12 hour laptop loans now available to use on campus
You can now borrow all Templeman Library laptops for up to 12 hours; and laptops from the self-service cabinet in the Library Café can be borrowed and used across the Canterbury campus. Chargers are available to borrow from the Welcome Desk, along with laptop bags if you’re using it outside the Library.
We’ve extended the loan period and expanded the places where the laptops can be used in response to student feedback, enhancing this popular service to better support your study needs.
Campus laptops: for use across campus
- Laptops from the self-service cabinet in the Library Café can be borrowed and used across the Canterbury campus.
Library laptops: for Library use only
- Laptops from the self-service cabinet on Floor 2, Block C, are restricted for use in the Templeman Library only.
Loan chargers and laptop bags
- Chargers are available for loan from the Welcome Desk, along with laptop bags if you’re using it outside the Library.
How loan laptops work
- Borrow loan laptops:
- For campus use: from laptop cabinet in the Café area (Ground floor, Block B)
- For Library use only: from laptop cabinet on Floor 2, Block C.
- Use it: for up to 12 hours – the laptop works with wired and Bluetooth headphones.
- Need a charger or laptop bag? Pick one up from the Welcome Desk.
- Save your files: to your University OneDrive so you can easily access them.
- Return it: take it back to the cabinet and plug it in. If you have borrowed a charger and / or laptop bag as well, please return them to the Welcome Desk.
Any problems? Please take the laptop to IT & Library Support in Nexus, Ground Floor, Block D, so we can sort it out.
What’s included
- All Office 365 tools
- Internet access and webcam
- Accessibility apps
- Citation tools
What’s not provided
- Course-specific software
- Laptop accessories (eg mouse)
- Speakers (they’re disabled)
The small print
- Laptops loaned from the Café self-service cabinet can be used across the Canterbury campus.
- Laptops loaned from the cabinet on Floor 2 are still restricted for use in the Templeman Library only.
- If you don’t return the laptop at the end of the 12 hour loan period, there won’t be a fine – but you won’t be able to borrow any other items until you do!
- If you lose the laptop, we will charge you for the replacement costs.
Please follow our laptop loans conditions of use and Library and IT regulations when using them.
Find out more
See our Laptop loans guide.