Students, staff and faculty can make their own accounts the first time they visit a lab. Each time you sit at a lab machine you must enter your UNIX username and password. This info will be used to verify your credentials and to log your visit. Once this check is complete, you will be able to use the lab computer you are sitting at. As long as you have an ID and a UNIX account, you should be able to use all equipment and software at the lab.
Students pay a computer fee which appears on their term bills.
Part of the fee also goes to creating and upgrading non-RUCS departmental instructional computer labs. However, a large portion of the computer fee funds is used to buy equipment and software for the RUCS general-access and IML facilities, to staff the consultants assisting at those facilities and to purchase paper for the extensive printing done by users. Besides the computer fee, there is no charge for individual services at the labs. Staff and faculty wishing to use the facilities can do so at no cost. The staff on site will help you get familiar with the equipment and login procedures.