Computer Lab and Software Access
The CPL computer lab is a first-come-first-serve space available to patrons with an active @unomaha.edu email address. Limited appointment-mediated seating for digitization equipment is available via LibCal.
We currently have ten 2018 iMac Pro PCs running on the current most-stable version of OSX approved by NU-IT. All Macs utilize integrated 27” 5k displays.
All PCs have the complete Adobe Creative Suite installed, including but not limited to Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Audition. Microsoft office 365 is currently installed on all devices.
Requests for additional software installs or access can be made by meeting or emailing the current CPL supervisor.
Our Macs operate by creating a unique desktop per user at original login, for each device. Files can be retrieved from a specific device with subsequent login, but users should backup all files to their cloud accounts or an external storage device. As devices accumulate newly created user profiles or approach internal storage limits, user profiles will be deleted in order of last-accessed, oldest-first order, and all related files will be irretrievably lost. Patrons currently using a specific Mac have use-priority will not be asked to move by CPL staff in order for other patrons to retrieve files within their user profile on that machine.
Any Windows PCs in the CPL wipe all user files after logout, and patrons should bring external storage or cloud access if needing to use these machines.