Overview
The Knight Library Learning Commons computers are part of the UO Libraries Learning Commons at the University of Oregon. You can find these computers throughout the building of the Knight Library.
Computers are available to all current faculty, staff, and students of the UO. They require users to login with a valid Duck ID.
Internet Only Kiosks are available to members of the general public for quick use of the Internet and to provide access to LibrarySearch and library electronic resources, such as databases, electronic journals and e-books. General public are those users of the Library who are not UO students, faculty, emerit, and staff.
Lab Hours
The UO Libraries maintains calendars on their main page, and specifically for the Knight Library.
Equipment
| Equipment Type |
Amount |
Notes |
| Windows |
75 |
1st Floor Reference Area |
| Windows |
12 |
2nd Floor Reference Area |
| Windows |
5 |
3rd Floor Reference Area |
| macOS |
25 |
1st Floor Reference Area |
Other peripherals
- 9 8.5x11 inch scanners
- 2 A3 scanners
- VHS/DVD/LaserDisc Player
- Kik book scanners
- Myriad of older media format readers
Applications
The following software is available in this lab:
General Software
- You can find a list of baseline software that is installed here
Additional Software Installed
Macs
- Avogadro
- Bibdesk
- CrystalDefract
- CrystalMaker
- Eclipse
- Figtree
- Fiji
- GameSSQ
- Hamrick vuescan
- Krita
- Mathworks Matlab 2021a
- Oracle mysqlworkbench
- Schrodinger PYMOL
- Simbio Simutext Spring 2022
- SingleCrystal
- Somd Garageband Appleloops 2018 required
- Tableau Public 2021
- Texshop
- Wolfram Mathematica
- WxMACmolplt
Windows
- Adobe XD 2021 SDL
- AlleleA1
- Avogadro
- Blender
- CCDC Cambridge Structural Database 2021
- CrystalMaker CrystalDiffract
- CrystalMaker CrystalMaker
- CrystalMaker SingleCrystal
- ESRI ArcGIS Desktop
- ESRI ArcGIS Pro
- GameSS 2019 R1
- Google Earth Pro
- Mestrelab MestReNova
- PerkinElmer Chemdraw
- SimUText Spring 2022
- Stata 17 BE
- Visual Studio Code (System)
- WaveMetrics Igor Pro
- WinSCP
- Wolfram Mathematica
- wxMacMolPlt
Services and Support
Printing
There are several black and white and color printers in the Knight Library
- Knight Library Reference - B/W and Color
- Knight Library 3rd Floor Music - B/W
- Knight Library 4th Floor - B/W
Details about printing options, cost, and how to use the printers can be found on the Computer Lab Printing article.
Scanning
There are several book scanners in the Knight Library. These scanners offer scanning in a variety of formats, including book, single page, and cropped. They're capable of color, grayscale, or black-and-white scans in a variety of file formats, including JPEG, PDF, and TIFF. After scanning is complete, you can save the files directly to a USB drive or send them as an e-mail attachment (25 MB email limit).
Large-format and regular-format flatbed scanners are attached to computers at Knight 1st Floor West.
Media Reader Stations
In the East wing of the first floor exists a myriad of stations with support for reading older analogue, or outdated digital media formats. These range from projector slides, to Laser discs, and many formats in between.
Laptop checkout
Laptops are available for checkout to current UO students for up to four hours at the Knight Library Circulation Desk, and at the Price Science Commons and Research Library.
Additional Support
For further assistance or to report any issues within the lab, please consult the Report a Computer Lab Program service page, or visit the help desk at 1st Floor South, Knight Library.