Check Out Technology from the MVC Library

Students have access to a wide range of technology resources including laptops and chromebooks to complete classes on, as well as graphing calculators, mobile chargers and mobile hotspots. See below for details regarding each available resources, including check out information and overdue fines.

Overdue fines will not be waived. Users who do not return materials are subject to replacement fees and overdue fines.

Laptops

  • Hourly items: Overdue fines are $1 PER HOUR with a maximum of $50.
  • Semester Laptops: Overdue fines are $5 PER DAY with a maximum of $50.
  • Users who do not return a laptop will be charged a replacement cost and any overdue fine accrued.
  • Users who return a Lenovo laptop broken or damaged will be charged $100 in addition to any overdue fine accrued.

Chromebooks

  • Users who do not return a Chromebook, or return a Chromebook damaged, will be charged a $150 replacement fee.
  • Daily Chromebook Overdue Fines: Overdue fines are $5 per day up to a maximum of $50.

Mobile Chargers and Graphing Calculators

  • Mobile Chargers: $1 per hour or $1 per day, depending on check-out period, with a maximum of $50.
  • Graphing Calculators: Overdue fines are $1 per hour or $1 per day, depending on check-out period. Replacement fine is $100 per calculator.

Laptops

Students can choose between two laptop loan periods based on their needs: semester or hourly reserve.

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Semester Laptop Loans

Laptops may be checked out for a semester at a time.

  • Loaned first-come, first-served.
  • Holds permitted (placing a hold on a currently checked out laptop means it may not be available before term end).

Semester Laptops

Hourly Reserve Laptops

Two Lenovo Yoga Laptops are available for LIBRARY USE ONLY.

  • Laptops may be checked out for a maximum of two (2) hours at a time.
  • May not be removed from the Library building.

Hourly Laptops

Chromebooks

Chromebooks may be checked out for one term at a time (fall, winter, spring, summer).

  • A hold can be placed on a Chromebook.
  • A Chromebook cannot be renewed.

Find Chromebooks in the catalog

 

Chargers and Calculators

Charge your devices and find solutions to complex math problems.
  • The MVC library has thirty (30) mobile chargers available.
  • Chargers may be checked out for either 7 days, or two (2) hours at a time.
  • Chargers can be renewed if one is available and/or a hold has not been placed on the item.

Access mobile chargers

  • Three calculators can be used in the library for two (2) hours at a time.
  • Calculators may be checked out for either two (2) hours, 7 days, or a select number for the entire semester.
  • Calculators can be renewed if one is available and/or a hold has not been placed on the item.

Access graphing calculators

Other Electronics

Technology for use while in the MVC Library

  • Three external cameras that can be plugged into library desktop computers for test-taking for two (2) hours at a time.
  • Two external DVD players that can be plugged into library computers to enable DVD watching for two (2) hours at a time.

Saving Your Work

  • Files cannot be saved to the hard drive. To save your work, use a USB drive or upload files to a cloud drive.
  • Library laptops have software on them that erases everything on them each time they are shut down; any work saved to a Library laptop will be lost upon restart.
  • The laptops are equipped with Wi-Fi.
  • Wireless printing is available from all library computers and personal devices.

Print Wirelessly with Paw Prints

Moreno Valley College's Paw Prints system offers wireless cloud printing through wēpa. Print machines are available in the Library (LIB), Academic Success Center (HM 219), and at the Ben Clark campus. You may choose to print your assignments from a computer lab device, by email, by web, from your phone, by USB, or directly from Canvas.

Printing isn't free, so you'll be billed for the documents you do print. You can deposit print money in advance, via PayPal, or use a credit/debit card (a service fee may apply). If depositing print money via iOS, Mac, or Android, more payment options like Venmo and Apple Pay are available.

How to Print On Campus Print Software

Technical Assistance

Technical assistance from the College IT department is available for the Lenovo Yoga laptops.