[WEB4LIB] Computer classroom furniture

[Brian Williams]

We recently upgraded our little training lab. We put in lcd screens and
small everex step desktops that can go on their side as towers on the
table. This gives you a lot more room on the tables.

 On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Duffy Tweedy
wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm in charge of creating a computer classroom, and would like comments on
> good furniture (or furniture to be avoided).  The PCs will be arranged in
> rows facing forward, so I don't need oddly shaped desks.  My main
> requirements/constraints are that space for each station can't exceed
> 36" (i.e., individual 36" desks or a 72" table that accomodates two),
> and the desks need to connect so that we get a continuous raceway to the
> wall, for cords and cable.  Also, I want to put the computers under the
> desktop to save desktop space.  Everything I've seen is either too big
> (e.g., 44" wide desks) or otherwise fails the criteria.  We can only use 
> substantial, "real", Steelcase-quality stuff, too.  The best I've seen is
> Spectrum's CLASS furniture (spectrumfurniture.com), which I installed in
> our last lab.  It's good stuff, but I'm wanting to see if there's anything
> else out there suitable.  
> 
> Thanks for any advice you can give.  I'd be happy to pass along our
> experience with Spectrum furniture, if anyone's interested.
> 
> --Duffy Tweedy
> dtweedy at ucsd.edu
> dtweedy at gort.ucsd.edu
> 
> 

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