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When
Can I Use the CAL?
The
CAL facilities are available for students, staff and faculty
who have a reason to use the specialized equipment. Students
in programs whose faculty have requested general or scheduled
access may use the lab, as can those students pursuing individual
contracts when their faculty request CAL access for them.
Because of our highly specialized nature, complex equipment,
and high demand, access is limited. For those students desiring
computer access who are not in a CAL related program, we
recommend that they use the General
Computing Center (GCC), whose function is to provide
general access to all students, staff and faculty. The GCC
is open much longer hours and is set up to assist all users.
The
CAL has two types of access: scheduled and open. For instance,
Matter and Motion is scheduled for Thursdays, from 1:30
to 3:30. In this example that's their scheduled access
time. This means that M&M students have first priority to
all of the resources available (that includes our technical staff
time). Depending on the faculty, other students may still come
in and use the equipment, but they may be bumped if necessary.
The time when no programs are scheduled to use the lab is called
open access. All students in approved programs may use
the lab on a first-come, first-served basis during general access
time.
As
there are now two lab spaces in the CAL, the East and the West
sides, this makes open access a little easier. If you are working
in the West CAL, and a scheduled program comes in, then you can
simply migrate to the East side to find a free machine. For more
information about what program is scheduled when, go to our current
CAL Schedule, located on the sidebar for up to the minute information, or call us
at ext. 6426 before you drive in.
Our
Library
All
of our software manuals, technical references and tutorials are
housed in the hallway bookshelves across from the printers. Please
feel free to browse the library shelves and use what you need.
We have a number of useful resources and if you can't find what
you're looking for, just ask the CAL Staff.
Since
we have very limited resources and we don't have a formal checkout
policy, we ask that you to use the books only in the CAL; don't
take them home or out of the lab. We work very much on the honor
system here and this only works if everyone respects it.
Copyright
The
College is responsible for upholding the U.S. Law and the Evergreen
Social Contract surrounding software
use. It is a violation of the copyright law if you copy software
from the CAL or put unauthorized software on our computers.
The
college is very serious about honoring copyright, and anyone guilty
of copyright violations involving CAL software will not be allowed
to use the CAL facilities. If you have a specific request for
a software installation for an academic program, please speak
with a CAL staff and they can work with you.
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Recycling
Evergreen
and the CAL have always been strong recyclers. Even though we
try hard to use less paper and educate our users, we still use
an incredibly large volume of paper. Please help us continue the
recycling tradition. You will find several places around the CAL
to recycle paper and other products. Let's try to conserve our
precious resources.
Reduce
The
easiest way to recycle is to simply reduce the amount you use.
Do you need a printed copy, or can you turn in your homework
electronically? Two copies or one? Get into the habit of using
the print preview functions of most of our software before sending
your output to the printers. When you do need to print, check
out some of the paper-saving features like "Print-to-Fit," which
will reduce your output to fit on a single page.
All
of our laser printers are set to print duplex (both sides of
the paper) which has saved us an enormous amount of paper. If
this is something that you need to change, ask a CAL staff member
for help.
In
order to conserve energy, we will often shut down machines in
the lab if no one is using them. Feel free to turn these on
if there are no spare computers.
Reuse
Feel
free to pull paper from our paper recycling bins in between
the laser printers - give it one more opportunity for use.
Use
Recycled and Recyclable Products
All
our laser printer paper is recycled. If you see other ways that
we can be more ecologically aware, please let us know.
Join
Us for Lunch
If
you are enrolled in a class that has scheduled time in the CAL,
it is likely that you will be spending a lot of time here.
You are welcome to use the lounge area to consume food and beverages.
Also feel free to temporarily leave your coffee here while you
are away at work on the computers (but don't forget to pick them
up or throw them away when you're done!).
The
Lounge is provided so you can enjoy your food, drink and conversation without having to sit in front of a computer
There
is also a microwave and small refrigerator available for use.
Feel free to use the sink but we ask that you do not leave your
dirty dishes, as we have a tendency to use them to hold our own
dinner parties.
Please
respect other people's food stored in the refrigerator (i.e. don't
eat it if it's not yours) - remember, no one expects the Spanish
Inquisition!TM
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