UCSB students, staff, and faculty who are engaged in academic work have priority for using computers. Others may be asked to vacate when computer areas are busy. Unless specified as "Quick Lookup" computers listed below require authentication using a UCSBnet ID/password or a guest login account.
UCSB Library Computing Areas
Computers and other equipment are in the following locations:
| Location: Computers & Equipment |
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1st Floor Paseo
Ocean Side, Near the Paseo West Entrance 1 self check-out machine (at Services Desk) Mountain Side, Near the Paseo East Entrance |
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1st Floor Mountain Side, Sara Miller McCune Arts Library 1 flatbed scanner This area offers reservable spaces (Multimedia Studio, Media Lab, Listening Rooms) with computers for media recording, editing and listening. The spaces may not be used for general computing. |
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1st Floor Mountain Side, Near Current Newspapers
1 phone charging station |
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1st Floor Mountain Side, Learning Commons 22 standard Windows computers 7 specialty-software Windows computers 1 GauchoPrint station ("coral") 1 self check-out machine 1 KIC Click book scanner 2 flatbed scanners NOTE: Specialty-software machines are reserved for UCSB faculty, staff, and students. Guest logins cannot be used with these machines. |
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1st Floor Mountain Side, Across from Services Desk 1 KIC Click book scanners |
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1st Floor Ocean Side, Davidson Entrance 1 self check-out machine |
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2nd Floor Mountain Side, Sciences & Engineering 4 Windows computers |
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2nd Floor Mountain Side, Learning Commons 6 Windows computers 1 phone charging station |
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2nd Floor Mountain Side, DREAM Lab This area is a special lab for those using data sets, GIS, and statistical software. It is not for general computing use. |
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2nd Floor Ocean Side, Microforms 4 ScanPro microform stations KIC Click book scanner |
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2nd Floor Ocean Side, Near Ethnic & Gender Studies 1 Media:scape collaboration table |
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2nd Floor Ocean Side, Near Media and Children's Literature Collections 2 Media viewing stations (DVD & VHS) 1 audio listening station (LP & CD) |
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2nd Floor Ocean Side, Ethnic & Gender Studies 5 Windows computers |
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4th Floor Ocean Side, Lobby area 2 Windows computers |
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5th Floor Ocean Side, Lobby area 2 Windows computers |
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6th Floor Ocean Side, Lobby area 2 Windows computers |
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7th Floor Ocean Side, Lobby area 2 Windows computers |
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8th Floor Ocean Side, Lobby area 2 Windows computers |
We also have laptops available for checkout. See our laptop checkout page for more information.
