The library has around 90 laptops that are available for students to borrow for a one-week non-renewable loan. To use a laptop at home, you must first have logged in to it once while on campus. You can shut it down after that initial on-campus log-in. There are two self-service laptop lockers that allow you to borrow or return a laptop at any time the library is open. One locker is in the library foyer (floor 0A), and the other is in floor 0C.
By borrowing a laptop you agree to the following terms and conditions:
In general, our laptops have only a basic software suite installed on them, and it is not possible to install further software on them during the year. If there is particular demand for a piece of software, we can request that it is added the next time the laptops are re-built. The list below indicates what software you can expect to find on most of our laptops. As laptops can be built and re-imaged at different times, the software suite is not 100% consistent across all stock. If you need particular software, we recommend that you check for it on the laptop you have borrowed before leaving the library.
Software | Notes |
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7-Zip | |
Adobe Acrobat DC | |
Adobe Creative Cloud | Available from 0A (red) lockers only. Not full software suite, but simply app to connect to cloud. |
Adobe Lightroom Classic | |
FileZilla | |
IBM SPSS | Works on campus only. |
Inspiration 9 | |
MS Office Applications | |
NVivo 12 | |
Python | Versions 2.7 & 3.4 on 0C (white lockers), version 3.8 on 0A (red) lockers |
Texworks | |
Texthelp Read & Write | Version 11 on 0C (white) lockers, version 12 on 0A (red) lockers |
VLC Media Player |