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Reserve a Computer
Get online with your Pierce County Library Card! Use one of our traditional desktop computers or get comfortable anywhere in the library with one of our new mobile Chromebooks.
Unlimited internet time with no reservations needed!
Now available at the Parkland/Spanaway, South Hill, Sumner and Tillicum Help Desks.
- Chromebooks may be checked out from the Help Desk at our South Hill and Sumner locations.
- In contrast to our traditional desktop computers, checking out a Chromebook gets you unlimited internet for all library open hours.
- Borrowers are free to roam the building at their own comfort.
- Borrowers can browse the internet, check email, print, run Chrome apps, and explore all that the internet has to offer.
Reserving a Desktop Computer
Guidelines for Computer Reservation System
- Your library card number provides you access to our computer reservation system. It is important that each person access the computer through use of his/her own card.
- You may reserve bookable computers up to two days in advance if you have a library card.
- You may reserve a computer up to two hours per day if you have a library card. Visitors may use up to one-half hour with a one-time visitor's pass.
- You may schedule one session per day at a time. You must use your first reservation before you can schedule another session.
- Reserved computers will be held for seven minutes, after which they will be made available to others.
- The children’s and teen computers are not available to reserve.
- Technical and human errors may occur. You are encouraged to save your work.
- Thank you for observing library procedures. Following these rules avoids disruption of computer services and loss of computer privileges.
