Is your laptop broken, or left at home? Can't find a free campus PC? Access our iBorrow scheme at specific locations across our campuses.
Borrow > Study > Return > Recharge
An iBorrow is a small, lightweight University laptop that can be borrowed for use in certain buildings.
Simply borrow an iBorrow from a cabinet and, when you are finished with it, return it to the cabinet you borrowed it from and plug it back in, ready for the next user.
How do I use an iBorrow?
You can use an iBorrow inside the building you borrow it from - you may not remove them from their buildings, or take them home. They are security tagged and will become unusable if removed.
You can log in with your University username and password (the details you would use to log on to a University PC) and access the same software* that you would expect to find on University PCs.
*Please note that some software (specific to certain courses like Engineering, Creative Arts etc.) may only be accessed in specialist IT labs and by students registered on those courses.
Where can I find an iBorrow?
'Open Access' iBorrows (no Smartcard required)
- Augustine House Library, Canterbury (in the grey charging cabinets on multiple floors)
- Salomons Institute, Tunbridge Wells (in the grey charging cabinet on the third floor)
'Registered Access' iBorrows (Smartcard required for issue)
- Verena Holmes building, Canterbury (in LapSafe lockers on the first floor)
- Rowan Williams Court, Medway (signed out from main Reception)
Tips for using the Verena Holmes LapSafe lockers:
- iBorrow loans are limited to one loan per person and are loaned for up to 8 hours.
- The iBorrow is issued to your University library account and you must return it within the 8 hour period.
- Please sign in to your LibrarySearch account to view your library loans and track the due dates of your items. Please note that iBorrow loans cannot be renewed or extended.
- You will need your Smartcard to borrow and return your iBorrow. You must plug the iBorrow back in when you return it, or it will not be removed from your Library account.
Other laptop schemes
The Drill Hall Library at the Universities at Medway campus operates their own laptop scheme, also using LapSafe lockers.
Please note that the laptops borrowed using the Drill Hall's scheme are not iBorrows. If you use the Drill Hall scheme, then you must return them to the Drill Hall Library only, and not to Rowan Williams Court.
For more information about the Drill Hall LapSafe scheme, please visit their website.