Computers, internet and wireless
We provide free access to the internet. You can use:
- our eResearch computers
- our Express computers
- wireless with your own laptop
Library computers
On the eResearch computers you can use the internet and electronic resources but not email. You can reserve a computer for an hour by using the bookings computer in the Library. You will need a Library card. You can book up to 2 weeks ahead. Your booking will be deleted if you arrive more than 5 minutes late.
On the Express computers you can use the internet, including email, for up to 20 minutes. You don't need to book.
You can print from the eResearch and Express computers but you can't save to a USB flash drive.
Word, Excel and PowerPoint are available on a designated computer in the State Reference Library. You can save to your USB flash drive on this computer. To use this computer ask staff at the Information desk.
There is a USB printing kiosk in the Verandah outside the State Reference Library Reading Room on Lower Ground 1.
For more information about using our computers see the Internet usage policy.
Wireless/Wi-FI
Free wireless is available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room, the State Reference Library (SRL)Reading Room and in the areas on Lower Ground 1 outside the SRL Reading Room, including the Verandah.
The Library is not able to help you set up your equipment for wireless access.
Printing is not available via the wireless network but you can print from your USB flash drive at the USB printing kiosk in the Verandah outside the State Reference Library Reading Room on Lower Ground 1.
Please do not leave your laptop or other equipment unattended unless you have secured it with a cable lock. The Library cannot guarantee the security of your equipment.
Communications over a wireless network are not secure. Information sent from or to your laptop can be captured by anyone else with a wireless device and appropriate software. It is strongly recommended that you:
- install all the latest operating system and antivirus security fixes, patches and updates
- always have your personal firewall software enabled
- disable file sharing to prevent any malicious users gaining access to your computer.
We recommend that you do not perform any type of internet banking or financial transactions via wireless connections/networks. We cannot guarantee the connection is secure from end to end and is not being monitored. The Library assumes no responsibility for any damage, direct or indirect, arising from your use of the wireless service, including viruses, adware or spyware.
