learning. The Library is commonly used by students to work on course assignments, prepare for class, or meet with classmates.

FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT USE BY MAJOR

APPAREL INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT

Within the campus Library, students will find the IDEA Center where they can access a variety of technology and software options as well as tutoring. While technologies vary by campus, they include PC and/or Mac workstations, Wifi, and self-service printers/copiers.

Additional equipment may include standard-size and oversize scanners, portable light boxes, a Mac-beth Judge light box, digital scale, digital microscope and 3-D printer. The Library provides access to a Pantone color scanner, a professional tool that captures color properties and converts the data into a corresponding industry standard Pantone code number.

While each campus Library offers a variety of textile and material collections available to use for student projects, the Los Angeles campus Library has a designated Textile & Design Research room where students access the Material ConneXion® tableau library and a unique Innovative Materials Collection.

Each campus Library also includes a designated media area where students can view general news and industry-related programming on a large-screen monitor. There is also a variety of audiovisual equip-ment to view titles in the media collections curated to support the different program majors the college offers.

TEXTILE SCIENCE FACILITIES

The Textile Science labs on the Los Angeles campus are on the fifth floor of the main building and are comprised of three rooms, 512A, 512B, and 513. Room 512A contains a Kenmore washer and dryer, a heat press, a stove top, and a microwave. This equip-ment is used to test consumer wash and dry stan-dards, apply color or print to fabric and apparel, and activate dyes. Room 512B houses an SP III Light Box which is used for color analysis and scale, as well as a Spectrophotometer which is used to measure color and quality. Room 513 holds the textile testing equip-ment. Students utilize a quick wash, Perspirometer, electric crockmeter, Martindale, flammability cham-ber, digital Elmendorf, textile scales, fabric cutters, microscopes, Elmendorf tear tester, sun tester, and a jet press. The students use the aforementioned equipment to test the abilities of fabrics such as con-sumer wash standards, reactions to body heat and perspiration, colorfastness, resistance to abrasion and pilling. This equipment is also used to measure the fabrics ability to withstand flame and the ability to ignite based on industry standards, as well as the tear strength of fabric. Fabric is also weighed and examined in order to classify yarn fibers, testing the resistance to aging and sunlight, and also to apply color and print to fabric and apparel.

APPAREL TECHNICAL DESIGN

In addition to standard equipment (see Computer Facil-ities) Apparel Technical Design students are required to be trained in the use of computer-aided patternmaking systems to develop proficiency in patternmaking and pattern correction skills. The system used on the Los Angeles campus is Gerber Accumark. There are two dedicated labs and a separate room for the Gerber cut-ter on the campus. All spaces are shared with students in the Apparel Industry Management, Menswear, and Fashion Design majors. The full package of equipment includes the following: Accumark software, digitizing tables, digitizing pens, silhouette tables, large plotters, small plotters, projectors, and a cutter with computer and cutting software. 3-D patternmaking software is also available to the student in select PC labs on the Los Angeles campus to allow for experimentation with the design and production of virtual garments.

The students in this major also utilize the full suite of equipment and dye chemicals available in the Textile Testing and Dye labs on the Los Angeles campus for their studies in fabric management, denim design and quality assurance. This program is offered on the Los Angeles campus.

Several programs of study utilize the labs.

The Apparel Industry Management Program offers both years on the Los Angeles campus. There are three pattern rooms and two sewing rooms at the Hope Street building of the Los Angeles campus. Manual pattern drafting and sewing are taught at this facility for both Apparel Industry Management and Merchandise Product Development majors. The equipment at this facility includes drafting tables, dress forms, irons, ironing boards, rabbit punches, single needle sewing machines, overlock sewing machines, coverstitch sewing ma-chines, merrow machines, blindstitch sewing machine, coverstitch sewing machine, buttonhole machine, punch, and rolling racks. Students utilize the full suite of equipment in the Textile Testing Lab for their studies in fabric management and quality assurance. The program requires training on computer-aided patternmaking systems. The system used on the Los Angeles campus is Gerber Accumark. On the Los Angeles campus there are two dedicated labs for the Gerber Accumark system. In addition, the Los Angeles campus has a room for the Gerber Cutter. In addition, software is being added to these labs to teach 3-D pattern drafting. These labs are used by Apparel Industry Management, Fashion Design, Menswear, and Apparel Technical Design majors. The equipment includes the following: Accumark software, digitizing tables, digitizing pens, silhouette tables, large plotters, small plotters, projectors, and a cutter with computer and cutting software.

PC Labs are used for Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CLO 3D Design, FastFit360, NGC® PLM, and ERP software.