Hello Answer Person,
It is very, very frustrating that there only appears to be one e-Print station in Bostock. Would it be so difficult to introduce 2 or 3 more, in the spirit of the comp lab in old Perkins?
Also, you could use some posters on the walls (really ugly right now), a new carpet (also hideous), and some recycling bins by the xerox machines. Other than that Bostock is OK.
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: I’m probably as confused as you. There are two separate e-print networks.
We always had zero “OIT” e-print stations in Perkins and/or Bostock until just now, when one was installed. The several “Library” e-print stations are there as always. Most printing demand in the library is generated from the hard-wired computers here in the library and 10+ page print jobs go to those printers. The OIT e-print stations receive print jobs from any OIT cluster, from dorm rooms, and from wireless networks on campus (including wireless laptops in Perkins/Bostock), but not from the hard-wired library computers. One of those was just installed in the library.
Current inventory:
Library e-print system: 2 printers in Reference; 1 in basement lab.
OIT e-print system: 1 printer ner Bostock front door (plus in OIT labs around campus).
Color e-print station: 1 printer in Perkins Reference; hooked in to both systems — prints from hard-wired library computers and from OIT clusters, but not yet from dorms or wireless since they don’t have it set up yet to download and install the drivers yourself.
We realize there’s a demand for more OIT e-print stations in the library and to unify the two systems to increase convenience and reduce confusion. It’s apparently not as easy as you’d think to do this (technically or bureaucratically) but your concerns have been passed on (you’re hardly the first one to ask!).
Decorating the walls will slowly occur, so please be patient. We all know there’s a need for vastly increased recycling capacity, and this need should eventually be addressed (don’t hold your breath). The carpet is a matter of personal taste (of the architects and the various committees that approved it), so don’t expect any changes there. I don’t think it’s as controversial as the carpet in the Bryan Center or in the Duke South clinic.