The George C. Gordon Library is pleased to provide laptop computers for loan within the library to the WPI community. This includes faculty, staff and students. The computers are configured to connect to the campus network through wireless technology. (WPI faculty, staff, and students also can use their own laptops in the library to connect to the network.)

WPI's IT Division reserves the right to audit and monitor any system, service, and data traffic within the WPI network to enforce the Acceptable Use Policy and to prevent intrusion and instability.

Laptop Borrower Responsibilities

• Laptop borrowers must:
  • Complete an Equipment Agreement Form in which they acknowledge responsibility for the laptop computer and peripherals charged out to them.
  • Provide a valid WPI ID.
  
  
• Laptop borrower are responsible for:
  
  • Full replacement cost if the laptop computer or any peripherals charged out to them is lost, or
  • Full repair cost charged to the Library's selected repair service if the computer or any peripherals are damaged.
  
  
• Laptop borrowers should never leave the laptop computer unattended while it is checked out to them!
  
  
• All files should be stored on a floppy diskette or other medium prior to the return of the computer to the library. The library assumes no responsibility for files stored on the hard disk or the recovery of files accidentally left in the hard disk after the computer has been returned.
  
  
• Laptop computers MUST be used within the Gordon Library.
  
  
• If a computer is not returned, it will be considered theft of WPI property and appropriate action will be taken.
  
  
• One laptop will be checked out per person.
  
  
• Gordon Library is not responsible for any computer viruses that may be transferred to, or from, a user's floppy disk.
  
  
• Personal software may not be loaded into the laptop.