Lab Use and Policy

The Linguistics lab is reserved for students and faculty of the Linguistics Department (for more information see Access). It is available for use when there is no class in progress.

• General rules
• Sharing of resources and priorities in using computers
• Saving files

General Rules

The Linguistic Lab should be used with consideration for the needs of others and in ways that maintain a comfortable and functional work environment. To that effect, users are requested:

• NOT to use the printers (unless specifically authorized to do so for a lab-related project directed by a Linguistics department faculty member)
• to share resources whenever possible
• to refrain from eating and drinking in the lab and to keep it clean
• to refrain from modifying the computer systems configurations and workstation appearance. If you want some software installed, please request it from the linglab@georgetown.edu. Do not install or download any programs without permission as this might disrupt other programs in use or lead to system crashes and dysfunctions.

Sharing of resources and priority in using computers

To ensure that the needs of the greatest number of users are met, users are requested to take into account the following order of priorities:

General rules

1. Students are free to use the lab's computers on a first-come, first-served basis.
2. If another student requests the use of the same computer, the first student is requested to vacate the computer after a 2-hour block.
3. Work that cannot be done in other Georgetown University Lab Facilities has priority over work that can be done elsewhere (a student doing word processing, e-mail or web browsing should vacate a computer immediately if another student requests the use of this computer for purposes that cannot be met conveniently elsewhere on campus, for example, for experimental purposes. In this case, the 2-hour rule does not apply).

A number of workstations in the lab have specialized functions:

Speech Analysis Workstation

The Speech Analysis workstation (Macintosh G3) is reserved by priority for students doing phonetics and phonology research that requires the use of Signalyze, Praat and SuperAnova. Note that Praat is also installed on all other PCs in the lab. Two PCs in ICC 201 are also reserved by priority for students using PCQuirer for phonetic analysis.

Multimodal Discourse Analysis and Video Editing Workstation

The Dell Dimensions 4100 (Multimodal Discourse Analysis and Video-editing workstation) is reserved by priority for students working on audio/video editing, and whose work requires the use of any of the following resources: video capture equipment, CD-RW drive, DVD drive, Scanner, Ulead MediaStudio Pro 6, Macromedia Director Studio 8, Adaptec Easy-CD Creator, Adaptec Direct CD, SoundForge XP 4.5, Photo Studio 2.0, Director 8, Movie Star 4.2.3.Dazzle USB Digital Video Creator, Shockwave Multiuser Server, ArcSoft Photo Studio 2000.

Any student that is using one of these two computers for purposes other than the ones mentioned above is asked to vacate the workstation if a student needing these resources requests its use. The 2-hour rule does not apply in this case.

Unagi workstation

This station contains the Lab RA's documents. You may be asked to vacate if the Lab RA needs to use it.

Saving files on the Hard Drive

To avoid cluttering and fragmentation of the hard drives, students are requested to always save their work on a floppy, a CD-Rom or a zip disk, and not to leave any personal files on the hard drives. Video files in particular take up a lot of memory space and affect computer speed and should be saved and deleted after use. For longer term video- and photo-editing projects requiring repeated manipulations, please notify the linglab@georgetown.edu if you need to store your files on the hard drive for a specified amount of time. If you do not notify the lab graduate assistant, any personal file saved on the hard drive may be deleted at any time.