2003-04 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
 

Computing Services

All students have access to an extensive set of web-based services, including class registration, schedule planning, and records management. Students are also provided with an e-mail account and a network account, which afford personal disk space for e-mail, projects, and web pages. Technical support is available via the Student Computing Help Desk (see www.iup.edu/ats/sts/).

Academic computing support is provided by technical staff assigned to each college. The college staffs provide computational support for undergraduate and graduate students and for faculty and student research.

Connectivity for student computers in the residence halls is provided through the Office of Housing and Residence Life. The administrative needs of the university are served by the Technology Services Center.

The university’s computing infrastructure consists of Windows-based clients and servers and Unix-based servers. Access to the network is provided from every campus building, including the residence halls, utilizing a fiberoptic backbone. Discounted dial-up access is available to students living off campus via an arrangement with a local Internet service provider. IUP is connected to the Internet and Internet 2 via SSHEnet.

Student access to computing is provided, for the most part, through the public computing laboratories. The primary public labs are strategically placed around campus to maximize their availability and impact. Several departments maintain computing facilities that are of a focused nature and which are intended to support specific programs. These include several specialized networks to address particular needs.

Through implementation of its strategic computing plan, which is part of the university long-range planning process, the university is committed to providing the level of computing and information technology necessary for a modern institution of higher education. Guidance in this area is provided by both the Academic Computing Policy Advisory Committee and the Administrative Computing Oversight Committee.

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Libraries

Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr., Library, the central library for IUP, was completed and dedicated in 1981. It adjoins Rhodes R. Stabley Library, which results in a combined structure of 156,000 square feet. The Cogswell Music Library and the branch campus libraries in Kittanning and in Punxsutawney are the other components of the IUP Library system. Seventeen library faculty members, twenty-two support staff members, and over 150 students are employed in the Libraries division of the university.

The book collection contains 836,151 volumes; there are 2,626 periodical subscriptions, 1.8 million items of microforms, over 128,000 bound periodicals and over 33,387 volumes of governmental publications. (IUP is a designated Select Depository for federal and state publications.) The libraries’ media holdings in all formats are extensive. Resources are supplemented through membership in OCLC for interlibrary loan, the Health Sciences Consortium (North Carolina), the Laurel Highlands Consortium, and the Center for Research Libraries.

The central library is open 92 hours a week during regular terms. The Cogswell Music Library, located on the top floor of Cogswell Hall, contains approximately 10,000 books, 15,000 scores, 10,000 recordings, and 2,000 CDs. Holdings of monumental editions are substantial. Sound recordings circulate only to faculty members, but listening stations are available for use by all patrons.

The Armstrong County Campus Library has more than 24,000 volumes, and the recently renovated Punxsutawney Library contains more than 15,000 books as well as 86 periodical subscriptions and recordings of music, poetry, and drama. The IUP Libraries are active members of the State System’s Keystone Library Network, and through the KLN, the university has a shared on-line catalog and receives many electronic databases. The Libraries are also charter members of the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Initiative and receive direct loans from the state’s major university and college libraries.

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IUP Centers and Institutes

The School of Graduate Studies and Research provides coordinating and support functions for campus based centers and institutes through the Office of the Assistant Dean for Research. Centers and institutes serve a variety of functions. Each center or institute is unique in its focus and is created to meet a specifically identified need. Centers and institutes provide an opportunity for faculty members to utilize their expertise through consultation, technical assistance, and research-related activities. Centers and institutes provide excellent opportunities for students to learn, to demonstrate their knowledge and skills, and to become involved in meaningful projects in the community. Centers and institutes strengthen the research and public service missions of the university and, therefore, enhance the quality of education.

A current listing of centers and institutes at IUP follows.

·       American Language Institute

·       Applied Research Lab

·       Archaeological Services

·       Center for Applied Psychology

·       Center for E-Commerce and Technology Support

·       Center for Economic Education

·       Center for Educational and Program Evaluation

·       Center for Family Business

·       Center for Health Promotion and Cardiac Disease Prevention

·       Center for Middle Eastern Studies

·       Center for Research in Criminology

·       Center for Research in Written Communication and Translation

·       Center for Statistics Education in Pennsylvania at IUP

·       Center for Teaching Excellence

·       Center for the Study of Religion in Pennsylvania

·       Center for Video Technology

·       Center for Vocational Personnel Preparation

·       Child Study Center

·       Community Nutrition Services

·       Criminal Justice Training Center

·       Government Contracting Assistance Program

·       Highway Safety Center

·       Instructional Design Center

·       Intercollegiate Athletic Institute for Sports Camps

·       Literacy Center

·       Management Services Group

·       Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute

·       National Emergency and Disaster Information Center

·       National Environmental Education and Training Center

·       Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Labor Relations

·       Pennsylvania /OSHA Consultation Program

·       Small Business Development Center

·       Small Business Incubator

·       Small Business Institute

·       Software Development Center

·       Spatial Sciences Research Center

·       Speech and Hearing Clinic

·       Teacher Education Center for Science, Mathematics, and Technology

·       Workforce and Economic Development Program