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General Information About The Scotch Plains Library, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Public Computer Guidelines

  • Anyone may sign up at the Reference Desk for a free Internet session. You must request a password at the Reference Desk, Circulation Desk, or Children's Desk.
     
  • Internet sessions are 1 hour. Users may continue if no one is waiting.
     
  • From 3 to 6 PM school days Internet sessions are one hour. One session only.
     
  • A time limit of 2 hours per day, per patron may be enforced.
     
  • Children under 10 years old must be accompanied by and supervised by someone 14 or older.
     
  • Public Computers are virus-protected but the library cannot guarantee against or assume responsibility for damage to floppy disks or their contents.
     
  • Patrons are asked to understand that some materials are inappropriate to access and view in a public library. The library's Internet computers are filtered. Sites that allow access to potentially offensive materials may not be available.
     
  • The library may end an Internet session if a patron is in violation of the Library Rules of Conduct.
 
The Library's Public Internet Computers:
  1. Provide Internet Access and Word Processing.
     
  2. Permit uploading, downloading, printing, and saving to floppy disks or flash drives. (Please bring your own disks.)
     
  3. Do not permit CD-ROM access.
 
Printing
  • First five pages are free
     
  • Further pages are $.20 each.
     
  • The printer is located next to the Reference Desk, adjacent to Terminal #1.
 
Wireless Internet Access
The library provides wireless Internet connectivity for patrons who wish to bring laptop computers with wireless capability. (Presently we have only a limited number of electrical outlets.)
 
Word Processing Computer
  • Anyone may sign up at the Reference Desk to use the Word Processing Computer.
     
  • After 1/2 hour, if another person is waiting, the original user will have a maximum of another 1/2 hour to finish.
     
  • Any patron who has been using the Word Processing Computer for more than 90 minutes must finish within 10 minutes if another person is waiting.
*Summer Hours*
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday: 9am to 9pm
Wednesday: 8am to 9pm
Friday: 9am to 5pm
Saturday: 9am to 2pm
Sunday: Closed
 
1927 Bartle Avenue * Scotch Plains * New Jersey 07076
www.ScotLib.Org * 908-322-5007 * Library@ScotLib.org
Meg Kolaya, Director