Guideline for Using Computer Labs

The primary purpose of computer lab resources is for academic research, study, and doing class assignments. Lab users have a right to expect a quiet, clean, academic lab environment. These guidelines are intended to clarify the responsibilities of lab users towards this end. 

1.      All activities must adhere to the Guidelines for Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources.

2.      Use of the lab is restricted to the current students, faculty, and staff. Lab Attendants have the right to request to see a University ID. 

3.      No food, drinks, pets, or bicycles are permitted in the labs.

4.      Children are not permitted in the labs without the supervision of their parents. 

5.      Loud conversations are not permitted in the labs, as it is a disturbance to other users.  This also includes listening to music with the earphone volume turned too high.  Students engaged in loud, disruptive conversations in the labs would be asked to leave.

6.      Users are responsible for saving their documents on their own floppy or zip disks. Downloading or installing programs on the hard drives is strictly prohibited.

7.      When all workstations are in use and students are waiting to use a computer, the lab monitor will ask those using computers for recreation (games, web browsing not related to class/instruction, etc.) to relinquish their seats to those needing to do their academic work.

8.      While you have the freedom to view varying types of materials, please remember that others in the lab may, and can, see what you are looking at. We are not trying to dictate what material you may view, only asking that you have respect for other people’s feelings while doing so.

Use of lab equipment to view or download materials may require the user to demonstrate his/her educational or research purpose for such use. Lab attendants are authorized to make this inquiry upon a complaint from another user in the lab.  Lab attendants may ask a user viewing such materials to move to another workstation in an inconspicuous area of the lab.

Intentional failure to comply with these guidelines will result in action that may include suspension of user privileges.