OIT Computer Labs

OIT maintains and operates over 20 computer labs at UMBC. Of these most are classroom labs with instructor units connected to a data projector with screen. These labs can be scheduled in advance by professors and some student groups for a single event or as the regular meeting place for a class.

Schedule's for each OIT computer classroom are posted on the outside of each lab and outside of the OIT Help Desk ENGR 020, if nothing is listed for that particular day and time then the lab is considered an "open lab" that anyone can use. Full time open labs can be found in ENGR 021, ACIV-219 (the IMC), and in the basement of the library.

The majority of our labs are currently running Windows 2000 and Linux in a dual-boot system but we also maintain Macintosh OSX (10) units as well. All the labs run the Microsoft Office Suite and web software as well as a wide range of department specific programs.

If you need additional software placed on our lab computers please drop it off under my name, David Souder - OIT Labs Coordinator, along with complete documentation and license information to the OIT Help Desk located in the ENGR building room 020. Software in our labs must be fully licensed for as many computers as you need and is generally the responsibility of the person or department requesting the programs. Please allow at least three weeks for testing and implementation as not all programs are compatable with our software images.

As the people using our facilities, we would like to hear from you. Please send email to David Souder with any suggestions, questions, or coments.