GVU/CRB/SciVis Lab
Lab Etiquette

Please respect the following etiquette guidelines:

1. Please keep any secret door or lock combinations to yourself.

2. Don't leave trash in the lab. This includes coke cans, snack wrappers, scrap paper, etc.

3. Do not leave unwanted printouts by the printer. Any printout over a week old will be recycled.

4. Keep noise levels to a minimum. Please reduce noise levels if you are asked to do so. If you are viewing a video tape in the GVU Conference Room, please close the doors.

5. Yield systems to priority users. For example, some systems in the lab have been purchased by certain faculty members...their GRAs have priority on those systems. If you absolutely need a system, then schedule it with the web scheduler (www.gvu.gatech.edu/lab/scheduler) or post a paper notice by the system.

6. Yield the GVU or CRB Conference Room to anyone who has scheduled it in advance. If you need to use the GVU or CRB Conference Room, please schedule it with Tonya Dunson (894-0075).

7. Respect the Windows95 and Macintosh Etiquette postings.

8. Locking your screen is fine, but don't lock it for over an hour at a time. If your screen is locked for over an hour, we will reset it so that other users may use the system.

9. Don't unplug the power cords or network cables. If you need power or a network port, please contact a Lab GRA or Randy Carpenter (CCB 210).

10. Ask people around the lab before turning off the lights (e.g. to reduce screen glare or take photos). If the lights are already off and someone turns them on, then don't complain.

11. If your research group is going to have photographer or camera setups in the GVU Lab (e.g. for a publicity shoot), please send a note to gvu-all@cc to let people know there may be a disturbance in the lab. Usually, these kinds of shoots involve the outage of a particular set of computers and sometimes the overhead lights need to be dimmed.