The library has computers for public use located throughout the building.
Computer workstations are equipped with the following standard software:
Internet connections, Microsoft Office suite (including Word, Excel, and Powerpoint), various media players, and accessibility software. Please inquire at the Reference desk for more information about accessibility tools or if you would like some assistance.
- To use a public computer, you must have a current and active library card, and not owe $10 or more in fines.
- Please view the library's Internet Access and Safety policy.
- USB and other flash storage drives and devices may be used with our public computers. These items, along with headphones, are available for purchase at the circulation or reference desks; headphones cost $2.00 and USB flash drives are $8.00.
NOTE: All of the library's public PCs are equipped with privacy software that purges all session data and stored information upon conclusion of each session. Please make sure you have the ability to save any documents you create to either a remote storage space, or on an external device (such as USB flash drive) before you begin your work or computer session.
Accessibility
The library has vision-assisting software and hardware available for those who require it. Please ask at the Reference or Circulation desks for more information.
Laptops
The library has limited set of Chromebooks to lend to patrons. To borrow a laptop, a patron must be age 18 or over and have a library card in good standing. Laptops may be borrowed for up to 21 days, one laptop per user per month. Please review the library's full Laptop Lending and User Agreement for more details.
Come in to the library to use our free wireless services with your laptop, smartphone, or tablet!
Please view our Internet Access and Safety policy for more information.
Wi-Fi Hotspots
- CW MARS patrons with library cards in good standing may borrow Wi-Fi Hotspots from the library for up to three weeks.
- Our hotspots are T-Mobile brand, and they enable patrons to connect their mobile devices to the internet anywhere that is covered by T-Mobile's service network. For more information about borrowing a Wi-Fi hotspot and our usage policy, please view the library's Wi-Fi Hotspot Lending policy. Check the library's catalog to view hotspot availability.
The library offers printing and copying at a low cost, and scanning for free!
- Printing: You may print from library-owned computers at a cost of $0.15 per black and white page or $0.30 per color page. Wireless printing is also available, but only in black and white; please see the "Print from Anywhere Services" instructions below.
- Photocopying: The library has several photocopiers available for public use. The cost is $0.15 per page for black and white documents or $0.30 per page for color.
- Scanning: The library offers free, self-service document scanning to patrons. The library printers require use of a compatible USB drive to scan, as scanning to email is not available. The volume of documents patrons may scan at any one time may be limited during peak times of printer/scanner usage. Patrons may purchase ($8.00) or temporarily borrow a USB drive from the Reference Desk.
- Faxing: The library does not have a fax machine for patron use, however, the reference staff can assist patrons with scanning documents (see above) and faxing them over the internet, using either a patron's Gmail account or a third party website, though the latter may be limited in number of pages that can be sent at one time.
Print From Your Own Device
After following the instructions for one of the options below, your print job should be available for release for up to eight hours on the same day from the print station on the 2nd floor of the library (the queue is cleared at the end of the day). Printing from your own device is the same cost as printing from a library computer, $0.15 per page for black and white or $0.30 per page for color.
NOTE: These services shut down 30 minutes before the library closes.
There are two ways to submit a print job from your own device to the library print station:
- Upload a file from your own device.
- Go to https://print.princh.com/
?pid=108873 - Upload your file. After uploading your file you can select if you want black and white or color and the number of copies.
- Accept terms and conditions and click continue.
- Enter your email address and click OK.
- Printing via email allows you to print the text of an email and/or an attachment to an email.
- To print in black and white, forward an email or compose an email with the attachment you want to print to splmain.bw@ewprints.com.
- To print in color, forward an email or compose an email with the attachment you want to print to splmain.color@ewprints.com.
- Using this method, you can only print one copy of your document. If you wish to print multiple copies, send multiple emails or use the upload process described above.
