Opening Computing Labs, Opening Minds

The School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon consists of nine departments and programs with 5000 students, 160 faculty, and a few dozen staff. When I came to the school in January as the school's new computing lab manager, I was told that I was responsible for two labs consisting of 28 computers. As it turned out, students from just four of the nine departments had access to the labs I maintained on behalf of the school. Most departments maintained their own small labs or scattered quasi-lab computers, the vast majority of which were in bad shape. I offered my services as lab manager to the departments; in exchange, I asked for increased availability of the computers to students outside the department that "owned" each lab. I started out with 28 computers in two labs, and by fall I will be maintaining at least 75 computers all over the school. My grand vision is to help change the currently divided culture in the school by illustrating that whe...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: SIGUCCS
• Authors: Christopher Jones
• Keywords: Computing Lab Manager, Computing Labs, Information Management, Lab Manager, SIGUCCS 2000