What hardware and software is available on the library computers?
There are about 230 workstations in the Library distributed on floors 1-7 and in the Retriever Learning Center. Three computers in the RLC are also equipped with Kramer Via devices which allow patrons to have group access to those computers.
Software installed is described below; additional software cannot be loaded on these computers. The library does not offer access to Linux or Unix; the PC labs in the Engineering Building (ECS) dual boot into both Windows 10 and Linux.
PCs:
Located on floors 1 - 7 and in the Retriever Learning Center
Software includes the Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Cloud, and common web browsers. A full list of software on public access computers is available here: Library Lab Image Software
CD-RW/DVD+/-R drives
USB ports
iMacs:
20 machines located on the 2nd floor of the library
30 machines located on the 7th floor of the library
One FireWire 800 port; 7 watts
Four USB 2.0 ports
SDXC card slot
Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive with 4x double-layer burning (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Digital Media Lab:
4 27" iMacs
Large format flatbed scanner
Scanner Workstations:
1 PC scanner located in the Reference printing/copying area on the 1st floor
4 Scanner kiosks also located in the Reference area
4 Mac scanners located on the 2nd floor near Serials
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