Arc Lab

Lab Description

The Arc Lab’s distinctive curved wall, with etched glass, provided the inspiration for naming the Library Technology Center the Arc. Space and equipment are provided to encourage collaboration between students and among students, faculty, and librarians. Comfortable booths are located along the back wall to provide an inviting area to promote collaboration. In this area, library staff provide individual instruction in the use of the technology as well as information sessions to help patrons find and select appropriate resources. When not reserved, the Arc Lab is open to all Arc visitors.

For classroom support, the room has a touchscreen Sympodium, two ceiling mounted projectors, two retractable screens, separate light controls, a movable ceiling mounted partition and two wall-mounted whiteboards in the front. Standard software/hardware capabilities, available in the general computing area, are provided.

Reservation Procedures

The presentation room may be reserved by faculty and staff using the web-based form. For more information, see the Arc's Reservation Procedures.

Hardware Resources

24 Windows computers with CD-RW/DVD-ROM drives and support for USB flash drives
1 Sympodium for instructor, with the ability to select input from its computer, DVD player, or VCR

Software Resources

Microsoft Windows 7
Adobe Design Premium Suite CS4 (Acrobat 9 Professional, Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4 Professional, Flash CS4 Video Encoder, Illustrator CS4, InDesign CS4, Photoshop CS4)
ArcGIS
Content DM Acquisition Station
Google Desktop
HTML-Kit
Insight 5.5
Internet Explorer
iTunes
MathCad
MatLab 7
Mendeley
Firefox
Office 2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Groove, Infopath, OneNote)
Python 2.4
Roxio Creator Plus
SSH Secure Shell Client
Windows Media Player 12
Windows Movie Maker