Kay Denfeld, Odegaard Undergraduate Library
Autumn Quarter sees the debut of the new UWired Commons, a student lab with 240 computing workstations. Constructed this summer on the second floor of the Odegaard Undergraduate Library (OUGL), the Commons, funded in part by the Student Technology Fee, is the largest general access computing facility on campus. The project has involved Undergraduate Education, Computing & Communications, and the Libraries.
The UWired Commons is open all the hours OUGL is open. Workstations provide access to e-mail, word processing, spreadsheets, Libraries databases, the World Wide Web, and other personal computer uses. Visit the UWired Web site for a preview of the construction.
Other exciting new construction projects at OUGL involve upgrading the Collaboratory and the Library Instruction Laboratory on the first floor; relocating the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology to the southeast corner of the second floor; and dividing room 320 into two rooms. The remodeling will enhance information and computing services just as OUGL begins its 25th year. Further publicity on a 25th anniversary celebration will be presented later this fall.