I was at my alma mater, the University of Guelph, earlier this week and checked out the Wi-Fi network in McLaughlin Library, the campus' main library. Shelves of books on that library's first floor have given way to lots of comfy chairs and a coffee shop. Library users now access indexes, abstracts, and journal articles from their wi-fi-enabled laptop. Don't have a laptop? No problem, the library will loan you one at no charge. If you're at Guelph, by the way, here's a tip: The network leaks well beyond the library's walls, even as far as the Brass Traps in the University Centre and up to Johnston Hall. The University of British Columbia is the other big Wi-Fi campus that I know of in Canada. In fact, UBC is the largest geographic 802.11 hotspot in the world, I'm told. Now comes news today that Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont. is about to light up its campus-wide wi-fi network. "The network currently covers 60 per cent of the main campus, with plans to reach 100 per cent coverage late next year. Current coverage includes many of the large classrooms, small seminar/teaching rooms not previously hard wired, corridors and large student gathering areas," Brock says in a press release. "The $100,000 investment in computing and telecommunications infrastructure includes $30,000 in donations from graduates and parents of students through the University's TeleGrad fundraising program. The balance of the cost was covered by the University." There are 50 hotspots on Brock's campus right now. Brock is running 802.11b at this point. Mail me or fill out the comment below if your campus has some hotspot activity. Love to hear about it.