4.0 FACILITIES

4.1 Library Facilities <back>

4.1.1 Description <back>
The University Libraries system holds more than 2 million volumes, 1.4 microfilm units and 10,825 sound recordings, and subscribes to 20,231 serials.

The University Libraries system consists of the main library and branch libraries. The main library is the Theodore M. Hesburgh Library. The branch libraries are: Architecture Library (Architecture Building, 631-6654), Chemistry-Physics Research Library (Nieuwland Science Hall, 631-7203), Engineering Library (Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering, 631-6665), Life Sciences Library (Galvin Life Science Center, 631-7209), and Mathematics Library (Computing Center and Mathematics Building, 631-7278).

The University of Notre Dame Library System has a wide variety of on-line resources available that are accessible through the library www site. The libraries also have an extensive collection of CD-ROM discs, which contain vast amounts of data on a variety of subjects. For more information on these library resources, contact the Reference desk of the Hesburgh Library. <top>

4.1.2 Circulation <back>
Items may be checked out by presenting your I.D. at the circulation desk. There is no limit to the number of items that may be charged out at one time. Graduate students have a loan period of one semester for books and two days for bound journals. During the summer, Hesburgh Library limits all loans to two weeks.

At the Engineering Library and Hesburgh Library, the first notice for overdue books are sent out 10 days after the books are due. If the items are not returned promptly, Student Accounts is notified and bills your account for the cost of the book, a $10.00 circulation service fee and a $15.00 processing fee. If the book is eventually returned, the cost of the book and processing fee are removed from your account but a $10 circulation service fee will remain. The other branch libraries may handle fees differently. <top>

4.1.3 Interlibrary Loan <back>
Interlibrary loan requests may be made for books and journal reprints in the Engineering Library. Both services are free. Ask at the Engineering Library for the appropriate form and you will be notified when the materials arrive. Sample forms appear in Appendix G: LIBRARY FORMS. <top>

4.1.4 Book and Journal Requests <back>
Suggestions for new books and magazines may be made via pink request forms, or in person at the Reference Desk or Collection Development Department on the first floor of Hesburgh Library.

Requests for engineering books may be made by filling out a book purchase request form at the Engineering Library. Forms are available from the staff of the Engineering Library. A sample appears in Appendix G See Also: LIBRARY FORMS.If the book is from a major publisher and a recent publication (within the last 5 years) the chances of your request being filled are very good. About 70% of all requested books are purchased. Books requested through a faculty member may have a better chance of being purchased. The librarian will hold the book for you when it arrives and notify you that it is available. <top>

4.1.5 Data Base Search <back>
Data base search for bibliography on your research topics can be performed free of charge from any networked computer using the Electronic Resources Gateway at http://lib.nd.edu/eresources/gateway/.
More comprehensive computerized data base searches for bibliography (or data) on your research topics are available on the University's www site or can be done at the Chemistry-Physics, Engineering and Life Sciences Libraries by filling out a database search service request form. A copy of this form appears in Appendix G See Also: LIBRARY FORMS. Searches done at the Engineering Library are made through the Library staff. These searches are rather expensive and should be done only after other means such as Wilson disc search have been exhausted. <top>

4.1.6 Library Hours <back>

Hesburgh Main Library: 631-6258

Fall/Spring Semester

• Mon.-Fri. 7:30 am - 2 am
• Sat. 9 am - 2 am
• Sun. 10 am - 2 am

Summer Session

• Mon.-Fri 7:30 am - midnight
• Sat. 9 am - midnight
• Sun. 1 pm - midnight

Engineering Library: (149 Fitzpatrick Hall) 631-6665

Fall/Spring Semester

• Mon.-Thurs. 8 am - 11 pm
• Fri. 8 am - 6 pm Sat. 10 am - 5 pm
• CLOSED on home football Saturdays.
• Sun. 1 pm - 10 pm

Summer Session

• Mon.-Thurs. 8 am - 8 pm
• Fri. 8 am - 5 pm
• Sat. 12 noon - 4 pm
• Sun. 1 pm - 5 pm

Library hours may vary during breaks, holidays and football weekends. Chemistry/Physics, Engineering and Mathematics are closed on home football Saturdays. Changes are posted at the libraries in advance. <top>

4.2 Computing Facilities <back> <top>

4.2.1 University Computing Facilities <back>
The Office of Information Technologies (OIT) computing facilities are available to all students, faculty and staff of Notre Dame, St. Mary's and Holy Cross. The OIT is located in the Computing Center and Mathematics Building, 631-5600. The OIT also operates the Information Resource Center (IRC), 631-8111, and the Computer Store, 631-7477. OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES CAMPUS CLUSTER .

An account number is necessary to obtain access to the IBM SP1, IBM SP2 and the Sun SPARCstation computers. Graduate students must go through a faculty member to obtain an account on the IBM SP1. Application forms for SPARCstation accounts are available at the Information Resource Center (IRC), room 111 in the Computing Center/Math Building, 631-8111, and from Paul Go, 175 Fitzpatrick Hall, 631-6553. Accounts on the UNIX machines are generally valid for the duration of the students residence at the University. If additional disk space is necessary, application forms can be obtained from Paul Go. Various peripheral devices for the clusters are also available including laser printers. Software packages and documentation may be checked out from the computer consultants during consulting hours. A Notre Dame, St. Mary's, or Holy Cross ID is required to check out any software or documentation.

The Information Resource Center is available for assistance, and student consultants are on duty in the clusters. The time schedules for the clusters are posted in all campus clusters. You can obtain a copy of this schedule from the Information Resource Center.
On-line UNIX related help is also available via electronic-mail sent to: suggest@darwin.helios.nd.edu.

The Computing Center offers free short courses in a variety of microcomputer, workstation and mainframe topics each semester. Classes are usually in the afternoon and are helpful to new graduate students.

Phone numbers for telephone access (via a modem) are given below:

• (574) 634-2462 (300-14400 bps campus network terminal server)
• (574) 634-2422 (300-2400 bps for 3270 emulation for the IBM systems)
• (574) 634-2411 (300-1200 bps line-by-line standard ASCII connection to the IBM) <top>

4.2.2 College of Engineering Computing Facility <back>
The Engineering Computing Facility is located on the first floor of the Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering (rooms 148, 150, 150a, 170, 177).

The Facility is open to all members of the Notre Dame family. However, instructional use of the labs in the College of Engineering takes priority over other uses of the lab. Consultants are available to provide assistance most afternoons and evenings. Regularly scheduled consulting hours are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1:00-5:00 pm in the Fitzpatrick public cluster. This consulting is intended for help with "walk-in" questions from all faculty, students and staff. <top>

4.2.3 CE/GEOS Computing Facility <back>
The Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences Computing Facility in room 112 Cushing Hall is available to all graduate students and faculty in the Department as well as to undergraduates engaged in research. We are very pleased to have outstanding computational facilities in our department. Our computing equipment is very expensive and requires our careful use. The following policies must be followed when using CE/GEOS computing facilities:

Any malfunction or problem with SUN equipment should be immediately reported to Dr. J. J. Westerink, computing coordinator. Send e-mail message to report@rayleigh.ce.nd.edu. This message will be automatically forwarded to Dr. Westerink.

No equipment or components may be moved, swapped or switched without permission from Dr. Westerink.

No food or drinks are allowed in any CE/GEOS computer facility.

Printers may only be used with clean new paper. Paper that already has been printed on fouls the printer drum and causes our printer to produce poor quality prints. Correct paper for the printers can be obtained in the departmental office (See Dian Wordinger
in the CEGEOS office).

The last person to leave a facility must ensure that the door is locked. All facilities must be properly secured at all times.

No unauthorized users may use CE/GEOS facilities.

If you are a user of the CE/GEOS computer room located in 112A Cushing, please sign up for 2 week rotations on the sign up sheet located in this room to maintain the facility.

While signed up you should:

1. Make sure white paper is available for the printer (see Dian to obtain paper).
2. Make sure the printer cartridge in the printer is replaced when necessary (see Dian for the cartridge).
3. Make sure the room is neat and orderly.
4. Keep screens clean using materials provided in the computer room.

If you have any questions on computer facility policies, please contact Dr. Westerink. <top>

4.3 CE/GEOS Laboratories <back> <top>

4.3.1 Laboratory Safety and Security <back>

The Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences provides safe, well-equipped research laboratories for graduate student use. However, these areas will remain safe only as long as proper safety procedures are followed. Students will be held responsible for acquainting themselves with these procedures, and seeing that they are followed. Laboratory practices deemed unsafe by the faculty will not be tolerated.

Because the departmental laboratories are so diverse in their purposes, procedures, and equipment, individual safety procedures will not be listed here. However, all users of these laboratories are to observe the following safety and security procedures.

Graduate students with a need for routine access into one of the departmental laboratories may check out a key for that laboratory, upon payment of the requisite deposit from the departmental office (contact Mollie Dash). Keys may not be traded among, loaned, or passed on to other students. Keys must be returned to the departmental office as soon as the need for routine access has passed.

Users of a laboratory must share in maintaining its security. Laboratory doors are not to be propped open or left unlocked when the laboratory is unattended, and must be locked at the end of the working day, or if the student is to be away from the lab for an extended period.

Certain labs are designated as radiation areas. These labs must be locked at all times when unoccupied. Failure to meet this requirement may result in substantial fines to the University.

Unauthorized users are not allowed into a laboratory. Guests may be invited into a laboratory, but may not be left unsupervised. The person hosting a guest is responsible for the safety of the guest. Children or dependents of graduate students are considered guest.

Each student using a laboratory must be acquainted with all the special safety procedures and safety equipment in the laboratory. These include the locations of emergency controls (such as the shut-off switches), and the locations and use of all safety equipment and first aid supplies. Particular care should be exercised when conducting experiments late at night or on the weekend or at anytime when no one else is present.

It is essential that students do not create hazards for themselves or their co-workers, and that all laboratory personnel are able to take prompt, knowledgeable action if a hazardous situation does arise.

Graduate students who supervise undergraduate laboratory experiments assume primary responsibility for safety procedures. If additional safety supplies (such as hard hats) are required, the course instructor should be notified.

Any graduate student developing a new experiment or acquiring a new piece of equipment will also be responsible for developing and recording the proper safety procedures. This must include the notification of the Faculty Supervisor, and all the current laboratory users.

No items (chemicals, equipment, personal computers, etc.) are to leave Fitzpatrick or Cushing Hall without prior permission from the Faculty Supervisor or the Department Chairman.

Any inadequacy of laboratory safety procedures or safety equipment must be reported immediately to the Department Chairman so that the situation may be corrected.

At the end of graduate studies, the graduate student is responsible for cleaning and properly disposing of all research materials, including hazardous waste. If this is not possible, the Department Chairman is to be notified of the circumstance and arrangements made for the materials to be remove. Failure to notify or properly dispose of all research materials may result in a hold being placed on the students academic records.

Repeated violations of safety procedures, or the creation of unsafe or unhealthy laboratory conditions must and will be reported to the Department Chairman. Repeated failure to work safely in the laboratory will result in the forfeiture of all laboratory privileges.
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4.3.2 Laboratory Facilities <back>
The Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences maintains the following laboratories:  

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4.4 Copy Facilities <back>
The University Copy Center is located in the back of the LaFortune Building and is open during regular business hours. The Center makes enlargements and reductions as well as providing regular photocopying services.

The library copy center located on the first floor of Hesburgh Library is available to make photocopies and reductions. Additional copy machines are available in Hesburgh Library and each branch library.

The Departmental copy machine is located in 160A Fitzpatrick and is available weekdays from 8-12 a.m. to 1-5 p.m. Personal copies can also be made on a cash basis for $0.05 a copy. Transparencies are available for $0.20 each. <top>