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
1 Ricoh black and white laser printer

Software Resources

Microsoft Windows XP
Adobe Design Premium Suite CS3 (Acrobat 8 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Flash CS3 Video Encoder, Illustrator CS3, InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3)
Adobe Flash Player 9
ArcGIS
Content DM Acquisition Station
Endnote 9
Google Desktop
HTML-Kit
Insight 5.5
Internet Explorer 7
iTunes
MathCad
MatLab 7
Mozilla 2
Office 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Groove, Infopath, OneNote)
Python 2.4
QuickTime Player 7
RealPlayer
Roxio Creator Plus
SSH Secure Shell Client
Windows Media Player 11
Windows Movie Maker