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Diana M. Priestly Library

Room details

Drop-in computing & study space

Capacity
9 drop-in computers
Seating
Padded high stools (for computer stations)
Layout
Single level, fixed desks
System type
Windows 
Hours
Diana M. Priestly Library hours
Real-time info
Diana M. Priestly Library in AllSight

Location

The Diana M. Priestly Library is in the Fraser (FRA) building. Drop-in computers are on the main floor.

Accessibility

This area has:

  • fixed desks
  • low-pile carpet flooring
  • varying levels of natural light from windows with manual shades

There's 1 assistive technology room here. The computers in it have adaptive devices and software installed.

Printing, scanning & copying

Lab computers in this area can print to the print queues:

Queue Type Closest printer
LAWLIB-BW B&W, LTR and LGL In this area
LAWLIB-CLR CLR, LTR and LGL In this area

The photocopier in this library also supports both letter- and legal-size paper.

Scanning

There's a flatbed scanner on the main floor.

Learn more about printing in computer labs and printing, copying and scanning in the library.

B&W
Black-and-white (or gray scale) laser printer
Colour
Colour laser printer
LTR
Supports letter-size (8.5"×11") paper
LGL
Supports legal-size (8.5"×14") paper
Large format
May be tabloid-size (11"×17") paper, poster printing or roll printer
BYOD
Supports BYOD (PaperCut) printing

Software

The computers use the general Windows lab software set except for 1 public access station that only has a web browser and scanning software.

Software installed in computer labs can change frequently. This page only lists the standard software which doesn't often change from term to term. You can search for all software installed in computer labs using AllSight.

The general lab software for Windows configuration provides common and versatile tools for scholarship in science, humanities and interdisciplinary fields.

  • ACD/NMR
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader (or Pro) PDF viewer
  • Audacity audio editor
  • Beyond Professional Browser
  • calibre e-book reader
  • ChemDraw
  • Cyberduck FTP client
  • Dynare
  • Echo 360 Universal Capture
  • EViews
  • File Open
  • GIMP image editor
  • Google Chrome
  • Google Earth Pro
  • Handbrake media encoder
  • HLM
  • MATLAB
  • Mercury
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Microsoft OneDrive sync client
  • Microsoft Power BI Desktop
  • Microsoft Teams and video meetings and chat
  • Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • MikTeX
  • Minitab
  • Notepad++ text and code editor
  • OBS Studio livestreaming
  • Open JDK
  • PanDoc
  • Praat
  • Respondus LockDown Browser
  • R Statistics and RStudio
  • SPSS (IBM)
  • Stata/BE and Stata/SE
  • Twine
  • Visual Studio Code text and code editor
  • VLC media player
  • Zoom Workplace video meetings
  • Zotero reference manager

Get help

Contact the Diana M. Priestly Library staff to:

  • get help with computers and other library resources
  • report an issue with library technology
  • report a problem with the room or furniture
  • request software for a course or workshop