The University of Sheffield
Corporate Information and Computing Services

Laptop Loan Service

Students can now loan laptops for free for up to 4 hours at a time in the IC. The laptops connect to wireless and can be used anywhere in the building. You can book a laptop in advance through the myRooms&Resources facility in MUSE.

From January 2013 this service will also be available in St George's Library and the Health Sciences Library, Royal Hallamshire Hospital. 

Booking Period

Laptops can be booked during the following hours:

  • Monday to Thursday, 09:15 - 20:15
  • Friday, 10:15 - 20:15
  • Saturday to Sunday, 12:15 - 17:15

Using the laptop

Each laptop will allow you to:

  • Connect to the wireless network
  • Print to our printers
  • Save to your network filestore (U drive), or USB stick
  • Use Microsoft Office software

Booking Guidelines

  • Bookings can be made up to 2 days in advance.
  • Laptops can be booked for up to 4 hours
  • One Booking per day per User
  • Collect your laptop from the Information Desk on Level 1
  • At the end of your session, please return it to staff on the Level 1 Desk

Software Available

The laptops don't have all the software that is available on the IC computers, but they do have the following:

  • Windows 7
  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Microsoft Office
  • Adobe Reader
  • Windows Media Player
  • MATLAB
  • SPSS 19
  • Flash Player

Let us know what you think!

The service will be under constant review and any feedback is welcomed - please email us at infocommons@sheffield.ac.uk