Grafton Information Commons

About Grafton Information Commons
Facts & Figures

About Grafton Information Commons

The Grafton Information Commons is located in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences building, University of Auckland’s Grafton Campus. The facility opened in March 2004 and has been primarily used by the students of Health and Medical Sciences. The Grafton Information Commons is incorporated into the existing space in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science building and provides individual computer workstations, printers, scanners, a helpdesk area, group study areas, casual seating and a computer training room.

Grafton Information Commons Map

Facts and Figures

Building

• Size: 490 square meters (5,274 square feet)
• Architects: Stephenson & Turner NZ Ltd
• Contractors: Gibson O’Connor
• 28 seats in the group study area
• Casual seating

Infrastructure and equipment

• Network setup: conventional and wireless throughout
• 24 multi-purpose computers w/ floppy drives:

  Dell OptiPlex SX270 Ultra Small Form Factor
  Intel Pentium 4, 2.0GHz
  15” Flat screen monitor
  Optical Mouse
  1.44MB Floppy Drive
  
  

• 84 multi-purpose computers w/ DVD-CDW drives:
   
  Dell OptiPlex SX270 Ultra Small Form Factor
  Intel Pentium 4, 2.0GHz
  15” Flat screen monitor
  Optical Mouse
  CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
  
  
• 4 express computers
• Software available: please see Software page
• 4 scanners
• 2 black and white printers
• 1 colour printer
• 1 photocopier
• 1 colour photocopier

Services

The main focus is the development of information, IT, language and learning skills in an integrated learning environment.

• IC Helpdesk
• Available for loan: headphones, portable floppy disc drives

Statistics - 2005

• Occupancy/door count: 136,480
• Queries answered: 8,985
• Network logins: 210,554
• Pages printed: 404,352
• Pages photocopied: 30,168

Statistics - 2004

• Occupancy/door count: 127,484
• Queries answered: 3,642
• Network logins: 146,142
• Pages printed: 378,264
• Pages photocopied: 17,007