Library Technology

The 6 group study rooms on the first floor of the Wright Center and room 308 on the third floor are all equipped with a wall-mounted Solstice display. Patrons can use these displays to screenshare from their own personal devices for collaborative work.

Instructions on how to connect to these displays are available via an on-screen splash page.

The second floor is home to the Wright Center Media Lab. Equipped with a PC, video and audio recording equipment, Austin Seminary backdrop, and green screen, the media lab is a useful space for patrons looking to produce video or audio content. Anyone with a library card can use or reserve the Media Lab -- visit the Library Services Desk for more information.

• Media lab guide (PDF)

The Wright Center provides public computer access via several stations. Software differs from computer to computer.

• First floor
  • PC and Mac computers
• Second floor
  • PC
  • Media lab
• Third floor
  • PC

(2 available)

For patrons using group study rooms or personal study carrels, white noise machines are available for borrowing.

• Catalog item link 1
• Catalog item link 2

The C-PEN ReaderPen is a portable scanning pen which reads printed text out loud using an embedded camera, a real-time optical character recognition (OCR) and natural voice text to speech (TTS). Using a USB cable, a user can scan printed text into a text document on their personal computer.

• Catalog link
• One page tips (PDF)
• Quick start guide (PDF)

The library has a growing collection of media players for patron use:

• Radio and CD/cassette player
• DVD player