These facilities include a mainframe computer, terminals, workstations, personal computers, and a computer graphics laboratory. APL also has been providing distance learning through interactive video classrooms since 1985. The library maintains a 57,000-volume collection for research by Laboratory staff and the academic community. Over 850 scientific and technical journals are available. The journal collections of other local libraries, such as those of the Goddard Space Flight Center and the U.S. Naval Academy, can also be accessed.
Students can also electronically search the catalogs of many other U.S. and foreign libraries.
The APL Fellowship Program, established in 1962, provides a stipend plus full tuition for up to five JHU graduate students who perform their thesis research at the Laboratory. Advisory Board Fellowships and Professorships are available to members of the APL senior staff, enabling them to spend an academic year in another Hopkins division. For example, since 1965, the Laboratory has participated in a collaborative biomedical program with the Johns Hopkins Medical School, helping to solve medical problems through biomedical technology applications.