Van Hise InfoLab

The InfoLab will close at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, November 25.  It will be closed on Thanksgiving and for the mandatory furlough day following Thanksgiving (November 26-27). 

Any laptops checked out during the week of Thanksgiving (November 23-25) will be due on the Monday following Thanksgiving (November 30).

Don't get sick!  Read about Pandemic Awareness in the InfoLab.

The LSS InfoLab (464 Van Hise Hall) is open to all UW students needing to work with faculty-assigned courseware, word processing, and WiscWorld services. It contains 33 PCs and 10 Macintoshes. The lab hours are limited to weekdays only. Printing is available with a Debitcard. You can also bring in your own laptop to print a document.

Equipment for checkout:

The LSS InfoLab has a variety of equipment available for checkout. Our current inventory is

• 50 dual-boot MacBooks
• 4 Macbook VGA adapters
• 2 mini-DV videocameras (Panasonic)
• 2 still digital cameras (Nikon Coolpix)
• 3 small usb videocameras (Kodak Zi6)
• 2 handheld audio recorders (H2)
• 3 external hard drives (LaCie 250 GB)

Information about the equipment loaning program and equipment availability across campus is found at http://ecs.library.wisc.edu.

Software support:

Our lab attendants do not receive special training on the software in the lab. However, feel free to ask them for assistance - if they can help, they will. You should also check the FAQ page, and the help files included with the software. For other questions, or to obtain the tips or handout material in an alternate format than provided on this web site, contact the individuals below.

Other InfoLabs:

More information about the InfoLab network of computers labs, software/hardware availability, and contact information for other InfoLabs can be found at http://www.doit.wisc.edu/computerlabs/.

Contact us:

To contact the LSS InfoLab, call 262-4575. This number will reach the lab attendant working in the InfoLab. Questions or Comments about the LSS InfoLab can be addressed to Sue Weier (sue at lss.wisc.edu) or Antonella Caloro (antonella at lss.wisc.edu).