Davis Circulation-Laptop & Wireless Services

Laptop Access

Laptops can be borrowed from Davis Library's Circulation desk. Laptops are for Building Use Only. They must not leave Davis Library.

If you have any questions about borrowing laptops, please contact Todd Ito.

Borrowers Requirements

Anyone interested in borrowing a laptop must be a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student or a faculty or staff member with a Valid UNC One Card.

Loan Periods and Hours of Program

Laptops may be borrowed for three-hour periods and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. They may be renewed. The library will not hold laptops for users. All laptops are due back one (1) hour before the library closes. Laptops will stop circulating two (2) hours before the library closes. ( Davis Library Hours).

Overdue Fines and Replacement/Damage Charges

Laptops accrue fines at the rate of $7.50 per 15 minutes and $30.00 per hour overdue. There is no grace period and no maximum fine. There is a replacement charge plus a processing fee for damage to or the loss of the laptop or the peripherals issued up to a maximum of $4,000.

View the system profile of the IBM Thinkpad A21.

Wireless Access

Information on how to prepare your CCI or personal laptop for wireless networking can be reached by contacting ITS.

Several areas of Davis have been designated as zones where wireless access can be made. Those areas are:

First floor in the Reference Reading Room
the second floor mezzanine, and
on the center North side of the 7th and 8th floors

Network: Networking and Connections

Network Connections

If you wish to browse the web, search the library catalog or library databases, check your email, or print to the printers in the Information Commons on the main floor, you must connect the laptop to one of the network ports throughout the library.

Connecting the Laptop to the Network

There are two ways to connect the Laptop to the Network: using an ethernet network cable to plug into one of our Network Ports; or using a Wireless Card to access our wireless network.

Choosing NOT to Connect to the Network

If you do not want to be connected to the network, simply boot the machine without plugging the network cable into the network port. You will still be able to use Microsoft Office 2000 Professional applications, but you will not be able to print documents from these applications using the printers in the Information Commons on the main floor.

Printing

In order to print from any and all applications on the laptop, you must be connected to the Network. All jobs sent to this printer are queued on a network server and must be printed in the Information Commons on the first floor of Davis Library. Your print job will remain in the queue for 60 minutes, at which time it will be deleted.

When printing to this printer, you will be prompted to:

Enter a name for your print job
Enter your name.

These will serve as identifier for your print job.

When you are ready to pick-up your printed document, go to one of the three UNIPRINT stations in the Information Commons and follow the instructions below.

Swipe your UNC One Card
Select your job
Click on the 'Print' button

Your job will print to the closest laser printer. You will be charged a small fee for each page of your printed document.

Network and Hardware

If you experience problems with your network connection or with laptop hardware, please contact the Circulation Desk on the first floor. (Before bringing network problems to the Circulation Desk, please make sure that you have properly connected the machine to the network jack and that the network cable is connected to the laptop).

Printing, Library Catalog or Web Browser

Questions or problems with printing, the Library Catalog or web browsing (Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer) should be directed to the Reference Desk on the main floor.

All Other Software Applications

Any problems that you encounter with applications such as Microsoft Office 2000 Professional (Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, or Microsoft Word), email /telnet/remote login (Siren or Kermit95), WS-FTP, or Windows 2000 should be brought to the attention of the ITS Computer Lab on the 3rd floor.

Warning

Do not , under any circumstances, leave laptops, personal computers,or any valuables unattended. The library is not responsible for lost or stolen laptops, personal computers, their components, or any other items.

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This page was last updated Thursday, November 08, 2007.