Libraries Online can be found in all City of
London libraries and provides access to a range of electronic
resources, including free internet access.
What is Libraries Online?
Who can use Libraries Online?
How do I book?
Here to help
Printouts
Retaining your work
Fully accessible computers
Where can I find Libraries Online
Click here to download details in
bengali
What is Libraries Online?
Libraries Online offers more computer terminals with free access
to,
- Internet
- Scanning
- Web-based email accounts
- Jaws and Zoomtext software to help people with sight
difficulties
- Electronic resources (including CD Roms)
- Library catalogue (OPAC)
The latest Microsoft Office software for word processing,
spreadsheets, database and presentations will be available at the
lending libraries. A webcam will also be available at the
Barbican Library.
Access to Libraries Online is free, you only pay for
print-outs and floppy
disks.
Who can use Libraries Online?
All visitors to our libraries are welcome to use the service,
you do not need to be a library member.
How do I book?
Computer access is available up to one hour at a time and you
can book up to 24 hours in advance. Any work station not currently
in use may be booked for immediate use. Demand is likely to be high
so you are advised to contact the library closest to you to check
in advance whether you need to book.
Contact the library closest to you to find out more.
Here to help
- Help guides for using the internet, software and computer
equipment.
- Trained staff to assist
Printouts
Printing is available at all libraries for the following:
- Black and white printouts 10p per page
- Colour printouts 30p per page
Retaining your work
If you wish to retain your work, you can save it to a floppy disk.
These are available to purchase from the library at 40p per disk,
or you may use your own. Information will not be retained on the
hard drive as the computers will be rebooted at the end of each
session, erasing data.
Fully accessible
computers
Each library will have at least one computer work station
offering wheelchair access and will be equipped with Zoomtext
screen magnification and Jaws text to speech software for people
with sight difficulties.
- Screen magnifier (Zoomtext)
Use this to make the words and pictures on the screen as large as
you want.
- Text to speech software (Jaws)
Use this with the headphones to have words spelt out loud and the
sentences or pages you have written read back to you. This software
can be used with the word processing application on this PC. You
will be able to hear what you are typing as you do your work
through a screen voice. When you are using the internet you can
have the text on the screen read out loud. This makes it easier to
find the information you want when doing a subject
search.
Where can I find Libraries
Online?
Libraries Online is available at all City of London
libraries.
Contact the library closest to you to find out more
Last modified: 21 April 2008
| Author: Rosalina Del Campo
|
Contact
author