Service Name
Computing Labs
Brief
description of service
NC State has approximately
100 student computing facilities on campus. The Office of Information Technology supports the Unity computing labs. Unity labs are equipped with Windows-based,
Unix and Macintosh workstations, all of which provide high-speed Internet
connections and access to the file space, software and other resources of
the Unity/Eos academic computing environment. Colleges and departments
support additional computing facilities, many of which have discipline-specific
resources. Colleges may apply additional rules for use ofcollege facilities.
Clients
Eligible for service
All
with active Unity computing accounts
Type
of use
Either business or
personal
Duration
of service
Ongoing
Cost
No additional cost
To
obtain service
Unity labs are open
to all NC State students, faculty and staff with active Unity/Eos computing
accounts. Accounts are automatically created for students when they first
register for classes and for faculty and staff when they are hired.
Rules
of use
All
NC State computer and network resources are governed by Administrative
Regulations - Computer Use
- All those who use
University facilities are expected to take proper care of the equipment.
Any equipment malfunction should be immediately reported to staff on duty
or to the organization responsible for the facility. Users of computing
facilities may not move, repair, reconfigure, or modify the computing
systems. No food or drink is permitted in University computing
facilities.
- Recreational use
of workstations in University computing labs during periods of light usage
is permitted.
- No one may
play games or engage in other recreational activities on workstations
when others are waiting to use them for academic purposes.
- It is the responsibility
of game players to recognize when resources are needed and to give
up their seats to other users. It should not be necessary for someone
to ask them to move.
- Users must realize
that they are in an academic facility and refrain from noise, sound effects,
violent motion, etc., which may disturb others in the facility.
- Individual Unity
computing labs (supported by ITD) and other University-owned computing
labs may post additional operational rules and restrictions. These rules
must be filed with the University's Office of Legal Affairs. Users are
responsible for reading and following these rules.
For
more information/documentation
For more information
about Unity computing labs see:http://oit.ncsu.edu/unity-labs
For more information
about college computing labs see: http://oit.ncsu.edu/campus-computer-labs
Last updated: September 25, 2009,
jd
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