Jump to: Computing Facilities | Study Spaces | Meeting Rooms | Service Centers

Digital Media Studio
The Digital Media Studio (DMS) is a UT Arlington-community resource offering expertise and facilities to assist, support, and promote the use of digital technologies in teaching, learning, and research at UT Arlington. In keeping with this goal, projects pursued in the DMS may be either academic or non-academic in nature.

GIS Computing Facility
The The GIS Student Computing Facility, located in Central Library 510, is maintained by the Office of Information Technology. Use of the facility is restricted to UT Arlington students, staff and faculty. The GIS Librarian holds office hours in the facilty: Tuesday - Thursday 4:00-5:30pm and Saturday Noon-8:00pm.

Sam's Click Café & Quiet Sam's
Sam's Click Café, a joint venture between the UT Arlington Library and the Office of Information Technology, is an Internet café located on the first floor of Central Library. The OIT help desk, where students may set up new accounts, is in the café, and Java City, a coffee bar, is nearby serving a large array of coffees, teas, soft drinks, and snacks. The café has PC computer workstations, numerous laptop dataports, and overstuffed furniture in the relaxed and popular environment. A second quiet computer facility called Quiet Sam's is located on the fifth floor of the Central Library. Both of these facilities have PCs (Macs can be found in OIT's Ransom Hall facility) and are available for use anytime Central Library is open.

Group Study Rooms
Open group study rooms are available in Central Library on the 3rd, 4th & 5th floors on a first come, first serve basis. The basement in Central is designated as a group study area.

Reserved Group Study Rooms
The UT Arlington Library maintain 9 Reserved Group Study rooms, 7 of which are enhanced with special equipment. The rooms are for use by UT Arlington faculty, staff and students. They are designated for group use and the equipment varies among the rooms. See the current schedule of reserved rooms managed by the Central Library Circulation Desk.

Quiet Study Areas
Areas in Central Library, Science & Engineering Library and Architecture & Fine Arts Library have been designated as "Quiet Study Areas" and the use of cell phones in these areas is discouraged.

Several meeting rooms located in the Libraries are available for use by UT Arlington academic or administrative departments, and to individual faculty, staff and students for University-related projects. One of the rooms available is the Video Conferencing Facility in Library 521 (maintained by Video and AV Services). For more information contact Library Administration at (817) 272-1413.

Center for Greater Southwestern Studies
The Center for Greater Southwestern Studies and the History of Cartography was created by the History Department in 1991 with the goal of promoting the scholarly study of the region. The Center works closely with the faculty, other UT Arlington centers, and the UT Arlington libraries' Special Collections in sponsoring events, such as conferences and symposia. The Center publishes Fronteras, an award-winning newsletter, which highlights events and developments in Southwestern Studies at UT Arlington.

Java City
Java City is located inside the UT Arlington Central Library Building, on the First Floor (Near the Circulation Desk & Sam's Click Cafe). Java City offers a full coffee bar experience, including light snacks,that is open seven days per week. Java City is operated by UT Arlington Dining Services.

UT Arlington Help Desk
The Help Desk provides face-to-face contact with the Office of Information Technology staff and is open extended hours to assist UT Arlington students, faculty and staff with their computing needs. Users can activate their Windows NT Account, pick up documentation, get answers to questions regarding computer usage at UT Arlington, consult with an expert, and more. For questions or support, call 817.272.2208 or e-mail helpdesk@uta.edu.

Writing Center
The UT Arlington Writing Center, located in Central Library 411, is a service of the English Department that helps UT Arlington students become better writers. Tutors provide help to undergraduate students on any essay, project, or report you are writing for an undergraduate class; application essays for scholarships or graduate programs; job application letters and resumes; and creative or personal writing. Tutors offer limited assistance to graduate students with writing tasks. More information...

Xerox Copy Center
Photocopy services in the UT Arlington Library are provided by the XEROX Copy Center. A full service copy center is located in Central Library B03 (across from the elevators). Self-service copiers are located in the basement and on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors of the Central Library, as well as in the Architecture & Fine Arts Library and in the Science & Engineering Library.