Computing Facilities

The School of Social Work maintains a computer laboratory for students in 218 Little Hall. The lab is equipped with approximately 25 IBM compatible personal computers and 2 laser printers. The laboratory is staffed with graduate assistants approximately 20-30 hours per week. Social Work graduate students and undergraduate students admitted to the professional program in social work may check out keys to the computer lab from the Field Education secretary in Room 216 Little. This permits access to the lab at all times except when a class is in session in the lab. Instructions on how to enter and exit the lab are attached to the key, along with the code number for the alarm system. Keys may be checked out for no more than seven days.  The student is responsible for returning keys checked out within this time frame.

Students may use a variety of software packages and interfaces in the lab, including: word processing, spreadsheets, statistics, electronic mail, electronic interface with the UA ­libraries, access to the Internet, scholarship information, and field placement information.

For assistance with using the lab, students should consult with the lab assistants (their hours are posted on the wall outside the lab), their instructors for class requiring lab usage, and/or Lynn Tobola, the School’s librarian (re: Internet).

Computer Accounts

All graduate students and undergraduate students admitted to the professional program are given accounts on the social work local area network while in the program that will remain current as long as they are enrolled.  Freshman and sophomore social work students may also establish accounts upon application to the network administrator.  All University students are now given Bama accounts through the University’s Computer Center upon registration.  Problems regarding this university computer account should be directed to the User Services Help Desk in A203 Gordon Palmer Hall (348-2435).