Laptops - The Information Commons - Ururangi - The University of Auckland Library

When you borrow a laptop from the IC Helpdesk, you will be asked to sign a Laptop Custodian agreement, by which you assume full responsibility for the laptop while it is on loan to you. By signing the agreement, you undertake to comply with all the applicable sections of the Laptop Loan Policy and Procedures (PDF, 160k). The agreement you sign will be valid until the end of the calendar year. After this time, you will need to sign the agreement again.

Loan periods

You may borrow a laptop for a two-hour period. You can renew the laptop online once via Voyager for further two hours from the time of renewal (for example, if the laptop is due at 2pm, renewing it at 1.30pm will make it due at 3.30pm, not 4pm).

If you still wish to use the laptop at the end of your loan/renewal period, you must return to the IC Helpdesk and the laptop will be reissued to you if there are laptops still available.

NOTE: The laptops cannot be borrowed overnight.

Borrowing Laptops

2 hours
1 renewal - 2 hours
Any subsequent reissue - present item to the IC Helpdesk

Patron blocks and fines

Fines are generated at the rate of 15 cents per minute for an overdue laptop (maximum fine of $150.00). If you lose the borrowed laptop, replacement cost is $3000.00. Please note that any laptops not returned after 3 days are automatically charged as lost.

Note carefully that you cannot pay library fines or return your books at the Information Commons, nor can you pay laptop fines at any of the libraries. However, if you incur fines that exceed the limits of either the Libraries or the Information Commons Laptop system, you may not borrow either books or laptops.

Accessing and saving your files

To access the files saved on the IC drive ("My Documents" folder, or AFS storage), double-click on the Connect to my Homedrive icon on the desktop. On the following screen, type in your NetID and NetAccount password and click Login.

Software and Internet access

The laptops are equipped with the same software as the desktop computers in the Information Commons. Please see the Software page for the list of available applications.

Each laptop is fitted with a wireless LAN adaptor, allowing it to connect to the University of Auckland network and the Internet. To access the non-University Internet resources, please make sure that you are logged into your NetAccount and that there are sufficient funds in your Internet quota.

For additional information, please refer to the Laptops FAQs or contact one of the IC Helpdesks.

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