Computer Lab Facilities
The UW STF-funded Computer Lab features 18 high performance, 24″ M4 iMac computers and four 27″ 3D modeling, visualization and large data processing iMac stations. These computers are available for use by visiting students and researchers. Software installed includes Microsoft Office Suite, open source tools and various imaging/analysis programs; some computers can perform video capture with available firewire or USB adapters.
All of these computers have the same login, can boot into Mac OSX or Windows 10, and have access to networked printers. Due to the high cost of operating the printers, FHL charges $0.25/side of color and $0.10/side of black-and-white (honor system). Independent researchers should pay in the coin box next to the printers. Those printing for an FHL course should log their usage, to be charged to the course budget, on the sheet next to the printers.
The Computer Lab also has a 42″ poster printer that can print on glossy or matte paper. To use this printer, contact fhlit@uw.edu.
Technical support is provided by FHL IT professionals who are available during business hours (M-F, 8-4). We offer limited support for our visitors free of charge but for more than one hour of assistance, we will charge a fee. Contact the FHL IT team (fhlit@uw.edu) for more information. . Contact them at: fhlit@uw.edu, 206-616-0704.
FHL Library
The UW Friday Harbor Library, located in the Fernald Building, provides a core collection of marine science books and journals. Search for FHL print materials using the UW Libraries online catalog and then check them out using the checkout card found in the back of each book. The FHL library is part of the larger UW Libraries system, so FHL users also have access to the full UW Libraries online collection of e-journals, e-books, and article databases.
Borrowing Materials from Seattle Campus Libraries: We recommend that you bring any library materials you may need from the Seattle campus with you to FHL. While visitors may request books from the Seattle campus using FHL Library Request Form, there is no regular courier service from the main campus and there may be a significant delay in receiving materials. If you request Seattle campus books after you arrive at FHL, they may sit on the hold shelf in Seattle — with no way to check them out to you and no way to get them to the Labs.
If you do bring library materials from main campus, they must be returned to main campus. Materials left in the Friday Harbor Library won’t get checked in unless you contact Maureen Nolan, the Friday Harbor Librarian, and you will be responsible for late fines.
Student Research Papers in the FHL Library. In order to make course research papers available in the UW Libraries digital repository, students should follow the FHL Student Paper Guidelines.
Maureen Nolan, the librarian for the Friday Harbor Labs, is based in Seattle and is there for most of the academic year. For all library related questions, please contact Maureen directly at nolan@uw.edu or by phone at (206) 685-2126.
See the Friday Harbor Library webpage for more information.