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Library staff will make every effort to accommodate reasonable requests from library users with disabilities. If your disability is not visible, please identify yourself as having a disability when you seek assistance.
Access priorities in the Assistive Technology Center are:
First priority:
Southern Methodist University students, faculty, and staff who require the technology to complete their learning, teaching and work.Second Priority:
Southern Methodist University students, faculty and staff who need to use the equipment because it supports their academic work (i.e.: students who need to use a publicly accessible scanner).Third Priority:
Members of the community with disabilities who need access to the assistive technology for education or research.Library staff reserve the right to ask an ATC user to surrender a computer or resource to another user with a higher priority.
SMU students should contact the University’s Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities for information on support services and resources available.
Reference staff are available to offer basic assistance and troubleshooting on software and equipment in the Assistive Technology Center. Manuals and user guides are available for software and equipment in the ATC. Users needing additional training or services may want to contact the UCP Assistive Technology Center. UCP Assistive Technology Center services may involve a fee.
If your needs are not met by the services described here, please notify library staff. We will assist you in identifying other sources for services or resources.
The Assistive Technology Center (ATC) is covered by the FLC Reference Room Computing Policy:
Library computers are provided for the purpose of retrieving information in support of the research, instruction, and service mission of the University. Non-research activities such as game playing, gambling, and commercial ventures are not permitted on library computers.
SMU students, faculty, and staff have first priority use of all computers and resources. Library staff reserve the right to ask computer users for identification.
If other users are waiting, an individual’s computer time may be limited. Library staff reserve the right to ask a computer user to surrender a computer or resource to another user with a higher priority.
Reference desk staff are not responsible for computer failures or loss of data. Use computers at your own risk, and save your document frequently.
Reference staff are available to assist users with library research resources (e.g., databases provided by the libraries) but not with other programs (e.g., Microsoft Word).
Southern Methodist University's Computing and Communications Policy 12.3 (found within section 12.0 Intellectual Policy / Information Technology in the University Policy Manual) governs the use of all computers and networks of the University. The policy is available online at http://www.smu.edu/policy/S12/computer.html.
Any attempt to circumvent or disable security arrangements on any computer in the State of Texas is a misdemeanor and will be treated accordingly, including a report to the SMU Department of Public Safety.
