The Samuel, Minerva, and David Lee Humanities Resource Center (HRC) at Stevens is a computer laboratory with 26 personal computers -- all linked to the Stevens network. In addition to a variety of programs available in the lab itself (word processing, grammar drills, play-writing as well as spread sheets, databases and more), each is able to connect the Stevens campus network and the World Wide Web.

Students may be referred to the HRC to use grammar software or consult with peer tutors on writing issues. Some classes meet in the HRC on a regular basis; others, as their faculty see fit for specific applications. For example, faculty might want to conduct on-line group activities involving e-mail, newsgroups or the World Wide Web. Teaching students, especially underclassmen, about the internet is easier if all students are in front of machines. Collaborative writing exercises are particularly suitable for the lab. Students also use the HRC for help accessing on-line materials including the Library Information System and the wide variety of Samuel Williams Library services.

The HRC's computers are connected to a CDROM server which allows students and faculty to use some of the most up-to-date software available. In addition to the electronic media, many textbooks and manuals await interested individuals.

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The Samuel, Minerva, and David Lee Humanities Resource Center is among the newest computer labs at Stevens Institute of Technology. It was made possible by the generosity of the following: The Charles Hayden Foundation gave the seed money; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lee, the naming donation; Mr. John Kidde, the completion of the Center with the addition of a support staff office.

The Lee Humanities Resource Center is a multi-media lab which makes available to students and faculty the best technology currently available to support their studies of the humanities. This Resource Center helps Stevens stay on the leading edge in education technology. This lab builds on technology already in place at Stevens -- our campus network that allows students and faculty to connect with colleagues and information systems on a global scale. Our systems are powerful and capable of supporting a wide variety of applications.

The entire undergraduate student body, those graduate students who speak English as a second language, and those faculty and graduate students engaged in humanistic or management research constitute the population served by the Humanities Resource Center. Perhaps the most immediately served are those students, graduate and undergraduate, who have language or writing deficiencies. Software is available to students to practice language skills seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. More is installed for local use under the supervision of tutors.

CD-ROMs enhance this environment this environment. Carefully selected resources tools, texts and reference materials allow this lab to function both as a research Center for students and faculty, and also as a multi-media classroom. All aspects of the Humanities courses are therefore supported: literature, history, history of science; science, technology, and society; philosophy; art and music. There are plans to expand the current CD-ROM collection when support allows.

Stevens, with its on-campus network and Lee Humanities Resource Center, is a leader in the vanguard of the informatin revolution. And the technological skills our students learn here will serve them all their days, as they join the work force, bring forth the innovations of tomorrow only dimly envisioned today, and forge their own private lives.

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