Public computer and wireless use and internet policy

When using our computers, or our public wireless service, you need to observe the following conditions:

• You must not access material which is obscene or violent or which may be offensive to other library users
• Use of Chat Rooms is not permitted.
• Anyone found abusing the system or behaving in a manner likely to offend other customers or staff will be asked to leave.
• In using the service you are responsible for complying with the law. In particular the law relating to Copyright which means you cannot copy any material (this includes music, lyrics, photographs, film clips and drawings) without the necessary permission.
• Public computers are set up for general use and you must not tamper with settings or alter the configuration. 
• Children and young people aged 8 to 15 years need their parents/carers to give permission in person for them to use a library computer or wifi service for unsupervised access to the internet.  Library staff will  record this permission on our customer database. For this reason, children and young people aged 8 to 15 years need to show library staff their own library card each time they want to use a library computer or wifi service for unsupervised access to the internet, so that staff can check that parental permission has been given.  Children under 8 must be supervised by parents/carers

We use software to monitor and filter all use of the internet on public computers. Failure to comply with this policy will result in access to the facilities being withdrawn.

You must agree to these terms to use our facilities.