• General Guidelines
• Ten Important Computer Tips
• Computer Instructions

Computer Use

General Guidelines

• Public computers are available, and can be reserved up to two days in advance by library card holders. Reservations may be made in the library, at the Computer Reservation & Print Station only.
• The Express stations (15 Minutes per session) near the Circulation Desk downstairs, can not be reserved in advance, but if both are in use patrons can sign up to wait for them.
• In the Reference area upstairs there are 8 PCs, and 1 Sight Impaired computer station for adult library card holder use only (one hour per session). The same applies to the 2 PCs in the Young Adult area, which should only be used by
  young adults (school-age, 14-18).
• A separate Children’s area has 6 PCs available for children only (one hour per session).
• There are 3 PCs reserved for library catalog (CLAMS) use in the downstairs of the library, and 1 in the reference area upstairs.
• For laptop-users, there are tables with wiring to the public network (internet/WWW) where any visitor to the library can plug in a personal laptop, and wireless access is available throughout the building!
• All of the public computers (except those reserved for library catalog (CLAMS) use) in the library have both word processing and internet capability.
• Please remember that games should not be played on the computers in the reference area (Games may be played on the computers in the Children’s & Young Adult areas)!
• Printing costs .20 cents per page for black & white copies, and .40 cents per page for color copies. Patrons may print from any of our public computers by sending a print job to the Computer Reservation & Print Station and using an
  Oak Bluffs Library Card or a Photocopy/Print Card with sufficient funds on it.
• Laptop-users may also print by downloading our printer software found here: Printing Software. You must be on our wireless network with your laptop machine for this download to work!

Ten Important Computer Tips

These ten computer tips will ensure that you have an enjoyable experience using the library's public computers:

1. Log-on to an open computer with your library barcode number:
   If you do not have a library card, you may get one downstairs. People without library cards may use the (3) Express Computers Downstairs (by signing on with their first name instead of a library barcode number).
2. Always log-on with your library barcode number/name, if someone has forgotten to log-off the computer please log them off and then log-on with your number/name.
3. If all of the computers are in use, log-on to the Computer Reservation & Print Station to get in line for a computer.
4. You must use your photocopy/print card or library card to print:
   Read the Computer Use & Printing Help Sheet to learn more.
5. Estimated wait times are not exact – come back every 10min to check your reservation.
6. If you do not log-on to your computer reservation within 10min of it becoming available, you will lose your reservation!
7. If you need to leave your computer for any reason, you may lock the computer for 10min.
   Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and choose Lock Computer:
   Warning - if you are not back in 10min or less you will be logged off your computer.
8. You must save documents as an attachment to your email account, floppy disk, or CD-ROM. Documents saved to the computer will be lost after log-off.
9. These computers shut-off ten minutes before closing time,
   Have a plan in place for saving your documents before this time, or you may lose your work!
10. As a courtesy to those waiting in line, Please log-off your computer when you are finished!

Computer Instructions

• How to Log-On to a computer
• How to Print
• How to Purchase a Photocopy/Print Card
• How to Make a Computer Reservation
• How to Download our Printer Software for Laptop-users

How Do I Log-On To A Computer:

Upstairs

1. If you are at a computer upstairs, in the Reference, Young Adults', or Children’s Departments then you must have your CLAMS library barcode number in order to Log-On. The three public computers in the downstairs of the library do not require you to have a library card in order to log-on.
2. The 13 digit barcode number may be found on your CLAMS Library Card.
3. Go to any open computer and move the mouse to dismiss the Pharos welcome screen. If no computers are open, read the How do I make a Computer Reservation? section.
4. Use the mouse to click on the “Click here to log on” button
5. Type your 13 digit CLAMS library barcode number into the “Barcode” box and hit the “Enter” key.
6. Please remember to double-click on the yellow “Log-Off” button in the lower left hand corner of the screen when you are done using the computer.

Downstairs

1. Go to any open computer and move the mouse to dismiss the Pharos welcome screen. If no computers are open, read the How do I make a Computer Reservation? section of this help sheet.
2. Use the mouse to click on the “Click here to log on” button.
3. Type your name into the text box and click on the “Enter” key.
4. Please remember to double-click on the yellow “Log-Off” button in the lower left hand corner of the screen when you are finished using the computer.

How Do I Print:

Upstairs

1. If you do not have an Oak Bluffs Photocopy/Print Card or an Oak Bluffs Library Card then you must first purchase a print card
   (How Do I Purchase a Photocopy/Print Card?) If you need to add money to your card, please also read this section).
2. First you must send your document to the print station by selecting print and giving your print job a name.
   For Example: If you are using Microsoft Word to type a document, and you are ready to print: use the mouse to click on “File” then choose “Print”, choose the black & white or color printer by using the drop down menu (the default is black & white), then click on the “OK” button. The computer will now ask you for a job name, enter a name, and then click on the “Print” button.
3. Next go to ANY Computer Sign Up & Print Station
4. Move the mouse to dismiss the Pharos welcome screen, and log-on using your CLAMS library barcode number.
5. Use the mouse to click on “Print a Document”.
6. Highlight your document by clicking on your “job name” with the mouse. When your document is highlighted you will see the cost of the print job at the bottom of the screen.
7. Next, click on the “print” button.
8. Swipe your Oak Bluffs Library Card or Photocopy/Print Card by lining up the blue strip with the magnetic strip on your card.
9. Your card balance will be shown at the bottom of the screen.
10. Your document should now print. Please remember to click on the “Log-off” button in the lower left hand portion of the screen when you are finished.

Downstairs:

1. If you do not have an Oak Bluffs Photocopy/Print Card or an Oak Bluffs Library Card then you must first purchase a print card
   (How Do I Purchase a Photocopy/Print Card?) If you need to add money to your card, please also read this section).
2. First you must send your document to the print station by selecting print and giving your print job a name.
   For Example: If you are using Microsoft Word to type a document, and you are ready to print: use the mouse to click on “File” then choose “Print”, choose the black & white or color printer by using the drop down menu (the default is black & white), then click on the “OK” button. The computer will now ask you for a job name, enter a name, and then click on the “Print” button.
3. Next go to the downstairs Computer Sign Up & Print Station.
4. Move the mouse to dismiss the Pharos welcome screen, and log-on using your name.
5. Use the mouse to click on “Print a Document”.
6. Highlight your document by clicking on your “job name” with the mouse. When your document is highlighted you will see the cost of the print job at the bottom of the screen. Next, click on the “Print” button.
7. Swipe your Oak Bluffs Library Card or Photocopy/Print Card by lining up the blue strip with the magnetic strip on your card.
8. Your card balance will be shown at the bottom of the screen.
9. Your document should now print. Please remember to click on the “Log-off” button in the lower left hand portion of the screen when you are finished.

How Do I Purchase a Photocopy/Print Card:

1. There is a machine on the wall by the downstairs rear entrance to the library that is used for buying a photocopy/print card and adding money to your card.
2. You may purchase a card by pressing the “Finish” button, and then inserting one dollar.
3. To add money to your card, swipe your card by lining the magnetic strip up with the blue line on the swipe machine.
4. Add as much money as you would like, by inserting bills into the money feed.
5. When you have finished adding money, hit the “Finish” button.

How Do I make a Computer Reservation:

Upstairs:

1. Go to the Computer Reservation & Print Station and type in your CLAMS Library Barcode number and click on the “Logon” button.
2. Click on “Reserve a Computer”.
3. Choose “Now” if you want to make a reservation for the next available computer, or choose “Later” if you want to make a reservation for a later time today or tomorrow.
4. Next, choose the section of the library in which you would like to use a computer (Reference, Children’s, Young Adult, etc.).
5. If you have chosen to use a computer “Now”, then you should hit the “Finished” button and your reservation information will be displayed on the screen. If you have chosen the “Later” option then you will need to follow the directions on the screen for choosing a date & time. Afterwards, you may click on “Create a New Reservation” if you would like to make an additional reservation, or the “Finished” button if you are done making a reservation.
6. When your computer reservation is ready the screen of the computer that is reserved for you will be orange, and will display your barcode. The Computer Reservation & Print Station may be checked periodically to see the status of your reservation, just look at the screen on the right to find your information.

Downstairs:

1. Go to the Computer Reservation & Print Station and type in your name and click on the “Logon” button.
2. Click on “Reserve a Computer”.
3. Next, choose either the “Express” or “Audio/Visual” station by clicking on a button with the mouse. The only difference between the two choices is that DVD’s may be previewed on the Audio/Visual computer and it has a larger screen.
4. The final step is important: Read your reservation information, Write down your logon ID & Password, and then click the finished button.
5. When your computer reservation is ready the screen of the computer this is reserved for you will be orange, and will display your Logon ID. You will then need your password in order to logon!
6. The Computer Sign Up & Print Station may be checked periodically to see the status of your reservation, just look at the screen on the right to find your information.

How Do I Download the Printing Software for my Laptop:

• First you must click on the Printing Software link. You must be on our wireless network with your laptop machine for this download to work!
• Next, click on "Run" to start the application that will download our printer software. You may also save the application to your desktop and run it from there.
• You may receive a security warning at this point, and you will have to dismiss the warning if you want to continue to download our software.
• The next step is to click on the "Install" button.
• Your computer will now download the software, you will just need to click on the "Finish" button to complete the process.
• There will now be options for printing from our printers in black & white or in color on your computer. Please read the How to Print instructions for the upstairs.

Please be aware that your computer's settings and/or anti-virus software may prevent you from downloading our printing software. If you are unable to download the printing software, you may use one of our public computers to print your document. For further instructions on signing up for a public computer and printing a document read the
computer instructions section of this web page.