At the end of Widener's renovation, in two and a half years, two new reading rooms will have data jacks for laptop users.
Lamont's third-floor reading room was renovated this summer, and posters there brag about the power outlets at every study space. And there's space to add roaming ethernet sometime soon.
"When you're doing construction these days you prepare for the future," Howard said.
Langdell's system will soon be outdated. When the rest of the network is changed to the switch system, HLS' facilities will be redone. The library was given roaming ethernet only as an experiment, according to Steen.
"The experiment worked, but it was dependent on previous, shared technology," he said.
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And MIT introduced the technology two years ago.
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