North Campus Library offers access

The North Campus Library continues to progress on its way to becoming the multimedia hub on the Cal State Long Beach campus.

With Macintosh computers, combined with software and graphics programs, the North Campus Library makes it easy to create fancy documents and find recent information that couldn't be found in the main library.

"All of the information around couldn't possibly fit into one building," Multimedia Develpment Operations Manager Brian Wong said.

"That's why we're here, this is a bookless library, where all the information in the world is out there on the World Wide Web."

The North Campus library is divided into three sections: The Open Access Lab, the Multimedia Development Center, and the Training Center.

The Open Access Lab is Macintosh based and very user-friendly.

A student can access an assortment of graphics applications, as well as commonly known programs like Microsoft Word and Excel.

Also, students are able to tap into the Internet. Once on the Internet, the possibilities of information retrieval are almost endless.

On the other side of the library is the Multimedia Development Center.

A student can create a variety of documents such as instructional modules.

This is made possible with an assortment of scanners, video capture boards and CD-ROM writers.

The third section of the North Campus Library is the Training Center.

The purpose of this area is to instruct faculty and staff on how to use all of the latest equipment, according to Wong.

The North Campus Library is still relatively young compared to other buildings at CSULB and many people may just be beginning to learn about the latest in media technology.

Still, the library can fill up with students from time to time that are eager to learn something new, or just browse the web using Netscape, said Wong.

The North Campus Library is available to all students, faculty and staff of CSULB.

To use the media equipment, all one has to do is present a valid student identification card.