A lot has changed at the lab in the last little while. There are now only a few machines that have zip disks. Most all the machines are the small form factor with a DVD player, CD Burner and USB ports.
It's also so nice to have flat screens! There's more open space on the tables now.
The lab has had an interesting ride the past few years. For many years, the lab was on its own account system. Then the lab was forced to switch over to the campus wide computer system in the '01/'02 school year (if I'm not mistaken). When campus wanted to start charging for using the system, the lab broke off and went back to its own new system.
After enough colleges within the university started going to their own systems, campus became a little more understanding and a group project was created where each college could have input on the campus system. The new system can function with the lab system that was put into place after the first fallout with the campus system.
Three labstaff now work on the clock during the busy hours instead of four, and there are two computer stations at the front desk for labstaff. The lab has also expanded the number of computers in operation. Room 370 is now called room 360D and has about 20 computers in it. With 360D the 360 lab has almost 100 computers.
Instead of posting hours that labstaff want to give up for vacations and such, we have a system at http://tannerlab.byu.edu that allows labstaff to log in through the web and post their hours, and other staff can sign up for those hours.
Students in the lab now get 200MB worth of personal storage space on what's called the M drive. They can access their files from the web. Students don't need to check in to use the computers like in the past.
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