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Park and Howell Library Comparison

 

The Park Library
(1999 -)

Howell Hall Library
   (1990-1999)

PHOTOS

FLOOR PLAN  
TOTAL SIZE
  • 5,000 square feet
  • 1,100 square feet
SEATING CAPACITY
(in reading area and labs)
  • 80 people
  • 20 people
COMPUTERS (all with campus broadband access plus selected additional software)
  • 31 personal computers
  • Bloomberg's Financial Services terminal
  • full wireless access (for laptops with recognized UNC  configuration)
  • 6 personal computers
PRINTERS
  • one high-speed, networked printer
  • one color printer
  • three black & white printers
  • one black & white printer
COMPUTER LABORATORY
  • 12 computers
  • 1 instructor’s terminal;
  • video data projector
  • special software applications including online databases
 
MULTIMEDIA LABORATORY
  • Videocassette player
  • audio-slide projector
  • 3 personal computers
  • video dubbing station
  • 2 scanners (flatbed)
 
KIOSK  
LIBRARY STAFF SPACE
  • Staff space for two library staffer at reference desk
  • office for library director
  • stacks area (for books and bound serials)
 
STACKS AREA
  • 500 sq. feet
  • books ( est. 4,000
  • bound serials
  • Dissertations & theses
STORAGE AREA
  • 100 sq. feet (storage closet outside Park Library)
 
DISPLAY CASES
  • 1 bulletin board
LIBRARY HOURS  
LIBRARY STAFF  
LIBRARY CONTACT  
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