If you want to use the library internet and IT facilities you must agree to abide by our internet policy. This policy states that:
You must:
- Abide by the library system for booking and using our IT and internet facilities
- Ask a member of staff if more than one person wants to use a computer at the same time
- Pay for any additional time on the computers beyond your free session.
You must NOT:
- Create, access, copy, store, transmit or publish any material via the Internet which:
- is obscene, pornographic, racist, defamatory or illegal
- causes harassment or gross offence to other users
- breaches copyright regulations.
- Download or install any software onto library computers
- Attempt to alter system settings
- Damage library equipment in any way
- Connect any external hardware, other than USB storage devices, to library computers
- Use library computers to receive real-time television broadcasts.
You should note that:
- Giving out personal details over the internet is done at your own risk
- The council can take no responsibility for the security of any financial transactions that you undertake via the internet
- The council can take no responsibility for the accuracy and currency of information that you find on the internet
- The council can accept no responsibility for damage to, or loss from, devices that have been connected to library computers
- We reserve the right to monitor your computer use.
Please note: We reserve the right to suspend your access to IT facilities. This will happen if you continue to misuse library IT equipment or resources after we have warned you not to do so.