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Re: what's happening with res hall computer labs?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Lemmons)
Mon Dec 19 17:07:02 2011
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A few years back, we made the decision to remove labs from our dorms. We
had a small handful of complaints, but not near the backlash you might
expect. Overall, we've found that almost all our students bring their own
computer, and those that don't still have access to other computers in our
Learning Commons and in other labs around campus. The only disadvantage is
they don't have 24 hour access.
When we first made the transition, we left a few computers scattered in
some of the common spaces in the dorms. At this point, though, we simply
have a printer in each dorm that students can print to after installing a
package on their computer (we're using Pharos Uniprint for that). Those
printers are also probably the least used printers on campus.
-Eric
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Jan Gerenstein <jstein@niu.edu> wrote:
> I haven't seen this question for awhile, I'm interested in knowing what
> your campus is doing with computer labs, specifically in the res halls
> although I'm curious about the rest of campus too. Here at NIU we are in
> the process of building some new and renovating existing res halls, and
> decisions are being made not to include computer labs in those facilities.
> I'm still not so sure students won't miss the labs, but we are also moving
> toward a campus pay for print solution (finally!) and there is a pilot
> program in the College of Business with computer lab apps in the cloud
> (Citrix), but we're not there yet campus wide.
>
> Would really like to hear what others are doing
>
>
>
>
> Jan Gerenstein
> Associate Director, Residential Technology
> Housing & Dining
> Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management
> Northern Illinois University
> 815-753-5339
> jstein@niu.edu
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A few years back, we made the decision to remove labs from our dorms. We ha=
d a small handful of complaints, but not near the backlash you might expect=
. Overall, we've found that almost all our students bring their own com=
puter, and those that don't still have access to other computers in our=
Learning Commons and in other labs around campus. The only disadvantage is=
they don't have 24 hour access.<div>
<br></div><div>When we first made the transition, we left a few computers s=
cattered in some of the common spaces in the dorms. At this point, though, =
we simply have a printer in each dorm that students can print to after inst=
alling a package on their computer (we're using Pharos Uniprint for tha=
t). Those printers are also probably the least used printers on campus.</di=
v>
<div><br></div><div>-Eric</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 1=
9, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Jan Gerenstein <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:=
jstein@niu.edu">jstein@niu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">
<div style=3D"MARGIN:4px 4px 1px;FONT:10pt Segoe UI">
<div>I haven't seen this question for awhile, I'm interested in kno=
wing what your campus is doing with computer labs, specifically in the res =
halls although I'm curious about the rest of campus too. Here at NIU we=
are in the process of building some new and renovating existing res halls,=
and decisions are being made not to include computer labs in those facilit=
ies. I'm still not so sure students won't miss the labs, but we are=
also moving toward a campus pay for print solution (finally!) and there is=
a pilot program in the College of Business with computer lab apps in the c=
loud (Citrix), but we're not there yet campus wide.</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>Would really like to hear what others are doing</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>Jan Gerenstein<br>Associate Director, Residential Technology </div>
<div>Housing=A0& Dining<br>Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment=
Management<br>Northern Illinois University <br><a href=3D"tel:815-753-5339=
" value=3D"+18157535339" target=3D"_blank">815-753-5339</a><br><a href=3D"m=
ailto:jstein@niu.edu" target=3D"_blank">jstein@niu.edu</a><br>
</div></div>
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