OIT facilities include over 100 computer workstations, with brand-new machines cycled into the labs every year. Software is constantly being updated. Four academic labs are located in Search Hall on the main campus, with two additional labs at the Bucks County Campus in the Neshaminy Interplex. The academic labs are open for student use every day of the week, including weekends, with early morning accessprovided Monday through Friday and late night access Sunday through Thursday during the regular school year. Hours of operation are extended during reading and examination periods and reduced somewhat during summer sessions.
Lab assistants are available during all hours of operation.
Coupled with professional staff, they can provide expert advice to the campus community. Application training workshops are regularly scheduled throughout the semester. Remote access to the University network, providing network services including e-mail and home directories access, is available to students with home computers running Windows 95 or Macintosh OS 7.5 and higher. The academic labs are also scheduled for classroom instruction and equipped so that faculty may incorporate computer and overhead projection into their lectures. 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.