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Community Technology Centre

The CTC is open from 10.00am to 4.00pm 7 days a week, and at other times by arrangement.  The Centre provides for the public internet access and computer access with Microsoft Office software as well as various other software.

The centre is clean, comfortable and welcoming, with tea making facilities, and staff and volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds and circles.  We have disabled access to all rooms, plus toilet facilities for the disabled.  The CTC is part of the Oberon Information Centre.

The resources of the Oberon Information Centre are as follows:

• The training room has 9 networked computers with Windows XP and a wide range of software applications.  The training room has been used by Central West Community College, Oberon Council, OPTA and many more to conduct courses.  The CTC volunteers have also run courses on Digital Photography, Basic Computers and many one-on-one tutorial sessions.
• The conference room is designed to take up to 20 people comfortably.  It has a TV and VCR/CD player, as well as internet access.  The conference room has been used by groups such as Tumut TAFE, Highland Pine, Blue Mountains Tourism Association, National Parks and Wildlife, Woodchem, and Western Research Institute.
• There are 3 smaller meeting rooms (4-6 people), all with internet access, with one housing video conferencing facilities, another housing a webcam.  These meeting rooms are regularly used by Bathurst Employment, Central West Recruitment, and Bathurst Enterprise Centre to see their clients.  The rooms have also been used on occasions by various community members to hold meetings, conduct interviews etc.
• High speed internet access which is used by the local community and visitors to Oberon.
• Tea and coffee making facilities, and we can arrange for catered lunches.
• Whiteboard, data projector and screen, overhead projector, photocopier, laser printers, colour laser printer, and scanners.  The CTC also has a webcam.

CTC@Oberon runs a large range of learning programs, including non-accredited courses (Computers for Beginners, Using a Still Digital Camera and digital editing software, eBay, Internet Basics, Linux, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, File Management and Security).  We can arrange accredited courses through an accredited trainer, self-paced training, and one-on-one mentoring by volunteers and staff.  We also conduct a full week of activities during Seniors Week.

CTC@Oberon is managed by a local management committee, in conjunction with Oberon Council, and runs Genealogy Club (meets every Monday afternoon), PC Club for Beginners (meets every Wednesday afternoon), and PC Forum (meets every Thursday afternoon).  The Centre is used by the local community for various meetings, and local business which run courses for their staff.

For any enquiries, please contact the centre on:
Phone - (02) 6329 8210
Fax - (02) 6329 8213
Email - ctc_oberon@yahoo.com.au
Website - http://ctcoberon.wordpress.com/

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