2007-08 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
 

•  Computing Services

•  The IUP Libraries

•  Centers and Institutes

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 at the IT Support Center via telephone at 724-357-4000, e-mail at it-support-center@iup.edu, or the website www.iup.edu/itsupportcenter.

 
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 which are intended to support specific programs. These include several specialized networks to address particular needs.

 
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 Information Technology Services.

 
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. Wireless network access is also provided from many locations across campus. IUP is connected to the Internet and Internet 2 via PASSHEnet.

 
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 Academic Operations Group.

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The IUP Libraries

The book collection contains 852,531 volumes; there are 1,713 print journals and 14,577 electronic journals; 2.4 million items of microforms, over 128,000 bound periodicals and 37,270 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 104 hours a week during regular terms. The Orendorff Music Library, located on the top floor of Cogswell Hall, contains approximately 11,000 books, 22,000 scores, 10,000 recordings and 2,900 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 Northpointe Regional Campus Library has more than 5,000 volumes, and the recently renovated Punxsutawney Library contains 5,247 volumes. 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

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