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. 

Printing is free for students from any of our computers in the library. The color printer is only available on the main floor of the Library. There are three printers in the Library, one black and white and one color on the main floor, a black on white one in the Mezzanine, 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 or GoPrint cards. The Go Print card dispenser is located in the main hallway of the Library. The Go-Print card is $1 and comes with 50 cents of print jobs on the initial card. You can add more money to the card through the card dispenser station. 

Chabot College Library is home to a student computing lab in the Mezzanine (the second floor of the library). Currently enrolled Chabot and Las Positas students have access to 107 PC computers and one MAC computer with two 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.

Small Group Study Areas

The Library has five partitioned areas for students to meet in groups and work with reversible chalkboards/white boards. These areas have priority to study groups of TWO or more and are available at a first come, first serve basis. 

The Library now provides a strictly quiet study area in Rooms 107A and B. There are a number of desk spaces that also include a number of outlets for laptops or pads.  This area requires no sign up.  Like all other areas in the Library, food or drink is not allowed.  At times, this space may not be available due to a library class or event.