Masland Library Blog

Things to Know about “The Computer Lab”
By Dan Champa

“The Computer Lab” is a facility that provides students with the opportunity to access information from the internet and various online databases. It also enables a student to perform various tasks with the assistance of word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation software. Listed below are a few hints, tips, and regulations that are able to enhance the student’s computer lab experience.

Hints, Tips, and Regulations
1. A student will not be able to print from their account without their student identification card. Access to printing from your account is not granted through your identification number but the microchip that is found inside your student identification card. For example, the computer lab’s printing scanner functions the same exact way as if you were scanning into Chapel.

2. A student will not be able to print a combination of color prints and black and white prints. For example, if a student sets a printing job to color and attempts to also print black and white copies in that setting at a computer lab printer, the black and white copies will appear as a sequence rather than the desired print.

3. If a student needs assistance with a computer issue such as log-in errors or printing errors, please ask the computer lab worker on duty. Our job is to assist you to the best of our ability and if we are unable to assist you, we will immediately contact the TS department for further assistance.

4. If a student needs to print something and forgets their identification card, they can go to the front desk and sign out a temporary card (this is only for emergencies). The use of a temporary card requires collateral (something of financial value such as a cellular phone) and the student will be charged 10 cents per print. The student must also ensure that they log into the temporary card’s account and not the student’s personal account. Otherwise, the student will be unable to locate their print jobs due to the fact that they are located under the student’s account and not the temporary card’s account.

5. If a student needs to print something, they must ensure that they are logged into their account. In other words, students must be aware that a print job can only be accessed through their personal account. For example, if a student forgets their identification card and asks another fellow student if they could use their identification card to print something, they must ensure that they are logged into the fellow students account to print the artifact. In other words, the student must bring the artifact up on the fellow students account through e-mail or a portable USB flash drive.

6. STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK IN THE COMPUTER LAB! The computer lab is a facility that is located on the library premises, therefore, talking is still not allowed once you have entered the computer lab. In addition, if a student is warned by a computer lab worker about noise disturbance, the student must realize that it is not a personal attack towards the student but an enforcement of regulations. Students must realize that some students only opportunity to use a computer for educational purposes is with the assistance of the computer lab facility. Therefore, the computer lab must be coordinated to be an appropriate study environment for all students.