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