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Newtown Library
Phone: (859) 246-6713
Leestown Library
Phone: (859) 246-6380
Library Email
BL-BluegrassLibrary@kctcs.edu
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Live chat Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm.
Click the little chat box in the corner to talk with one of our Library staff. If you are messaging outside of these hours, you can still submit a ticket. The ticket will go to Library staff and we will respond the next business day. If you do not receive a response by the next business day, please reach out by email or phone.
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About Library Loaner Laptops
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Library loaner laptops at Bluegrass Community and Technology College (BCTC) are free to check out, and are loaned on a first-come, first-serve basis. We currently have around 450 laptops in circulation. Often times, there is a waitlist for library loaner laptops because we run out. If you are on the waitlist, please feel free to call at any time to see where you are on the waitlist. When a laptop is returned, or is available, we past it on as soon as we can and will call and email you when it is ready.
You must meet the following requirements to check out a laptop:
- You are an actively enrolled student in the current semester who is...
- living in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- in good standing with the BCTC Library. This means you do not have any unpaid damages and you don't have late items.
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- You are an adjunct faculty member teaching a class for the current semester who is...
- living in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- in good standing with the BCTC Library. This means you do not have any unpaid damages and you don't have late items.
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The BCTC Library primarily provides Dell Latitude laptops. They are equipped with webcams, Intel i5 processors, 256 GB (gigabytes) of memory, and run Windows 11. Every loaner laptop has Microsoft office installed. Additional software like Adobe Suite and AutoCAD can be installed upon request.
Image of Microsoft 365 icons from Wikipedia.
Library loaner laptops also have the Respondus Lockdown Browser installed.
If you have trouble using any of these applications, or if any of these applications asks for an "administrator login", please submit a ticket to IT Helpdesk or visit your IT's office at your campus. The device likely needs to be updated.
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Taking Care of Your Library Loaner Laptop
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To keep the laptop going fast...
- Always shut down or power down your computer after use.
- Restart your laptop once a month, or whenever you notice it is slowing down.
This is likely because the laptop needs to update.
- Limit your tabs while using the internet! If you have more than 10 tabs,
you should close them. Multiple tabs open can slow down a computer.
- Limit the amount of applications you have open.
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Things that can negatively impact the laptop...
- Dropping it on one of its corners/edges. This doesn't happen often. However, if the
laptop is in your school bag and you set your bag down roughly, this can break the screen.
The screens are very delicate. This happens more often.
- Always keeping your laptop hooked up to power. This can weaken the laptop battery.
Once it is fully charged, unplug it until it needs more power. Some of our laptop models
have weaker batteries / some consume more power, so this isn't realistic for all laptops.
- Eating or drinking near your laptop. Keep it in a dry temperature controlled place.
- Leaving your laptop while you go to restroom / do something else. Even if the laptop isn't directly
damaged by you, you are responsible for the repair or replacement cost if something happens to it
under your care.
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