Audio/Visual Room
Room 111 is the library's audio/visual room. Four monitors are available for video viewing, as well as tape players.

The library's circulating video cassette collection is housed here. All of the library's cassettes are cataloged and listed in Brooklaw. In order to access video or audio cassettes, please ask for assistance at the circulation desk. Headphones for the monitors and players are available at the circulation desk.

CD-ROMs
The library has a number of CD-ROMS loaded on the GPO Access computer on the first floor and on the computer in room 111, the audio/visual room. All of the library's CD-ROMs are listed in Brooklaw. To access a CD-ROM not already loaded on one of the above computers, please see a reference librarian for assistance.

Desktop Computers
Desktop computers for word processing are available in the third floor Wilfred J. Halpern Computer Lab, in the computer lab in room 201M (sometimes referred to as the Westlaw®® lab) and in the lower level computer lab. In addition to word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software, these computers give students access to CALI (Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) programs, the Internet and old exams.

Printers are available in all three labs. Computer assistants, available to answer questions and help with problems, are stationed in all labs most of the hours that the library is open.

In addition, another lab, for Lexis-Nexis®® searching and printing, is available in room 205M.

Manuals and guides for word processing are available in the book case outside of room 334. Please see a computer lab assistant for access to these books. This collection does not circulate outside of the library. Additional guides and manuals are available in the library reserve collection. Exact titles may be identified by searching Brooklaw.

GPO Access
As a U.S. government documents depository, the library also provides online access to U.S. government documents through the GPO Access program. The computer station on the first floor may be used when searching for electronic versions of government documents, as well as other material on the Internet.

A list of some of the titles available through the GPO Access program is posted by the computer.

Group Study and Conference Rooms
The library has twenty-five group study and conference rooms for student use. These rooms are for the use of two or more students on a "first-come, first served" basis. Groups have priority over single students in the use of these rooms. If a room is unoccupied for more than twenty minutes, a new group can request that the library staff post a "20 Minute Warning" sign on the door of the unoccupied room.

If that warning is not returned to the circulation desk within twenty minutes, the new group has the right to move into the room. Therefore, a study group should not leave the room unattended for more than twenty minutes or they may lose the room.

Brooklyn Law School students have priority in the use of these rooms at all times.

So that the inside of each study room is visible to the library staff at all times, students are prohibited from covering the glass in study room doors and windows with paper or any other kind of covering.

Laptop Computers/Ethernet Cards
Students with their own laptop computers may access the schools' network by plugging into the various ports throughout the library after first obtaining an ethernet card from the circulation desk. This will give students access to Brooklaw and the Internet.

A limited number of laptop computers are also available for loan from the library circulation desk. Only Brooklyn Law School students with valid BLS ID cards may borrow laptops. Laptops may be borrowed for four hours and cannot be renewed. Laptop computers must be used in the library.

The fine for overdue laptops is $10.00 per hour or any fraction of an hour.

If a laptop computer is not returned, the replacement fee is $1600.00. Once a laptop is six hours overdue, it is considered lost and you will be charged the replacement cost. The laptop battery replacement fee is $130.00 and the electrical cord replacement is $50.00.

The replacement cost for an ethernet card is $120.00.

Lost and Found
Inquiries should be made at the circulation desk or at the desk of the lobby guard. Lost items not claimed within a week will be turned over to the school's maintenance staff.

Lounges
In addition to providing couches and easy chairs throughout the library, we also have three lounges for student use.

The Henry L. Ughetta Library Lounge is located on the first floor opposite the circulation desk. Another lounge is located in room 104M on the first mezzanine.

An additional lounge, the Klar Family Reading Lounge, a gift of the Steven A. Klar Foundation, is located on the second mezzanine.

Microforms
The microform collection and reader/printers are located in the lower level of the library. All of the library's microform holdings are listed in Brooklaw. Microforms do not circulate, but paper copies of documents may be made for $.10 per page with a copy card or with coins.

Photocopying
Photocopy machines are located in the lower level, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors of the library. The machines take both coins ($.15 per page) and cards ($.10 per page). A bill changer and a card vending machine are also available in the library, in the alcove beyond the reference desk. Members of the library staff cannot make change.

The photocopy machines in rooms C33 and 348 may also be used to regenerate a copy card you already own.

Attempts to fix the machines or to load paper may result in personal injury. Please report any malfunctions to the circulation desk staff.

Restrooms
Restrooms are located in the lower level, 2nd and 3rd floors of the library.

Telephones
Pay telephones are located in the lower level, 2nd and 3rd floors of the library. Members of the library staff will not accept or deliver messages for library patrons. Emergency messages are handled through the Office of Administrative Services, 780-7908.

Water Fountains
Water fountains are also located in the lower level, 2nd and 3rd floors.