Library Technology: Technology & Equipment

• 36 PCs and 10 Macs with MSOffice and internet access are available for public use - students and those doing academic research have preference.  See our software list.
• Two video carrels are available for in-library viewing of videos on VHS, DVD and BluRay. Necessary keys/headphones/remote controls to access the carrels are available for checkout at the Circulation Desk.
• Headphones are available for in-library use at the Circulation Desk.
• One Microfiche and microfilm reader is available - printing from the reader costs 10 cents per page (coins only).
• We do not have a typewriter.

• Printing is free for all library patrons but is only available from library computers (print jobs can not be sent from personal devices).
• Copying is free for students, faculty and staff from both copiers - users must login to the copiers with a Portal username and password. The copier near the Reference desk is limited to one copy at a time - the copier near the library's instruction space can make multiple copies.
• Only black and white printing and copying is offered in the library. Color printing is available for students in Stafford 156 and 160 (these computer classrooms can be used by students whenever there aren't classes being held in those rooms).
• Members of the public may use the copier located near the library's instruction space, but they must be logged in by a library staff member to make copies. Copies for members of the public are 10 cents per page, payable in cash at the Circulation Desk. Members of the public should see the Circulation Desk for assistance using the copier.
• Scan to email is free for all library patrons and is available at both copiers. No login is required.
• Faxing is free for students, faculty and staff from the copier located near the library's instruction space.  Faxing for members of the public costs $2 per fax, payable in cash at the Circulation Desk. Members of the public should see the Circulation Desk for assistance faxing.

Technology Assistance, including help resetting Portal passwords, is provided by campus IT at (802) 468-1221.

IT's webpage provides some basic information about technology services:
http://www.castleton.edu/directory/offices-services-directory/office-of-information-technology

As long as the computer classrooms aren’t scheduled for a class or event, computers and printers are available in SAC 160, 159, 157, and 156 as early as 7am, and many students have access to printers in their major’s computer lab/lounge outside of library hours, including:

• The Piano Lab in FAC
• Communications and Modern Foreign Language on the bottom floor of Leavenworth
• Sociology on the top floor of Leavenworth
• Woodruff 225
• Academic Support Center in Babcock
• Glenbrook Stage