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Wright Hall Lab Reservation Policy
Reservation Policies
A "day" is defined to be a university working day.
A "lab" is defined to be a single room of computers setup for general
student usage in Wright Hall. There are two (2) labs in Wright Hall,
located in rooms 110 and 112.
The "reserver" is the faculty/staff/groups requiring the use of a lab.
An instructor can make the following types of reservations:
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An Open Request: an instructor makes this request when s/he does
not require all computers in the lab and is willing to allow other
students to work there quietly. An Open Request can be made only
when 40% of the total computers in the requested lab will be available
for non-course use.
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A Closed Request: an instructor makes this request when s/he wants
exclusive use of the lab, permitting only course-enrolled students in the
lab.
The College of Natural Sciences requires that any reserver request the
reservation with advanced notice as applies:
- Open Request requires 4 days notice.
- Closed Request requires 6 days notice.
- Open or Closed request in which an instructor wants to
use software not currently installed in a lab requires
10 days notice
Note: If a request is made before noon on a day, then that day
counts towards the advanced notice.
Purpose
Most of the software that is available on the computers located in these
areas is limited to these actual computers. Therefore, it is important that
students are able to schedule when they will be able to use these labs
during open lab hours. It makes it necessary to post schedules 1 week in
advance. Therefore, requests need to be made accordingly to inform students.
The small classes that do not require the entire lab sometimes allow others
to use the excess computers. It is difficult for a student to know whether
this is allowed or not, so they often walk in to be told to leave.
The software in the lab is complicated to install. Therefore, a sufficient
lead time is required to get it to function. Furthermore, the CNS Systems
Administrator is not fluent in all software packages that are needed by the
reserver, so it is the duty of the reserver to test the application of the
software prior to the lab reservation.
Innocent violations of the policy may include:
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Waiting until 3 or fewer days before of lab to schedule the reservation
and posting a sign on the door instead of contacting the lab coordinator
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Using the lab for a small class without considering allowing others in
the lab, even if it is not disruptive to the class
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Installing software on the systems without notification to the CNS
Systems Administrator.
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Allowing students to install software on the systems
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Requesting assistance from the CNS Systems Administrator or
one of the Student Computer Technicians within 2 days of the
scheduled lab
Scope
All faculty/staff/groups are subject to this policy. Exceptions will only be made
for emergencies related to computer-related problems in the lab.
Compliance with the Policy
Ignorance or circumvention of this policy can result in non-compliance and will
result in not allowing the reserver to reserve the lab. To assure compliance, the
reserver must:
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Request the reservation following the above outlined constraints via e-mail to
labs@cns.uni.edu or written
notice to the lab coordinator
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Inform the lab coordinator if the reservation is Open or Closed.
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In the request, the reserver must list the software needed in
the lab.
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Request assistance from the CNS Systems Administrator or a
Student Computer Technician with the request for the reservation.
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