Computer Labs
Wendt Library has over 150 computers, including:
- 11 Public-use computers (all floors)
- 35 Infolab computers for use by all UW students, faculty & staff; CAE software is available on these (2nd floor)
- 19 computers for use by all UW students, faculty & staff on weekdays after 5PM and on weekends (Rm.108)
- 29 Laptop computers for 3-day (non-renewable) checkout by all UW students, faculty & staff
- 58 CAE computers running Windows XP (1st and 4th floors)
- 6 CAE computers running Sun UNIX or Linux (Rm.101)
- 1 computer for searching SAE Handbook and technical papers (2nd floor)
- 1 computer for searching U.S. patent CD-ROMs (3rd floor)
- Building-wide wireless access
Printers
Printing from CAE lab computers (Rm. 105, 405) is deducted from your paper quota. Fourth floor CAE computers, outside of Room 405, print in Room 105.
Printing from all other computers costs $0.07/page, and requires a campus print card (available from a self service machine on 2nd floor). Computers in the 1st floor group study rooms and computers in Room 108 print to a printer near Room 136 and the back elevator.
You may also print from a computer on the building wireless network. See http://wendt-print.engr.wisc.edu for further instructions.
Scanning and Copying
Wendt has photocopiers for public use on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors of the library. Copying is $0.10/page and requires a campus print card. Campus print cards can be purchased from a self-service machine on 2nd floor, or can be purchased with a fund account.
Two scanner/copiers on 2nd floor and one scanner/copier on 1st floor produce PDF files for free. You can send the scanned documents through email, save to MyWebSpace, or print the PDF at $0.07/page.
A color scanner in Room 405 is available to people with a CAE login.
Microfiche and Microfilm
Wendt has a microform viewer/scanner on the 2nd floor which produces PDF files for free. You can send the files through email, save to MyWebSpace, or print the PDF at $0.07/page. More view-only microform machines are located on the 3rd floor.
Appropriate use
People using university computing resources must abide by the UW Appropriate Use Policy. Additionally, people using CAE computers must follow CAE policies.
People who violate these policies may be banned from the library and will be reported to the appropriate Dean's office for discipline.
[Last updated: 10/22/09 ALK]