The computers in all libraries have color monitors and memory, speed and storage adequate for Internet multimedia use. The stations are equipped with sound boards but the internal speakers in each station are disconnected. Each station has a sound output jack. Headphones are available for checkout. Microphones and video cameras are not provided.
Printing is available for a per page charge.
When a user prints a document the computer gives them a job number which is used to request the printout at the reference desk. Since the maintenance of individual user accounts and passwords is probably beyond the expertise and budgets of most libraries, an electronic user login and authentication system is not integrated into this policy. However, library systems with the budget and expertise may decide to implement such an account system which may be tied into the patron's library account. This procedure will erase all files on the station which are unique to a user such as cookies, newsrc files, address books, bookmarks, preferences files, etc. The stations will automatically execute this purge periodically when idle and when the library closes.