How to use one of Lincoln Library’s computers

Resources offered on the computers

• Library catalog—no signup needed. Catalog computers are on every floor.
• Email express—on second floor of the main library only. No registration required, but use is limited to 15 minutes at a time and no printing is available.
• Internet and Microsoft Office programs—registation required for a minimum of 30 minutes and up to two hours per day. Youth Services and the branches have computers with limited Internet and Microsoft Office that are limited to age 17 and younger. Microsoft Office 2003 is currently used at Lincoln Library. Note that files saved in the Microsoft Office 2007 version can not be opened with the 2003 version.
• Word processing computers with no Internet are on the third floor of main library only. Ask for permission to use at the Periodicals desk.

Register for an Internet or Microsoft Office computer

• Stop by the Circulation desk at the main library or branches.
• Show your library card or ID to be entered into the computer registration system.
• As of 1/1/2010, all library accounts must be clear of fees prior to reserving a computer.
• Use the reservation computer near the Contemporary Fiction desk to reserve a computer. Directions are available by the computer. Be sure to choose which type of computer you need. Ask for help at the Contemporary Fiction desk if needed.
• If you are assigned to a computer, go to the computer and sign on.
• If you are put on the waiting list, go to the second floor and wait by the 'Waiting list' computer near the northwest corner of the stairwell area. When your barcode shows a computer assignment go to the computer within five minutes and sign on.

How to use the wireless connection at Lincoln Library

It's easy! Just bring in your wireless-enabled device to the library. If you need to plug in your laptop, there is seating by outlets along the west walls of the second floor.