Wireless Laptop Checkout Service

Borrower Information

Borrower Requirements | Loan Periods - Hours | Replacement Costs

Basic Laptop Information

Turning on the Laptop | Battery/Power Status | Laptop Profile | Software

Network Connections and Printing

Network Availability | Connecting to the Network || Printing

Frequently Asked Questions

Security Warning

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Borrowers, Loan Periods, Policies and Procedures

Twenty-six PC laptops are now available and can be borrowed from the Information Commons located on the 2nd floor of Moody Memorial Library for use within Moody Memorial Library and the Jesse H. Jones Library.

Borrower Requirements

To borrow a laptop you must be currently enrolled at or employed by Baylor University (student, faculty, or stsaff) with a VALID Baylor ID card. The Baylor ID card must be presented and scanned at the time of checkout and may be required at checkin. Your student status must be current in the library's online circulation system. To use library Ethernet ports, you will need your Bear ID.

Loan Periods and Hours of Program

• Laptops are available from the Information Commons, located on the 2nd floor of in Moody Memorial Library which is open during the following hours:

Sunday 1:00 PM	through	Friday 9:30 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM	through	Saturday 9:30 PM

• Laptops may not be reserved.
• Laptops may be borrowed for use for a loan period of four hours. They may be renewed as long as a patron wishes.
• There is a charge of $10 per hour for any laptop not returned on time.
• They must be returned at least one hour before the Information Commons closes.

Replacement/Damage Charges

You are responsible for any loss or damage to a laptop checked out to you. If a laptop is lost, you will be charged a replacement fee of $3,000. If the laptop or its peripherals are damaged, there is a charge plus a processing fee equivalent to the full replacement cost as determined by library staff. The standard fee for lost components, such as batteries, drives, and adapters, is $200. Late fines are assessed and, since the laptops are for building use only, they will be presumed lost if not returned one hour before the Information Commons closes. These charges will be billed to the patron's university account.

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Network Connections and Printing

Network Availability

The maps below show locations of wireless capabilities within the Moody Memorial and Jesse H. Jones Libraries. Use of these ports requires a Bear ID.
Moody Library Garden Level, Moody Library First Floor, Moody Library Second Floor, Moody Library Third Floor,
Jones Library First Floor, Jones Library Second Floor
Baylor Collections of Political Materials (Poage Building)

Connecting to the Network

To connect to the network, turn on the computer and enter your Bear ID and password when prompted to do so. Open up the Internet Explorer Browser and enter your BearID and password into the NetAuth page. Submit information and confirmation of authetification will be given. This browser window can then be closed.

Printing

Use the Print Locator icon, located on the desktop, and follow the instructions given on the Print Locator webpage. Choose a convient printer and install per the instructions given. Return to the program you wish to print from and Print. The printer you installed shouldbe automatically defaulted to. If you experience difficulty, see a lab consultant at the Information Commons attendant desk. The Print Locator page can also be access by pointing your browser to //sts01/Print_Locator from a Library Laptop or http://sts01.baylor.edu/Print_Locator from a personal laptop connected to the AirBear network.

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Basic Laptop Information

Turning ON the Laptop:

The power button for the laptop is located directly above the keyboard. The laptop should be powered down by selecting Shutdown in the Start Menu. However, if you must turn the laptop off manually, press and hold the power button until the laptop is off.

To connect to the network, you must log in with your Bear ID and password..

Battery Power/Status:

A fully charged battery lasts approximately 3 to 4 hours. You can check the status of the battery by doing the following:

1. From the "Start" menu, select "Settings" and then "Control Panel";
2. When the "Control Panel" window is open, find the "Power" icon and double click on it;
3. The "Power" window will display the amount of battery life left in a percentage and it will also estimate the amount of time remaining before the battery expires.

The laptop will notify you via a pop-up dialog box when the battery begins to run low. At that point, you should save any work to your disk or transfer it to your email account and shut down the laptop. If you wish to continue working after a low battery warning, without shutting down, you should power the laptop with the AC adapter and a wall outlet. When the laptop is plugged in, the battery will begin recharging.

Laptop Profile:

Hardware Dell Latitude C600 & C640 Pentium III Processor 14.0" LCD color display 128 & 512 MB RAM 9, 20, & 30 GB Hard disks Standard Equipment Laptop 2 Batteries Carrying Case Optional Equipment 250 MB Zip Disk Drive 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive250 CD/DVD Rom Drive Power Cord and Adaptor

Installed Software Cyberlink PowerDVD 4.0 CodeWarrior Roxio EasyCD Creator 5 Microsoft Develop Network BibleWorks Visual Studio 6.0 SP5 Adobe Illustrator 10 Visual C++ Acrobat Distiller 5.0 FoxPro Adobe ImageReady 6.0 InterDev Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Visual Basic Adobe PageMaker 7.0 Authorware 4 Adobe Premier 6.0 Authorware 4 Afterburner Fireworks 4 Authorware 4 RT 16-bit Inspiration 7 Authorware 4 RT 32-bit Flash Player XWin32 Virtus 4.0 F-secure SSH 5.1 Virtus Player 4 JMP 5.0 Adobe Acrobat 5.05 Mathematica 4.2 Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.01 SAS System v8.2 AOL Instant Messenger SAS System Viewer v8.2 CuteFTP 4.2 SPSS 11.0 MailDrop SPSS 11.0 Production Facility PictureViewer SPSS System Viewer QuickTime Player 6 S+ version 6.1 RealPlayer 8.0 Dreamweaver MX Windows Media Player Fireworks MX WinZip 8.1 Flash MX Internet Explorer 6 Notepad Netscape 7 Thinkwell Winamp 3 Microsoft Excel XP Windows Messenger Microsoft Powerpoint XP Yahoo! Messenger Microsoft Word XP Microsoft Access XP Microsoft Outlook XP

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q:	For what length of time can I borrow a laptop?
A:	A laptop may be checked out for four hours at a time. They may be renewed as long as you wish. All laptops are due by closing in the Information Commons.
Q:	Can I put a laptop on hold or recall a laptop from another borrower?
A:	If all laptops are checked out, you may be placed on a waiting for the next available laptop. See a lab consultant at the Information Commons attendant desk. Your Baylor ID card will be required to check out a CoasterCall Pager, which can be taken anywhere in the Moody/Jones Library facility. You will be paged when a laptop is available. The coaster will vibrate for three minutes, and you have a total five minute grace period to return to the Information Commons for your laptop. If you do not return within that grace period, the next person on the waiting list will be paged. The coasters are checked out to patrons in four hour increments and must be checked in. Lost or stolen coasters result in a $200 fine.
Q:	What is the latest I can check out a laptop?
A:	laptops must be returned by the time the Information Commons closes. They may be checked out until one hour before that time.
Q:	How do I print from a laptop?
A:	Use the Print Locator icon, located on the desktop, and follow the instructions given on the Print Locator webpage. Choose a convient printer and install per the instructions given. Return to the program you wish to print from and Print. The printer you installed shouldbe automatically defaulted to. If you experience difficulty, see a lab consultant at the Information Commons attendant desk. The Print Locator page can also be access by pointing your browser to //sts01/Print_Locator from a Library Laptop or http://sts01.baylor.edu/Print_Locator from a personal laptop connected to the AirBear network.
Q:	Where can I connect the laptop to the campus network?
A:	These maps show where the wireless network is active in the Moody Memorial and Jesse H. Jones Libraries. Use of ports requires a Bear ID. Moody Library Garden Level, Moody Library First Floor, Moody Library Second Floor, Moody Library Third Floor, Jones Library First Floor, Jones Library Second Floor Baylor Collections of Political Materials (Poage Building)
Q:	What does this error message mean? "Unable to locate the server www.'sitename'.com. Please check the server name and try again."
A:	The laptop may have lost its network connection. Try a few other sites to see if the same error message appears. If it does, open an Internet Explorer browser and re-authenticate through the NetAuth page. If this does not fix the problem try restarting the laptop through the Shutdown command in the Start menu and log in to the network again with your Bear ID and password. If further assistance is needed, return to the Information Commons and see a lab consultant.
Q:	Can I take the laptop out of the building?
A:	No, laptops are not allowed to leave the building! If a library laptop is taken from the building, it is assumed to be stolen and the Baylor Police Department will be notified. A stolen laptop results in a $3000 fine.
Q:	Who can help me with other network, hardware and software questions?
A:	Problems with your network connection or with laptop hardware or software should be brought to the attention of staff at the Information Commons service desk or the staff of the Moody Garden Level Computer Lab. For help with database selection and searching ask at one of the reference desks located in Government Documents, Music Fine Arts Library, Science/Engineering Library, or the Social Sciences and Humanities Reference Department.

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Security Warning

Do not leave your laptop computer (or other valuables) unattended, even for a few seconds. Theft of laptops and peripherals can occur in the Baylor Libraries. You will be held responsible if the laptop you have checked out is stolen.