Lab assistants are available during all hours of operation. Coupled with professional staff, they can provide expert advice to the campus community. The academic labs are also scheduled for classroom instruction and equipped so that faculty may incorporate computer and overhead projection into their lectures. In addition to these OIT facilities, departmental computing labs provide many specialized computing environments, such as the Silicon Graphics workstations running UNIX for Computer Science and the Macintosh labs offering high-end graphics and publishing software for several design departments. Software includes Autocad, Accurender, 3D Studio Viz, CAD Overlay, Photoshop and more.
All workstations have access to three laser printers, color printer and high-resolution scanners.
Software includes the latest versions of QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker, Macromedia Director and Microsoft Word. Circular electronic equipment and CAD system by Monarch. The PC's and Macintoshes can access a color laser printer. Another Pentium PC provides access to selected CD-ROM databases. Two library Lab computers provide access to email, Microsoft Office and Frontpage, in addition to the library databases.