Things are heating up at the old Library today. We are the hot spot of the Town. Lazy summer days’ warm temps mean time to chill browsin the internet to read a book, buy a book, buy that swim suit you always wanted or a multitude of other internet activities. Don’t have the internet? Don’t sweat it.
The Library has taken care of that. We now have mobile hot spots you may check out for 14 days. Never heard of a hot spot? Well, a hotspot refers to a device that has the ability to connect a device to the internet using its own Wi-Fi; to put it simply. The hot spots work wherever there is a cell signal to provide access to the internet.
Wedsworth Library realizes that access to the Internet is a universal need but one that goes unmet for far too many Montanans due to lack of available or affordable Internet service. We now will be able to help patrons conduct business at home, meet educational needs, and provide a bit of entertainment.
A few tidbits of info. You will need to bring a photo ID with a current physical address that can be copied and kept on file until the mobile hotspot is returned to the library and you will have to be 18 or older to check out a hot spot annnd you will be required to fill out a survey. Wi-Fi hotspots may be borrowed by Wedsworth Memorial Library card holders with library cards in good standing (i.e. library card is not blocked due to unpaid fines or lost material or inability to return items in a timely manner).
At the time of checkout, the borrowing patron must present his/her library card and state-issued Photo ID. Upon checkout, Library staff will confirm, in the presence of the borrowing patron, that all items are present in the hotspot kit. The patron must sign the Library’s Hotspot Agreement before a hotspot can be checked out. Only one hotspot may be borrowed on a patron’s account at any one time. The loan period for the hotspot is 14 days with no grace period and no renewals. The Library will not accept holds on the hotspot. Overdue hotspots will be deactivated at closing on the day the hotspot is due.
So stop on by and we will explore this new bit of technology together.