Building Services
Assistive Technology Lab
Provides several adaptive devices which can help visually impaired
users gain access to print and electronic library materials.
Located on second floor beside the Media Library on the west side of the
atrium.
There is a presentation binder in the Curriculum Library on second floor.
Get binding spines in the Media Library on second floor.
You may have 3 binding spines per visit.
There is no charge for this service.
For larger jobs, students should inquire at
Printing Services, x4161.
Computers and Computer Labs
There are 32 public computers in the lobby, 17 require network login. These workstations are primarily for persons looking for information in the Library's online catalog, databases, etc. Students who need to use software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, etc., should use the computer lab on third floor. The second floor lab, The Teaching and Learning Technology Center, is for preparing multimedia presentations; the lab on third floor, PL312, is a general computer lab. The Library is also "wired for wireless" which means you can bring your laptop and connect to the network from anywhere in the building.
Laptops are
available for student checkout at the Circulation Desk.
Laptops are to be used only in the Library.
Located in the Curriculum Library.
There is no charge to use it.
Make colorful cut-outs.
A variety of patterns are available.
Paper is not supplied.
FAX Machine
A FAX machine is available in the Computer Lab on third floor of the
Library (PML
312).
Sending: Students must use either a phone card OR a university assigned phone code. All students (both residential and off-campus) have been issued a code, but they may not have activated this code. On weekdays 8:00-5:00, students may go to the Telephone Services Office in the McKinney Center to activate the code; students must present their University I.D.
Receiving: Students may receive faxes at this
number: 660-785-7221. Pickup in PML 312.
Group Study Rooms
Three group study rooms are located on the south end of second
and third floors, available on a
first-come first-served basis.
Six more group study rooms are
available on third floor near the computer lab. These must be reserved in person at the
lab consultant desk in the PL312 computer lab for specific two-hour
time slots; study groups of 3 or more students that need a computer
for group work may reserve a study room. Call 4255 for more details.
Hole Punch
A 3-hole punch is located on the first floor near the photocopiers
on the west side of the atrium.
A stronger one which will punch through 160 pages, is located in the Curriculum Library on second floor.
Items for laminating can be dropped off at the Library Dean's Office (PML 102). Items left by 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday, will be available for pick-up by 1:00 p.m. the next business day.
Cost for lamination is 50 cents per foot. Payment can be made in cash or backcharged to University offices. Payment is due when items are dropped off.
Hours for the Library Dean's Office are 7:30-4:30, Monday-Friday.
Microform Readers & Printers
Located on the south side of the Periodicals office. The library has 6 microfilm readers, 6 microfiche readers, and 6 film/fiche printers available during the library's open hours. Paper copies from microfilm/fiche are 10 cents a page. The library also has 2 microfilm/fiche readers which allow you to view, scan, digitize and store or print filmed images from a desktop computer.
There is a paper cutter in the Curriculum Library on second
floor.
Photocopiers
Most of the photocopiers are located in the Browsing Area on the
west side of the atrium on first floor. This area includes 4
regular copiers (10 cents per page), 1 color photocopier (50 cents
per page), and 2 change machines. Additional copiers are
located on the south ends of both second and third floors.
A copier for faculty use is located in the Periodicals Department on the
north end of first floor. Faculty must have an account.
Contact Susan Hamilton or Daisy Rearick to set one up.
Copiers make both single- and double-sided copies.
Transparencies can be made on the color copier--see the information on
Transparencies below.
Transparencies
(1) If your original is a paper copy, you will want to use the color photocopier on first floor. Purchase the transparencies at the Circulation Desk for 50 cents each. Use the color copier on first floor (50 cents each). It is important to only use the color copier because transparencies will jam the black/white copiers.
(2) If your original is digital, you will want to use the 3rd floor computer lab (PML 312). The cost of 50 cents each will be charged to the student's printing account. Pick up the transparencies from the student worker in the lab. You can make color or black/white.
DO NOT INTERCHANGE TRANSPARENCIES. Each process uses a different temperature. You must use the transparencies on the designated machines.
Transparencies for faculty, staff, organizations or
individuals without a printing account should contact Barb Bevell (bbevell@truman.edu)
or leave a message at x4391. Please allow 3-4 days lead time.
Typewriters
The Library has two electric typewriters available for public use.
One is located on first floor near the Reference Desk, the other is
in the Curriculum Library on second floor.
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