnerability would allow an attacker to take complete control of the host system allowing access to data and the possibility of installing ransomware. Please do not open your SPSS application until you have contacted your IT group to get confirmation that your affected SPSS files have been replaced.

Link to official statement: Security Bulletin: Log4Shell Vulnerability affects IBM SPSS Statistics (CVE-2021-44228) - IBM PSIRT Blog
Link to IBM instructions and downloads (requires IBM account creation): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6525830

Transition Full Transition To Online Purchasing

The Licensed Software Office has moved to online-only order processing and purchasing via software.utoronto.ca or uSOURCE over the summer of 2019. The paper order forms are no longer available.

Software can be purchased and downloaded immediately afterwords online at:

Note: U of T faculty, graduate students, and staff who are off-campus must use UTORvpn to access software.utoronto.ca: