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Technology in the Libraries

WU Libraries Equipment

What Equipment You Will Find at Your Library

  • Mabee Library has an electronic classroom (ILS) with 25 HP Desktops computers located on the library's main level room # 205. Washburn students, staff, and faculty can login with their WUAD account and access their my.washburn accounts, check email, and word processing applications. This classroom is also used for library Instruction. The availability schedule is posted outside the classroom.
  • Mabee Library has an Active Learning Classroom in 206B with 24 HP laptops.
  • You can print from the library catalog computers or from PC workstations. Print jobs are 5¢ per single-sided page and 8¢ per duplex page (printed on both sides; 4¢ per side).
  • Microfilm/fiche machines are located on the first floor. There is no charge for printing.
  • An ST-200X Digital Microform Viewer/Scanner & Scan Write 4.0 machine is located on the First floor. The ST-200X Digital Microform Viewer/Scanner is equipped with Scan-Write software. You can view, scan, save, print, and email microfilm, microfiche, and microcard images at very high resolutions. (One-on-one training sessions are available if needed.)
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  • Laptop Checkout: Washburn University students, faculty and staff may borrow a laptop at the Circulation/Reserve Desk for use in Mabee Library only. A valid WUID is required.
    Laptops are available on a first-come first-served basis for up to two hours.
  • Televisions, DVD players and VCRs are located on the main floor. A multi-regional DVD for international DVDs is also available.
  • There are two CD players on the main floor. Please purchase earbuds from the Circulation Desk.
  • An audiocassette and record player are available for check out from the Circulation Desk.
  • The Curriculum Resources Collection (CRC) has equipment that patrons may use to produce materials for classroom use.
  • A roller laminator with a 27 inch film width is available at the CRC. The laminator applies heat and pressure to seal film to paper products thus preserving materials.
  • A die-cut machine which cuts shapes by rolling paper over dies is housed in the CRC. A die is a block of wood with a shaped blade imbedded in rubber on one side. The numerals, a number of different styles of 5-point stars, geometric shapes, and a few seasonal images are available.
  • There is also a spiral binder with which students may assemble pages into book form with a plastic spiral spine. This is located at the CRC.