existing infrastructure.
All KSU faculty and professional staff are equipped with computers and the software applications required for their positions. AWA Students will have unlimited access to laptop computers in the residence halls (through the University's laptop lending policy), 48 terminals in the student center, and 19 workstations in Blazer Library. In addition, AWA students will have restricted use (class time or tutoring session) of the 26 computers in the newly renovated Hathaway Hall Composition Computer Lab, 15 in the English Computer Lab, and 8 in ACE. (Link to IT_Computers.pdf) The computers in the Composition Lab have specialized software for students to aid them with reading and writing, and those in ACE will have ModuMath software installed for students requiring additional instruction in developmental mathematics. Hathaway 427 (English Computer Lab) will be designated as the meeting room for the supplemental instructor/tutor-directed labs of the pilot projects.
Blazer Library provides a variety of resource services that adequately support the University's teaching, research, and service mission. User services available for students, faculty and staff include reference services, interlibrary loan, orientation tours, library instruction, microform machine readers and printers, and viewing rooms for videos and DVDs. KSU belongs to the Kentucky Virtual Library (KYVL), which provides access to electronic resources, a Virtual Reference Desk, and Information Literacy tutorials in support of student and faculty teaching and research. Blackboard is used by students in the Library and in the University Orientation (UNV 101) courses. Faculty members have placed the Library's databases online as electronic links for students logged on to Blackboard.
The Library's collection contains over 700,000 items, which includes monographs, government documents, bound periodicals, kits, and microforms in all disciplines. In 2006, the Kentucky Legislature allocated one million dollars to enhance the Library's book collections in support for the University's undergraduate and graduate academic programs. The electronic resources collections include access to 85 databases and an expanding collection of over 16,000 electronic books covering a wide range of subjects. (Link to Library_Short.pdf) The Library Director has set aside up to $30,000 from the library budget to purchase materials appropriate for faculty and professional staff involved with developmental education. (Link to Chapman_Stuckey_email.pdf.) Library staff regularly provide assistance to individual students and entire classes as requested by faculty for course assignments and projects.
The Budgets are Reasonable and Cost Effective: The pilot projects are designed to
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