Wireless Laptop Checkout

These laptops run the Windows XP Professional operating system and the Microsoft Office Suite--Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint--from the hard drive. Additionally, they are configured for wireless access to the campus network from specific locations in Mullins Library. Network applications include: Netscape, Internet Explorer, telnet (Teraterm), FTP (ws_ftp), and printing.

To access the network/Internet/e-mail, users must be in an area of wireless coverage. Areas include: the Periodicals Room, the Helen Walton Reading Room, and the study rooms on the third floor immediately above these two rooms. See details on the wireless coverage map.

• UA students, faculty and staff with a valid University ID
• Borrowers are required to accept responsibility for the laptop by signing a laptop registration agreement.

• Checkout is through the Mullins Circulation Desk
• Checkout is on first-come, first serve basis, no reserves or renewals
• Loan period is three hours
• Laptops must be returned 1 hour before library closing

• Overdue laptops accrue a fine of $10.00 per hour, or any portion thereof
• The borrower is responsible for any loss or damage to the laptop
• A replacement charge of up to $3000 may be assessed for loss or damage
• Questions? about invoices-Contact the Circulation Department at 575-4104

It is important to save your work to media of your control prior to checking in the laptop (work will not be saved or remain on the laptop once it is checked in). Options for saving include:

• Email the work (files) to your e-mail account
• FTP the files to your comp.uark.edu account
• Mount a drive to your comp.uark.edu account. See http//www.uark.edu/compserv/internet/filetransfer/mapdrive/ index.html for instructions
• If you can not make a connection to the network to save your work, see the lab op in the General Access Computing Lab (GACL)

• Make sure you are in an area of wireless coverage
• Print will output to the General Access Computing Lab (GACL) printer

• The computer should be turned off and placed in its collapsed or folded position any time that it is to be moved.
• Do not plug in or unplug an external device such as a mouse unless the computer and the external device are both turned off.
• Do not expose it to any magnetic fields that could damage the contents of the hard disk. Neither the Computing Services Department nor the Library is responsible for files remaining on the disk once a laptop is returned by the user, or for any loss of or damage to a user's files as a consequence of use of the laptop.

Do not leave laptop computers or any other valuable unattended in the library. The library is not responsible for lost or stolen laptops.

Technical support and assistance with applications software should be directed to the Computing Services Lab Operator who is available during library hours in the Computing Services Lab located on the northeast main corridor of the library on the Lobby Level.

Questions regarding the lending services of the laptops may be directed to the Circulation Desk at 575-4104.