Policies

Computers | B/W Printing | Color Printing

• Please check-in via the iPads at the Circulation Desk for each new visit before logging on a library computer.
• Library computers are primarily intended for schoolwork:
  • In the event that computers are full, library staff will start a waiting list.
  • During busy times, students using library computers for reasons not directly school related may be asked to forfeit computers until the waiting list has cleared.
  • When there is not a wait, however, students are allowed to surf the internet; but please know that some sites are blocked campus-wide.
• Laptop Loaner Program:  BCC Library also offers a laptop loaner program for current BCC Curriculum students OR students who have secured the appropriate permission from the head of Continuing Education, Economic & Workforce Development, or Adult Education and Literacy.  
  • BCC Library offers 30 laptops on a "first come, first serve" basis that may be loaned for the duration of a semester and some short-term loans based on availability. (Short-term loan availability may vary from semester to semester.) The loan agreement is good until the last day of a semester. All requests and requisite paperwork must be completed (or repeated) each semester at the Library Circulation Desk.
  • To ensure access, at the end of a semester (or forward), a student may submit his or her name at the Library Circulation Desk, by email, or by phone to Library Staff to be placed on the "Laptop Loan Agreement: Reserve List". The "Reserve List" is on a "first come, first serve" basis but is maintained throughout the semester in the event a student withdrawals and/or opts out of the loan agreement and returns a laptop. Use the following link to contact a staff member to put your name on the list: Library Staff. 
  • To check-out a laptop, please come by the Library Circulation Desk to review and sign the "Laptop Loan Agreement Form." Bring your Student ID Card (which also serves as your Library Card) as Library Staff will check-out the item to you in our integrated library system. Register your Library Card PRIOR to visiting the Library by completing and submitting the following form:  BCC Library Accounts.

• Community patrons and/or visitors, please pay 10 cents per printed page at the Circulation Desk upon exiting the library.
• BCC students are allowed 50 free prints per day, using the library printer:
  • Daily free prints are not transferable; BCC students must be present to send their own print jobs to the library printer.
  • Daily free prints may be single- or double-sided, which must be selected in the print dialog box by the BCC student before sending a print job to the library printer.
  • Some programs on library computers offer double-sided printing but not all do; single-sided printouts, whether intentional or by accident, still count against the daily 50 free prints allowance.
  • Library staff will do their best to troubleshoot printing when asked.
  • But, ultimately, BCC students are responsible for all print jobs they send to the library printer.
• After the daily 50 free prints have been exhausted, BCC students are expected to pay 10 cents per printed page at the Circulation Desk upon exiting the library:
  • This is an honor system.
  • BCC Library staff will not count printouts, rather relying on students to report the number of printouts (or their best estimate).
  • BCC students who are planning on sending large print jobs (30+ pages) to the library printer are advised to alert BCC Library staff in advance; otherwise, BCC Library staff may intervene on the assumption that print jobs have been sent to the library printer mistakenly and resources are being wasted.
• By honoring this printing system, BCC students keep student printing costs low and affordable for all -- thank you!

• Color printing at BCC Library costs 25 cents per page for all users; please note that student free prints cannot be applied to color printouts.
• Please email your file -- as well as any special instructions -- to: bcclrc@brunswickcc.edu
• Print jobs will only be sent to the color printer once the user approaches the circulation desk and the total cost has been determined.
• BCC Library accepts cash and check at the desk; credit card transactions can be completed with the Business Office.