Laptop Borrowing
The library currently has five laptops available to borrow on a first-come, first-serve basis. The laptops must be used in the library and borrowers will need their own rewritable CD or Flash drive to save their work.
Borrowing Procedures
- Laptops must be checked out in person at the Circulation Desk. Only one laptop can be checked out per person.
- Laptops must be used in the Library.
- Return the laptop to a library staff member at the Circulation Desk.
What You Get
- Equipment: Laptop with Intel Pentium Processor, 1.6 MHz, 55.8g Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW drive; Battery; Powercord.
- Software: Microsoft Office, MS Works, Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0, Quicktime, Real Player, Windows Media Player, Norton AntiVirus, MSN Messenger.
Connecting, Printing, Saving
- Each laptop is equipped with a battery that will last approximately 1-2 hours, and with a network card for access to the wireless network anywhere in the library. Simply turn the laptop on and logon: User Name = student; Password = student.
- The laptops are configured to print to the printer at the circulation desk only.
- A rewritable CD, Flash drive or external floppy drive is required to save work.
Security
- Never leave a laptop unattended. The borrower is responsible for the laptop until it is returned and checked in.
- Personal software may not be loaded onto the laptop.
- Do not save personal documents to the laptop hard drive. These files are not password protected and will be accessible to anyone who uses the laptop.
- Periodically the hard drive will be checked and all user-saved files will be deleted.
Assistance
- For technical questions about operation of the library laptops, please call Information Resources at 941-7165, services@husson.edu, or by stop by Level 1, Bell Hall.
- Please report any hardware or software problems to Sawyer Library staff, or to Information Resources.