Network speed
Many of you have noticed very slow response times
on your computers. Much of this slowness
is due to the 20 year old wiring in the building. Over the next couple of weeks you will see
workers running new cabling through the ceilings and into your work areas. This should solve many of your response time
problems. The main library is funding
this wiring upgrade. Many thanks to them
for helping us to work more efficiently!
New Study Rooms
As part of the 4th floor project, and financed by
the Senior Vice President’s office, we will be adding eleven new rooms to the
3rd floor in place of the eight we are losing on the 4th. Nine of these rooms will be individual rooms;
about 5 feet by 8 feet, and two of the rooms will be similar to our current
rooms, 8 feet by 10 feet. They will be
built on the west wall of the 3rd floor, “under” the current rooms.
Whiteboards
We are exploring what it would take to mount some
of the whiteboards in the group study rooms on the second floor. Some of them will be retained as is for use
as needed. The smaller whiteboards
currently in the rooms may be moved to the new individual study rooms that will
be built on the 3rd floor.
Public computers
We are beginning to explore options for
redesigning the public computing area.
We will most likely be removing the old grey carrels and replacing them
with two rows of tables. I will share
pictures and layouts as we move along.
