Law Library
Computer Lab
The law library student computer lab is available to College of Law students, faculty and staff.
The law library student computer lab does not support access for other GSU users or the general public; however, public computing workstations are available in the law library public computing alcove, located across from the law library reference desk. If greater computing resources or general Internet access is required, the University Library provides additional university and public computing resources.
Location
Urban Life Building, Law Library, Room 113A & 113B
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Hours
The law library student computer lab is open during the Law Library's regular hours of operation.
PC Workstations
The law library student computer lab hosts 36 Dell Optiplex 745, Pentium D, 2.8 GHz workstations with semi-recessed monitors. All workstations are equipped with CDRW/DVD drives and USB connections. These workstations provide access to various software suites as well as Westlaw research, LexisNexis research, and CALI exercise web resources.
The law library student computer lab also hosts 2 HP LaserJet 8150 printers supporting PantherPrint services, a LexisNexis dedicated printer, and a Westlaw dedicated printer.
The computer lab hosts a scanner attached to one of the workstations. Preference is given to law students requiring use of the scanner.
Instruction
The Law Library offers a variety of instructional programs on legal research skills, legal bibliography, and the Internet resources. These programs are hosted in the law library student training lab, room 113B, a component of teh law library student computer lab. When the training lab is not supporting instruction, it supports general computing as part of the law library student computer lab.
Tranning lab technology includes an instructor podium offering Dell Optiplex GX240, Pentium 4, 1.5 GHz workstation, external laptop hook-up, LCD projector and a projector screen.
Lab Technicians
The Law Library Student Computer Lab is staffed most of the time it is open, by the Electronic Services staff. Support is available:
- Monday to Friday: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
- The lab is staffed for eight hours on the weekend by a Graduate Technical Assistant.
Please do not hesitate to ask us for help at any time. If a lab technician is not in the lab, please leave us an e-mail.
- Yolanda Travis - PC Systems Specialist
Lab Policies
Food, drink (even in closed, spill-proof containers) and the use of tobacco are NOT allowed in Law Library Student Computer Lab or Training Lab subdivision. The Law Library established its food, drink & tobacco policy to aid in the preservation and care of library materials and electronic equipment.
The Law Library requires library users to set mobile phones and pagers on nonaudible signals and to restrict the use of mobile phones to the Law Library copy rooms.
Law students using university information systems including computers, networks and related services at Georgia State University are governed by the Computer Ethics Policy.