Using computers in the Library

• Computers are on all floors
• Conditions of use
• Computer for different needs
• Software and languages available on Library computers
• Internet access and Internet quota
• Using your personal computer at UOW (wireless / printing)
• Laptops for loan
• Save your work often
• Rovers available to help

Computers are on all floors

• Increase your chance of finding a computer by visiting the Library before 10am or after 4pm during the week.
• More computers are in the ITS Labs in Building 17

Conditions of use

• Rules Governing the Use of IT Facilities
• Do not use Library computers to make illegal copies of copyrighted material - see UOW Copyright information and Music, Video & Software Piracy Policy
• Your computer may be offered to another client if you leave it unattended. When this happens, if possible, we will save your work and take your belongings to the Loans Desk on the Ground Floor.

Computers for different needs

• Quick access: Catalogue, email, database and Internet access. No USB/CD/DVD or office software.
• Quick print: Laptops dedicated to printing. Access limited to 5 minutes.
• Desktops: Desktop computers with access to catalogue, email, database, Internet and in demand software. USB/CD/DVD available.
• Laptops: Laptops with access to in demand software and more languages than desktops. USB/CD/DVD available.

Software and languages available on Library computers

• List of software and languages available on Library computers [PDF]

Internet access and Internet quota

• Internet access is available only to the UOW community - SOLS username and password are required
• UOW Internet quota system information

Using your personal computer at UOW (wireless access and printing)

• Wireless setup guides
• Printing from your personal computer

PC and Mac laptops for loan

• PC laptops - borrow from Short Loans in the Main Library and from the Curriculum Resources Centre (Building 22)
• Mac laptops - borrow from the Curriculum Resources Centre (Building 22)

Save your work often - lost files are not recoverable

• YOU are responsible for saving your files
• All files are automatically deleted from the computer when you log off
• Work with a copy on the computer desktop
• Back up and save your work often to a removable storage device