Library Information

Please be mindful of your print jobs so everyone can benefit from this shared resource. Printing from our computer stations is intended for schoolwork and is limited to 20 pages. Mobile printing available at chabot.goprint.cloud. 

Printing is free for students from any of our computers in the library. The color printer is only available in the Student Computer Lab. There are three printers in the Library, one black and white on the main floor, a black on white one and color on the 3rd Floor, in the Student Computer Lab.

Photocopying costs $0.10 a page in black and white, $0.20 a page in color. The copy machines can take cash. 

Chabot College Library is home to a student computing lab on the 3rd floor of the Library. Currently enrolled Chabot and Las Positas students have access to PC computers with one connected to a scanner.   One of the computers is ADA compliant and specially equipped for students with disabilities (includes Kurzweil and Jaws.  Note: More are available in the Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS).  All you need is your W ID to log in. All computers are equipped with Microsoft Office 2013. 

CURRENT SOFTWARE (ON ALL MACHINES)

• Microsoft Office 2013 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Lync, Visio)
• Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera browsers
• Adobe Reader XI
• Mircrocase Student Explorit
• Itunes
• Most Common Browser Plug-ins (Quicktime, Java, Adobe Flash Player, Active X, Adobe Shockwave, and Silverlight)

LAB RULES:

• Internet chats, messengers, games, and usenet are prohibited.
• Changing any setting on any machine is prohibited.
• Food and drink are not allowed.
• Downloading any software is prohibited, whether it be from your disk or from the Web.
• Printing is ten cents per page.
• Any conversations in this study area should be kept to a minimum.
• NO CELL PHONE USE ALLOWED
• No other ID other than a CURRENT Chabot/Las Positas College ID will be accepted.
• Computers are designated for academic use only.
• Lab assistants can not repair hardware/software issues.

The Library now provides a strictly quiet study area on the 3rd floor. There are a number of desk spaces that also include a number of outlets for laptops or pads.  This area requires no sign up.