Chromebook Guide: Home

A Chromebook is a personal computer running the Google Chrome operating system (Chrome OS). The devices are designed to be used while connected to the Internet and support applications that reside on the Web, rather than traditional PC applications like Microsoft Office that reside on the machine itself. Using web applications rather than traditional PC applications is known as cloud computing (basically, online storage and software).

What

SBCC students, staff, and faculty can pick up (or return) Chromebooks (the library is currently out of Chromebooks), wifi hotspots (the library is currently out of hotspots), calculators, and requested print books when the library is open for face-to-face services. For current availability, and more information, see How do I pick up or return library materials?

When

Fall 2022 Library Open Hours

(August 29 - December 16, 2022):

Monday - Thursday: 9am - 9pm

Friday: 10am - 4pm

Saturday: CLOSED

Sunday: 12pm - 8pm

See the Hours and Maps page for additional information, including holiday closures.

Where

Please come inside the library building to return or check out materials. If you are not authorized to enter a building on campus due to vaccination status and/or COVID test result please call 805-730-4044 when you arrive and we will meet you outside at the front entrance of the Library.  

How

Be sure to bring a photo ID and wear a mask. Wristbands are required to enter the building (get one at a campus check-in table after showing proof of vaccination, or exemption, and a negative COVID test result).

Social distancing measures and safety precautions will be taken with library pickup and returns. For curbside pickup/return, you are not required to check in and get a wristband, but you must wear a mask.

See How do I pick up or return library materials? for more information, or contact circulation@sbcc.edu.

The Luria Library has Chromebooks available for long-term check out:

1. Chromebooks are due back on the last Friday of the semester at 4pm.
2. Chromebooks must be returned without damage to staff at the Checkout Desk where they were borrowed.
3. Chromebooks are free to borrow. Replacement cost for a lost or damaged Chromebook is $350. 
4. Chromebooks that are not returned are considered lost.
5. Chromebooks do not save student work. Please save all of your work to Google Drive.
6. Personal information will be removed from the Chromebook upon logging out.

The Luria Library and LRC have Chromebooks available for current students to check out:

1. Students must show a photo ID to borrow a Chromebook.
2. Only SBCC students in good standing with the library (no overdue materials) may borrow a Chromebook.
3. Students may only borrow one Chromebook at a time.
4. Chromebooks are available for 4 hour checkout periods.
5. Chromebooks may be renewed in person at the Checkout Desk, as long as they are not reserved for a class.  
6. Chromebooks must be returned without damage to staff at the Checkout Desk where they were borrowed.
7. The overdue fine for Chromebooks is $1.00 per hour up to $24.00. After 3 days late or if lost/damaged, a $350 replacement cost will be charged to the borrower.
8. Chromebooks do not save student work. Please save all of your work to Google Drive.
9. Personal information will be removed from the Chromebook upon logging out.

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