Library Laptops for Loan to QC Students

Rosenthal Library has purchased laptop computers with funds made available through the CUNY/QC student technology fee. These laptops are equipped with wireless network cards for use wherever the campus wireless network exists. Wireless is available throughout the Library and much of campus. See map of coverage areas.

The laptops have Windows XP and MS Office Professional Suite of programs. QC students can use the laptops for word processing and other MS Office functions, accessing Library databases, and accessing the Internet. Accessing Library databases or the Internet require a QC computer account. Click here for an application. The laptops may be charged out at the Service Desk on Level Two of Rosenthal Library.

Only currently enrolled students with no holds on their library records are allowed to charge out a laptop. Laptop loan policies are also available at the Level 2 Service Desk and Reference Desk.

Queens College students, with a currently validated QC ID and a library barcode, may borrow laptops if there are no outstanding fines or overdue books on your record.

Laptops can be borrowed from the Service Desk on Level 2 for use inside and outside Rosenthal Library.

At the time the laptop is checked out the you will be asked to complete and sign a Loan Liability Agreement accepting responsibility for loss or damage to the computer and the constituent parts while the laptop is charged out to you. Please allow at least ten minutes to check out the computer and sign the agreement. At the time of checkout, the laptop will be turned on so that you can see it is issued to you in good working condition.

• Laptops can be borrowed for a four-hour period.
• Laptops are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Only one laptop will be charged out per user.
• Laptops will not be renewed if there are no other laptops available for loan at the time. Because there is a multiple hour battery recharging time, laptops may be on hand but not available for loan.
• It is not possible to reserve a laptop for a specific time.
• All laptops are due back one (1) hour before the Service Desk closes. (E. g., If you charge out a computer at 6pm, it will be charged out for three hours on an evening that the Service Desk closes at 10pm.)
• The last check out time is two (2) hours before the library closes. This is a one-hour loan.
• Click here for library hours.
• There are no overnight loans. All computers are due back one hour before the Service Desk closes.

All laptops must be returned in person to a Service Desk staff member on Level 2. Do not put laptops in the bookdrop. Do not leave them on the Level 2 Service Desk or at any other library service desk.

At the time of check-in a Library staff member inventory all the physical components (external drives, battery, mouse, etc.). You will be notified if there are any problems with a laptop you return.

Be sure to save your work to your floppy/CD and remove your floppy disk/CD before returning the laptop. All documents or files saved on the hard drive of the laptop will be erased when the laptop is returned.

• Overdue fines are ($30.00) per hour or any portion of an hour.
• Borrower is responsible for the replacement costs of the laptop if it is lost or stolen. The replacement cost as of Summer 2004 is $1455.
• Borrower is responsible for all repair costs if the laptop or its components are damaged or made inoperable while the laptop is checked out to the borrower.

• Do not leave the laptop unattended. You are responsible for the loss and/or damage of the laptop while it is checked out to you.
• Laptops have BRL/QC identification numbers on them and have been listed with the 107^th Precinct, NYPD.
• You will be given a copy of your dated loan agreement. You must show it to a Security Guard when you leave the Library. Otherwise, you will be detained.