{"id":171,"date":"2022-03-09T11:04:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T17:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:34:23","slug":"community-computer-use-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/about\/library-policies\/community-computer-use-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Computer Use Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">The A. C. Clark Library extends limited borrowing and computing privileges to residents of the Bemidji area, post-secondary students and staff and other visitors to BSU.<\/p>\n<p><em>Adopted May 2010; Revised December 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The A. C. Clark Library at 91̽»¨ is a public facility with an educational, research and service mission. Consistent with this mission and 91̽»¨&rsquo;s mission, the Library extends privileges to community users, namely, post-secondary students and staff, residents of the Bemidji area and other visitors to BSU, primarily for the purposes of accessing the Library&rsquo;s catalog and research databases. <em>Access to the A.C. Clark Library community use computers is not meant to replace computer services provided by area public libraries.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Therefore, computer access for community users is available on a limited number of specific computer stations, identified and referred to as being &ldquo;community use,&rdquo; within the A. C. Clark Library building.<\/li>\n<li>Access is limited to two hours. The session may be timed and users will be asked to log off if they exceed the two-hour limit. If you require extended computer time, or need access over multiple days, please ask at the library&rsquo;s main desk to see if your library research needs can be met.<\/li>\n<li>Public printing and photocopying is not available.<\/li>\n<li>Persons <em>over<\/em> the age of 15 may use the A. C. Clark Library community accessible computers unattended by an adult.<\/li>\n<li>Persons <em>under<\/em> the age of 15 who wish to use a community accessible computer must be accompanied and supervised by a parent or responsible adult 18 years or older.<\/li>\n<li>Users of &ldquo;Community Use&rdquo; computers are subject to all Minnesota State policies (including<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/board\/policy\/522.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong> Minnesota State Acceptable Use of Computers and Information Technology Resources Policy 5.22<\/strong><i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a> and its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/board\/procedure\/522p1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>implementing Procedure 5.22.1<\/strong><i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>, as well as campus policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The A. C. Clark Library extends limited borrowing and computing privileges to residents of the Bemidji area, post-secondary students and staff and other visitors to BSU. Adopted May 2010; Revised December 2025. The A. C. Clark Library at 91̽»¨ is a public facility with an educational, research and service mission. Consistent with this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":165,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-171","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions\/1256"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}