Hours of Operation

GACL Membership

Adaptive Lab (Sycamore Hall, Room 104)
Yonathan Khoe (Current Committee Vice Chair)| (940) 565-3048 | SYCM 104
Yonathan.Khoe@unt.edu

College of Business
Shelly Beattie | (940) 369-8613 | BLB 240G
Shelly.Beattie@unt.edu

College of Arts and Sciences
James Strawn | (940) 565-4308 | GAB 550D
Jstrawn@unt.edu

College of Education
Charles Andrews | (940) 565-3410 | Matthews Hall 309B
Andrews@unt.edu

College of Engineering
Sean-Mikel Flowers | (940) 891-6949 | Discovery Park B129
Seanf@unt.edu

College of Public Affairs and Community Service /College of Merchandising, Hospitality, & Tourism
Jackie Thames | (940) 565-3419 | Chilton Hall 255
Thames@unt.edu

College of Information
Josi Reyna | (940) 369-7858 | Discovery Park B205
Josephine.Reyna@unt.edu

College of Visual Arts and Design
Kacey Close | (940) 565-4522 | Art Bldg. 228
Kacey.Close@unt.edu

College of Music
Scott Krejci | (940) 565-4788 | Music 238
Skrejci@music.cmm.unt.edu

24hr Student Computing Center @ the Library (24/7)
Judy Hunter (Current Committee Chair)| (940) 369-7462 | Willis Library 232
Willis.gal@unt.edu

(Labs are listed in the order of the yearly committee chairperson rotation.

Structure

Organization & Structure of the
General Access Computer Lab System Management

The General Access Computer Lab system has grown to be a mature strategic part of the University's student technology resources. The General Access Labs Managers Committee (GALMAC), recognizes the role the labs play in academics and as a recruiting tool for the University. We are committed to maintaining the excellence created in the General Access Computer Labs by providing direction and management needed to continue to grow with the University.

HISTORY
UNT utilizes a distributed-computing environment which allows UNT to offer specialized computer labs and resources to meet the individual needs of varying academic units. Each lab within the UNT General Access Computer Lab system is maintained by one of UNT’s schools, colleges, or functional areas. This structure exists to better facilitate the academic endeavors of students by allowing each distributed lab to provide specialized computing resources that support their associated academic environment. The General Access Computer Labs System is designed to promote common guidelines and practices throughout the distributed Labs. In order to do so, UNT started a governing body for the Lab system — the General Access Lab Committee (GALC). GALC members determined that, in order to better serve the UNT community, the individual Lab managers needed to have an open avenue of communication. Hence the General Access Lab Managers Committee (GALMAC) was formed and GACL became the advisory and oversight board. Through the years, the lab managers determined that patron insight could help guide the focus of the Lab System. The Public Forum was designed to allow students to voice their concerns, needs and ideas to the Lab Managers.
The Following are descriptions of GALMAC, GALC and the Public Forum.

GALMAC (Managers Committee)
• Representation: Full-time staff lab manager from each funded unit.
• Role: To provide planning, coordination and implementation of polices and procedures to meet the needs of the University community as a whole.
• Frequency: The committee meets at least once a month and additional times as needed.
• Reporting: GALMAC is a subcommittee of GALC. The GALMAC chairperson is a member of GALC. GALMAC sends a representative to the IRC, DCSMT, and other campus committees as needed.

GALC (Advisory and Oversight Board)
• Representation: One representative from each funded area, preferably a faculty member appointed by the dean or director, as well as the GALMAC Chairperson. One student representative appointed by the Student Association. One faculty representative appointed by the Faculty Senate.
• Role: To provide direction to GALMAC on key budget, policy, procedure and strategic planning issues.
• Frequency: The board meets as needed.
• Reporting: The committee is a program-level subcommittee of the IRC.

Public Forum
Through the public forum GALMAC will attempt to receive feedback periodically in order to help anticipate patron and University needs. The public forum can be conducted in a variety of ways. The most common form is online or written surveys. However the forum platform is subject to change over time as technology, facilities or resources become available. • Representation: The entire University community is invited to participate.
• Role: The forum provides direct student input on General Access Computer Lab needs.
• Frequency: The forum is held as needed in coordination with the Student Association and GALMAC.