Technology is increasingly an integral part of a student's education. In addition, many student services and information will be delivered via technology. To provide the KSU student with a quality education delivered most conveniently, technology will be used as an essential part of instruction, for student access to educational materials, and for the delivery of student services.

A $25 technology fee was collected for the first time in the 1997-98 academic year in order to provide students with improved technological resources including: greatly enhanced on-campus and remote access to the internet; important software packages such as Microsoft Office, Mini-Tab, and Authorware delivered on-line; student training in use of computer technology; increased access on campus through extended laboratory hours; computer connections, and an electronics study room in the Library; upgrade of student laboratories; and, instruction in the use of advanced multi-media presentation technology in a brand new Presentation Technology Laboratory. The anticipated technology fee for 1998-99 is $38.

In addition, the Kennesaw State University Website has been constructed to provide students with easy access to information, instructional materials, services, activities, and the World Wide Web; many classrooms are being connected to the internet; and selected classrooms around campus are being upgraded to high quality multi-media and presentation sites. Each year brings new technology, creative uses of technology on campus, and services to meet our growing needs.

Computing and Information Resources

Horace W. Sturgis Library
Built in 1981 with over 100,000 feet of space, the library, named after the university's first president Horace W. Sturgis, is designed to support and advance the teaching and learning activities of the greater university community.

The Sturgis Library has more than 550,000 volumes of books and government publications. There are more than 3,300 serial publications and well over 1,000,000 pieces of microforms. The library also provides, through contractual and consortial arrangements with the University Center in Georgia, University System of Georgia and The Southern Polytechnic State University over 10 million items for research and study purposes. The University Center in Georgia includes institutions such as Agnes Scott College, Emory University, University of Georgia, Clark Atlanta University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, and the Institute of Paper Science and Technology.

Use of these collections is available by an institutional access card, via five day truck delivery, institutional fax machines and through traditional interlibrary loans.

University Center in Georgia and University Systems Libraries have unique titles that augment collection development at Kennesaw and through the Georgia Union Catalog, enhance both research and teaching. Access to these extensive catalog collections are through the on-line public catalog which is available in the library, on the campus network and via telephone from remote sites.

For research purposes, faculty and students have access to a broad array of traditional print collections and full-text and full-image items through GALILEO, ProQuest, ERIC, and Lexis/Nexis. The GALILEO service provides access to world wide web resources such as the Library of Congress, full-text journal titles, newspapers, and to document delivery services. Users of the library also have access to four special collections:

• The Children's Literature Collection named in honor of the late John DiFazio, professor of education at Kennesaw, houses an 8,000 volume library used for the professional preparation and training of P 12 teachers.
• The Teen Collection consisting of 1,500 works designed to meet the unique learning and reading needs of adolescence.
• The Bentley Special Collections brings together a world class collection that spans the history of the written word in the Western World. This collection provides undergraduate students one of few opportunities in the nation to study original works firsthand. A recent addition to this collection includes a first edition complete works of Chaucer dated 1542.
• The Government Documents Collection houses print, microforms, CD ROM databases and remote access to Federal Agencies. Sturgis Library, as part of the national depository system, make books, periodicals and agency data available to the Sixth Congressional District.

Tours, seminars and classroom instruction are provided for both small and large groups of students and faculty. Individual instruction is provided by appointment.

The library is a charter member of SOLINET, and is a member of the On-line Computer Library Center, a major international library computing network with members located in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan.

The Sturgis Library is open 100 hours during the semester and has extended hours during exams. Between semester hours are posted at library entrances, the circulation desk and on the campus gopher. For checkout of materials, the university identification card serves as a library card.

Computing Services
Tracking rapid evolution within the computing field, Information Technology Services and Administrative Computer Systems constantly refine, improve, expand and advance the computing resources available to students, faculty and staff at Kennesaw State University. They provide instructional , network hardware, network software, desktop hardware, and desktop software support and technical hardware support to the more than 13,000 members of the KSU community.

Information Technology Services coordinates computing services for KSU students and supports over 2000 personal computers, LANs and connections to many different computing locations. Students, as well as faculty and staff, are eligible for computer accounts affording access to services such as Internet access, KSU's library system, an active jobs database, a current scholarship database, KSU's gopher, electronic mail, Archie, Veronica, FTP, Telnet, KSU's web site server and Kermit.

The University System's Computer Network, called PeachNet, is housed on the KSU campus and provides links to all of Georgia's public institutions of higher education. It is regarded as one of the finest educational computer networks in the country, giving students and faculty access to a variety of computing environments, as well as Internet.

In addition, Kennesaw students register for classes each semester via an on line real time system accessed through any touchtone telephone.

Information Technology serves over 1500 faculty/staff workstations in DOS, Macintosh and UNIX environments. Faculty and staff workstations are networked for services such as electronic mail, student records, on line scheduling and registration, access to the InterNet, as well as word processing and high quality printing. KSU faculty and staff are in communication with colleagues worldwide through InterNet mailing addresses, gaining access through desktop personal computers and also through remote dial in services.

Information Technology Services also administers more than 500 student work stations located in 22 electronic classrooms and four open computer labs. All of KSU's buildings are connected via almost five miles of fiber optic cable. All open computer labs are networked and are open to students seven days a week. These labs are supervised by qualified lab assistants available to help with a wide variety of standard software packages in word processing, spreadsheet, database management, communications and graphics. KSU students with special needs have access to computers configured with features such as screen magnification and voice synthesis.

Networked electronic classrooms advance diverse curricular needs by granting access to statistical and programming language software, as well as standard software packages. Special purpose advanced labs are available to majors in accounting, computer science, education and information systems. One of the Georgia Department of Education's Educational Technology Center is located on the Kennesaw campus. Through this facility, majors in education and other fields have access to state of the art technology for teaching and learning.

The rules for use of all telecommunications equipment, including telephones, computers and FAX equipment, are found the KSU Web site at:

www.kennesaw.edu/resources/policy.shtml

or they can be reached from the KSU Intranet Home Page by choosing the topic Telecommunications Policies from the Technology Resources section.

Use of any of these facilities implies an understanding of and compliance with these policies.

Educational Technology Center
The $1.5 million Educational Technology Center (ETC) is fully operational in the Educational Technology Annex. This major public service unit in the Bagwell College of Education is one of eleven college-based centers in the State. The KSU site serves teachers in the upper third of the State, including metro Atlanta, with over 450 technolgoy integration workshops a year. These workshops train approximately 14,000 preservice and inservice educators each year. The Educational Technology Center computer, video and distance learning facilities are also a valuable resource for teacher education students and faculty.

Several units in the University System are equipped with two-way interactive teleconferencing facilities which support statewide distant learning opportunities. Through the Georgia Statewide Academic and Medical System (GSAMS), Kennesaw State's two distant learning classrooms connect with over 200 college, public school and hospital sites statewide for two-way audio/video teleconference/course instruction activity.

Presentation Technology Department (PTD)
The Presentation Technology Department (PTD) provides training and services for the university's faculty, students, and staff in the development of presentation materials and support for the university's presentation equipment. Areas of support include training/workshops for the use of all PTD supported hardware and software, instructional materials development, multimedia (audiovisual) equipment support, and desktop publishing development. The main PTD office is located on the fourth floor of the Sturgis Library (Entrance - Room 446). The Presentation Technology Laboratory is housed on the second floor (Room 226/227).

The PTD supports the university's Presentation Classrooms and related audiovisual needs, as well as the Presentation Technology Laboratory where students, staff, and faculty can be trained and work in a high end multimedia lab environment to develop presentation materials.

The main PTD office is open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Fridays.

Office of International Programs (Study Abroad)
Kennesaw State University strongly encourages students to consider making a study abroad experience part of their university curriculum. Studying abroad enables students to gain special insight into the cultures and institutions of other peoples, and it facilita

Kennesaw State University currently operates one study abroad program in Mexico, Italy and Northwest Europe. We also collaborate with sister Georgia institutions on programs in China, France and Great Britain.

The Mexico program is located in beautiful Oaxaca in southern Mexico, an area rich in Hispanic culture, and also in Native American languages, cultures, arts and crafts. In this summer program, students may study Mexican history, politics, culture and the visual arts as well as the Spanish language. KSU's other programs are also situated in exciting locations.

Kennesaw State students may also earn credit toward their degrees through participation in any of several thousand studies abroad programs run out of other fully accredited academic institutions. The programs are located in all parts of the world and are offered at various times throughout the academic year. The Office of International Programs (OIP) maintains printed catalogs as well as computerized listings of such programs for students use. OIP will also assist students with the details of credit transfer.

Students eligible for financial aid may ordinarily use that aid to cover costs of studies abroad programs whether the program is based at Kennesaw State or elsewhere. Beyond the regular sources of financial aid, both Kennesaw State University and the University System of Georgia have set aside funds specifically to assist students with study abroad expenses.

For information on all study abroad programs as well as on financial aid for study abroad, contact the Office of International Programs at 770-423-6336.

Math Lab
The Math lab is designed to provide assistance to any KSU student who is experiencing difficulty with mathematics in any class. This assistance is a supplement to classroom instruction and includes the following services: One-on-one tutoring, video tapes on numerous mathematical topics, computer assisted instruction via NovaNET and Scientific WorkPlace and supplemental worksheets.

The Math Lab is located on the fourth floor of the library in room 422, phone (770) 423-6044.

Teacher Resource and Activity Center (TRAC)
The Teacher Resource and Activity Center is sponsored by the College of Education at Kennesaw State University. It is located on the first floor of the Education Building and provides a variety of unique professional opportunities for all teachers in the geographic areas served by the university. Additionally, TRAC offers assistance to college students in teacher preparation through the provision of a curriculum library, media services and instructional materials.

TRAC also has a large collection of books, magazines and activity guides designed to help teachers create successful learning centers and bulletin boards for their classrooms. To help with these projects, more than 200 dies for cutting letters, numbers and patterns are available.

The shelves are stocked with textbooks, professional books, kits and videotapes for checkout. There are three laminators, two badge makers, a book binding machine, a poster maker and an eyelet maker. There is access to transparency makers, an opaque projector and listening stations for previewing audio and video tapes.

Workshops comprise an important part of TRAC's offerings. Topics are chosen based upon the needs of teachers and students.

TRAC Technology and Computer Lab
Students can improve their technological know-how in TRAC's state-of-the-art educational technology and computer lab. Open more than 50 hours per week and facilitated by knowledgeable student assistants, the lab offers a learner-centered environment for enhancing technology skills and integrating technology applications into the curriculum. Students are able to access Windows and Macintosh programs including more than 100 educational software programs for evaluation. World Wide Web Internet access and multimedia development capabilities are also available.

Writing Center
The Writing Center is a free service available to all members of the university community, not just those enrolled in English classes. Tutors assist writers in the writing process, from conception and organization of compositions to revision, documentation of research, and remediation of problems in grammar and punctuation. Students needing information about the Regents' Test in writing and practice in writing the essay itself should contact the Writing Center. The Writing Center encourages writing across the curriculum in all classes and serves as a research center in the practical and theoretical aspects of composition theory.

The Writing Center is located in the Humanities Building, Room 237, phone (770) 423-6480, with the following hours of operation for the academic year: