Conveniently located inside Stacks Café in O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, room 110 has many technologies to assist in your group study collaboration. The room features an elevated study space with dual monitors, webcam, wireless mouse and keyboard, and white board.
Group Study Rooms and Studios are reserved for use by current students, faculty, and staff.
All group study rooms in O’Shaughnessy-Frey (St. Paul) and Keffer (Minneapolis) have a computer with standard Microsoft Office software installed (Word, Excel, etc.).
As a courtesy to others using the space after you, please do not power down the computer or disconnect cables from the computer. The computers are used throughout the day, are low powered and utilize power saving modes when not in use.
Also, please do not turn off the screens.
In O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library (St. Paul) group study spaces with large screens are equipped with wireless keyboards and mice allowing everyone around the table to "take control."
To conserve battery life when not in use, On/Off switches are found on the upper left of the keyboard and the underside of the mouse.
Note: Each keyboard and mouse are paired with the computer in the room and may not be moved to other locations.
If you arrive in a room where the keyboard and/or mouse have been turned off, or the keyboard and mouse are not responding, please check the on/off switch located on the keyboard in the upper right, and on the underside of the mouse. If they still fail to respond you may request new batteries from the Circulation Desk on the first floor of O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library.
Note: There are no wireless keyboards or mice in Keffer Library in Minneapolis.
Webcams may be used with Zoom or other web-based video recording and conferencing services.
Note that the webcams may only be used on the in-room computer. There is not a method to connect your own laptop or device to the camera.
All students, faculty, and staff at St. Thomas have a Zoom account. To get started right away, log into the St. Thomas Zoom website, or visit the ITS page for additional Zoom support and information.
You will not have administrative rights to install WebEx software or extensions, however, according to the WebEx help page, "you can use a Temporary File solution (TFS); that option will be displayed 15 minutes before the meeting starts. You will need to use this option each time you join a session."
So, 15 minutes before you are to join a session, use the link provided in the invite and choose the Temporary File option.
You will not have administrative rights to install Skype, but Skype for Web is readily available via Microsoft Edge or Chrome browsers. More information from the Skype for Web technical site.
If you would like to record your group meeting as a file directly to the computer, you can open the Logitech icon from the desktop and use the software to record directly to the computer. Video files are stored in the Videos folder accessible through the Windows file explorer.
Depending upon file size you may upload the video to a cloud based service you subscribe to or save it to your own USB thumb drive. In most rooms there is an external USB port. (See "Connecting laptops, devices & USB").
Please do not disconnect any cables or equipment in the room. Many of our rooms with large monitors provide an HDMI port as well as a USB port to connect to.
In O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library rooms 110, 312B, 421 and 422, there is an HDMI and USB port cable on the right side of the screen. In O'Shaughnessy-Frey SMART Board rooms you can connect to the inputs on the right side of the screen or using the cables provided in the room. Currently there is not a method to connect to the screens in Keffer group studies.
All inputs to the large screens are HDMI so you will need an HDMI cable to start with. In O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, the Circulation desk on 1st floor has cables for check out in both 6 foot and 10 foot lengths.
If your laptop or device does not have an HDMI port, you will need an adapter. Again, the Circulation desk has some of the most popular adapters available for check out. These all convert to HDMI so you will need BOTH an HDMI cable and one of the following adapters.
Once you have connected your device to the port provided you will need to use the remote (or, in the case of the SMART Boards) the on screen selector to change the input. Usually the in-room computer is Input 1 and your device will be Input 2.
You will only need a regular HDMI cable.
You will need a VGA to HDMI adapter. Connect the audio to your headphone or line out port if you want to play audio on the large screen.
Note that the HDMI adapter requires power provided via USB so you will need to connect the included USB plug to a port on your device.
From the VGA to HDMI adapter, connect the VGA, audio, and USB to your laptop. Then connect the HDMI cable to the adapter and screen.
You will need a USB Type C to HDMI adapter
You will need a Lightning to HDMI adapter AND your own charging cable with plug.
Note that the HDMI adapter requires its own power so not only will you need your own charging cable, access to an outlet might not be convenient. Our SMART Board rooms allow screen mirroring via Air Play, no cables needed!
Plug one end of your charging cable into an outlet and the other end into the Lightning Adapter. Then plug one end of the HDMI cable into the screen and the other into the Lightning Adapter. Then plug the Lightning Adapter into your device.
Please do not disconnect any cables or equipment in the room.
All rooms with a computer have external USB ports that allow you to save your work from the in-room computer to your own USB drive.
In a standard group study room you can connect your drive to the computer tower.
If you are in a conference style room with a large screen and no visible computer, there is a cable with a USB port on the right side of the screen.
In the SMART Board rooms you can plug directly into the SMART Board on the right hand side.
Use only dry erase markers on whiteboards.
Markers may be checked out from the circulation desk on the first floor of O'Shaughnessy-Frey in St. Paul or the main desk in Keffer Library in Minneapolis.