Overview

Library Commons Computer Lab Info

Location
Hours
Lab Use
Computers
Software
Manager
Lab Rules

Information Commons Lab, located on the ground floor of the library, is one of the many open use computer labs available to students on the University of South Florida Tampa campus. This lab is the result of a new partnership between Academic Computing and and USF Libraries.

Here at Information Commons Lab, we feel we have something special to offer the students on top of our newly installed Dell Pentium IV computers, 17" flat LCD monitors, CD burners, scanners, and the latest computer software.

We feel we excel is in our student support. Like other labs on campus the lab assistants here Will help you with any problems that you might run into. It is in our excellent public relations, in conjunction with the Academic Computing Help Desk and the Academic Computing Training Lab, that we strive to better assist students here at USF Tampa Campus.

We also believe in efficiency and have provided students with an easy access way to check email and print documents in the front section of our lab we call the Post Office. Further lab details are listed below and on connecting pages.

The Computers:

124 Dell Pentium 4 Computers
Flat 17" LCD Monitors
At Least 2.8 GHz
At Least 756 MB RAM
40 Gb
CD Burners
3.5 Floppy drive option
2 or more front USB ports
Scanner
The latest computer software

Specialty Equipment:

Two Scanner Machines
One touch screen computer
One brail printer
Two wheelchair accessible machines
Three black and white printers (11¢ a page)
One color printer (30¢ page)

We also have 17 "Public use Computers" that are fast and easy for checking e-mail and printing Word and PowerPoint.

Software:
For a list of the software in the Academic Computing Lab, or any other lab on campus, please follow THIS LINK.

Location:
Lib 113- on the ground floor of the Tampa Campus Library, next door to Starbucks.

Who Can Use Our Computers?
Anyone who is an undergraduate or graduate student at any of the USF Campuses, and any member of the faculty may use the lab.

Hours of Operation:
Our hours are always the same as the library.

Monday-Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
7:30am-11:45pm	7:30am-5:45pm	10am-4:45pm	Noon-11:45pm

Lab Rules:

If you leave the computer for more than 12 minutes, it will
LOG OFF and ALL WORK WILL BE LOST
Talk QUIETLY
You CANNOT install ANY software onto the computer
Save all files to the D:/temp folder, for temporary storage
TEMP D:/ is erased nightly
Please turn Cell Phones OFF
Lab Assistant Help: Our lab assistants are trained to provide
help to lab users. They are able to help you with the basics of all
LIB113 applications. Lab assistants are not trained to debug
programs, analyze output, help with homework, etc. Please consult
your T/A, or professor for this type of help. Also if you need
extensive help with a particular application there is a training
facility on the 6th floor of the library for students to get help.

Lab Manager:
Eric J. Pergola
Questions? Email