Also on campus is an excellent specialist Library, a well-furnished student common room with full kitchen facilities, vending machines, television and couches (postgraduate students are also welcome to use the staff common room), plus showers and a sick bay - where Victoria's Student Health Service visit at regularly scheduled times.

Major items of research equipment available in the Faculty include: a wind tunnel, heliodon, sky simulator, effulger, beam testing rig and instruments for field measurements of thermal, lighting, acoustic, ventilation and air quality conditions.

Undergraduate Laboratories

Most undergraduate courses in Computer Science involve a large amount of practical work. First-year programming courses in computer science use the Java virtual machine. Beyond the first year, all Computer Science courses use School laboratories providing an environment based on networked X-window based personal workstations, with shared servers running the Unix operating system.

All of the undergraduate courses in Statistics and Operations Research make some use of statistical and other computer packages such as SYSTAT, SAS and S-Plus.

Students in some Mathematics courses will make use of the School computer laboratories, particularly for mathematical packages such as MAPLE and MatLab. Student editions of the Windows version of these two packages are available through the Victoria University Book Centre.

All users of computing facilities should be familiar with the University's Information Systems Statute, as well as the School's lab rules.

Internet Access

In general, undergraduate students can send and receive email to/from anywhere in the world, and may access Web sites anywhere in New Zealand. Graduate students have full world email and Web access.

Casual Employment

From time to time the Library employs, on a casual basis, student assistants who perform a variety of tasks.

Group Study Rooms

A number of group study rooms are available in the Architecture and Design Library, Central Library and Commerce Library. Bookings are made for a maximum of two hours per person or group per day.

To book a room at the Architecture and Design Library or the Central Library, enquire at the Issue desk. To book a room at the Commerce Library, complete the form posted on the relevant study room door.

New Material Displays

New material is placed on display for one week, and can be read in the library.

Recommendations for Purchase

Recommendations for the purchase of library resources can be made by any member of the University community, by completing the online form. All recommendations will be considered and will be guided by the Collection Development Policy.