Lab Computers
There are additional computers located throughout the library which are similar to the computers in the campus computer labs. They may be used for chat, email, Internet access, and word processing and other programs by Barton students. These computers are limited to Barton College faculty, staff, and students, and require a username and password to login. Their use is governed by the Information Technology Network: Acceptable Use Policy.
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Printing charges for printouts from these computers are deducted from the student's print quota (100 free sheets of paper per semester) at the rate of approximately .05 cents for black/white copies and .25 cents for color copies .
Wireless Computer Network
The library has a wireless computer network that is accessible by Barton students, faculty, and staff (sorry, no non-Barton community patrons) in the following ways:
- Wireless Loaner Laptop Computers: Several loaner laptops that can access the wireless network are available to Barton faculty, staff, and students for check-out for in-library use only (they do not leave the library). Barton ID and the signing of a contract agreeing to terms of use must be signed each time the laptop is checked out. Loaner laptops may be checked out at the circulation desk.
- Personal Wireless Computers: The wireless network is also available to Barton faculty, staff, and students only who have personal laptops with wireless cards. In order to use a personal laptop on the library's wireless network, a password must be obtained either from the reference librarian or from the Passwords page.
Please Note: At this time, there are no printing capabilities from the wireless network itself. Documents to be saved from the library's wireless loaner laptops must either be saved to a CD (each has a writeable CD drive) or to a USB memory device, which can then be inserted in a regular networked computer for printing. Access is not available from the wireless network to individual folders on the U:drive, although documents saved on either CD or USB memory devices can be FTP'd to individual U:drive folders from the Blackboard site's Barton College tab (click on "WinSCP - U:Drive" in the Hot Links box located on the far left of the tab). They may also be attached to an email and sent to your email account.