Mobile Wireless Labs - Student Information

How do students check out laptops for personal use?

The laptops from the mobile wireless labs will be available for individual checkout within the library building on the San Marcos campus only. Here are the policies and procedures:

Policies & Procedures

Borrowers

	Laptops can only be checked out by Palomar College students enrolled in a CNED (community education) class that permits use of the other ATRC (Academic Technology Resource Center) labs. This is the same class you must sign up for to use the stationary labs in the library.
	At checkout time students will show one of the following valid photo identifications:

Palomar College PIC card

A state issued identification

A federal issued identification

Limits & Availability

	Laptops can be checked out from the Academic Technology Resource Center (ATRC) Help Desk located at LL-101 (first floor of the Palomar College Library, San Marcos campus).
	Your CNED class enrollment and valid picture ID will be checked at the ATRC desk.
	Laptops are only for use in the Palomar College Library and cannot be removed from the library building.
	Laptops will be available on a first come, first served basis. They cannot be reserved ahead of time.
	Check-out is for 2 hours with a possible 2-hour renewal unless the laptops are scheduled for a class, in which case they must be returned after the initial 2 hours. Laptops may only be checked out or renewed at the Academic Technology help desk on the ground floor of the library. Classroom reservation of laptops takes precedence over individual checkout. Possible checkout times, therefore, may vary depending on classroom lab schedules.
	Laptops must be returned in person to the ATRC help desk.
	Laptops will not be checked out when there are less than 2 hours before the ATRC help desk closes.
	If you have fines or holds on your Library account or other official college records you will not be allowed to checkout a laptop.
	If you have previously violated this checkout agreement, you will not be allowed to check out a laptop.
	You may not save your work to this laptop, but instead you must save it to a removable storage or email it to yourself.
	Laptops are not configured for printing. If you need to print, email the document to yourself, or otherwise save it (see above) and print it from the ATRC permanent lab.
	You may not remove installed software or hardware from the laptop or otherwise change its configuration.
	Headphones may be checked out with the laptops upon request. You are responsible for returning the headphones along with the laptop.
	You must observe the guidelines for access and use of college telecomputing devices, and also the student code of conduct while using the laptop:

http://www.palomar.edu/at/telecomguidelines.htm

http://www.palomar.edu/Library/conduct.htm

Fines & Liability

	Laptop late-return fees are $10 for each hour or portion of an hour the laptop is late.
	If you lose or significantly damage a laptop, you will be responsible for reimbursing the college for the recovery, repair or replacement of the system.
	You must sign the following statement, which stays on file in the ATRC, assuming full legal and financial responsibility for the laptop and any related peripherals while it is checked out to you: check out agreement and policy statement [PDF format].