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Computer labs

Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library

Drop-in iMacs in the Media Commons
Several iMac computers on a long, curved desk with wheeled office chairs and large plate glass windows.

This page is about general use drop-in computers and technology in the Mearns Centre - McPherson Library. More specialized spaces with technology in the library include:

Room details

Drop-in computing & study space

Capacity
About 70 computers and 10 docking stations
Seating
Padded office and lounge chairs with wheels
Layout
Single level, fixed desks
System type
  • ​ 27" iMac (12)
  • ​ Windows with ultrawide displays (about 60)
  • ​ Laptop docking stations (10)
Hours
Mearns - McPherson library hours
Real-time info
Mearns - McPherson main floor on AllSight

Location

Every floor of the Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library has computers and technology available, but most of it is on the main floor.

Main floor map

This floor map highlights the drop-in computers and technology on the main floor. There are full floor maps for all floors without the technology highlights.

Floor plan of the Mearns-McPherson main floor with computers, printers, scanners and laptop docks marked
There are Windows workstations and laptop docks in the central area. Macs, scanners, and the large-format printer are at the end of the building closest to Ring Road.

Accessibility

This area has:

  • fixed desks
  • low-pile carpet flooring
  • several heigh-adjustable desks
  • varying levels of natural light from windows with manual shades
  • various types of seating
    • mostly adjustable, padded office chairs with wheels

There are 2 assistive technology rooms in Mearns - McPherson. The computers in them have adaptive devices and software installed.

Printing, scanning & copying

Printing & copying

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

Queue Type Printer location
LIBR-BW B&W, LTR, BYOD Main floor, beneath the main stairs
LIBRBW-R B&W, LTR, BYOD 3rd floor, Digital Scholarship Commons
LIB-CLR Colour, LTR, BYOD Main floor, beneath the main stairs
LIBR_MM Colour or B&W, LTR or LGL, BYOD Main floor, Ring Road end

Copying

There are 2 photocopiers on the main floor. Pay for printing and copying with your ONECard Flex account.

Scanning

Scanners are located:

Scanning is free. The scanning software on the computers with scanners is Image Capture (Macs only) or Epson SmartScan.

Learn more:

Software

The computers use the general Windows lab and general Mac lab software configurations.

The Macs also have:

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom Classic, Premiere Pro and Premiere Rush)
  • Image Capture and Epson scanning software (on computers with scanners)

The computers in Mearns - McPherson clasroom 130 have ArcGIS.

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.

  • Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader (or Pro) PDF viewer
  • calibre ebook reader
  • Microsoft Teams and Zoom video meetings and chat
  • Microsoft OneDrive sync client
  • Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers
  • Zotero reference manager
  • Notepad++ and Visual Studio Code text editors
  • Cyberduck FTP client
  • Respondus LockDown Browser
  • VLC media player
  • Handbrake media encoder
  • Audacity audio editor
  • GIMP image editor
  • Echo 360 Universal Capture
  • R Statistics and RStudio
  • IBM SPSS
  • MATLAB
  • Minitab
  • Stata/BE and Stata/SE
  • Dynare
  • Praat
  • Google Earth Pro
  • Microsoft Power BI Desktop
  • OBS Studio livestreaming
  • Twine
  • Mercury

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

  • Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Microsoft OneDrive sync client
  • Apple Safari and Google Chrome
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader (or Pro) PDF viewer
  • Apple GarageBand and iMovie
  • Apple Pages, Numbers and Keynote
  • Cyberduck FTP client
  • Visual Studio Code text editor
  • Respondus LockDown Browser
  • VLC media player
  • Handbrake media encoder
  • Audacity audio editor
  • MuseScore music composition and notation
  • GIMP image editor
  • R Statistics and RStudio
  • IBM SPSS statistics
  • Google Earth Pro
  • Zoom Workplace

Get help

Contact the library Ask Us Desk 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
Ask Us