McGoogan to house campus computer training center

More about student clusters The current student computer cluster in Room 8011 of the McGoogan Library will move into Room 8012 and house 12 student work stations. Room 8012 will be upgraded with two new printers and a new scanner. A second, six-computer cluster for student use will be available on the library’s sixth floor. This cluster also will have a networked printer, increasing the number of student printers in the library from two to three. The printer and a networked scanner will be in the photocopy room near the circulation desk. Library director Nancy Woelfl, Ph.D., said the creation of the sixth-floor cluster will allow the library to close the eighth floor during the evenings and on weekends, improving security for both UNMC students and the library staff.

The student computer cluster on the eighth floor of the McGoogan Library of Medicine has been reconfigured and will soon serve as the main computer training center for library staff and UNMC Information Technology Services (ITS).

ITS will move all training functions previously conducted in the Campus Training Center in the 701 Building to the library. This includes training courses for applications such as the Microsoft Office suite and the Lotus Notes e-mail system.

Library staff will continue to train employees and students how to use licensed databases and electronic journals to find information for education, research and patient care.

“After significant discussions, it became clear it made sense to combine our resources and create a single computer training center,” said Nancy Woelfl, Ph.D., director of the McGoogan Library of Medicine. “This new center will be a significant upgrade from the training facilities that were offered by both the library and ITS.”

Placing the training center in the library is a major coup for the campus, said ITS education coordinator Kim Laursen.

“The new location in the library is beautiful and because it sits in the heart of the campus, it will be easier for faculty and staff to access,” Laursen said. “It’s really a positive for everyone.”

Training in the new center should begin in early February, Dr. Woelfl said.