The Morton and Angela Topfer Library Café

Computer Access Policies

All patrons who wish to use the Library Cafe's computers must first sign in at the Service Desk. Patrons must present their validated student ID card.

Acceptable ID Cards:

Validated Brooklyn College Student ID.
Validated Continuing Education student ID. Separate picture ID required with student ID.
Brooklyn College Staff ID.
Brooklyn College Faculty ID.
Brooklyn College Alumni ID. Separate picture ID required with alumni ID.
Validated CUNY (non-Brooklyn College) student ID.
Brooklyn College Friends of the Library ID. Separate picture ID required with Friends of the Library ID.

NOTE: Children are not allowed to use computers. Children must be with an adult at all times.

Non-acceptable ID Cards:

Temporary ID
Visitor's Pass
School Bills
Driver's License
Other college IDs (i.e.: non-CUNY IDs)
High school ID

Note to Brooklyn College Alumni, Friends, of the Library, and CUNY non-Brooklyn College Students:

Although Brooklyn College Alumni and CUNY Non-Brooklyn College ID cards are listed as an acceptable ID card, students holding these types of identification will be given a computer station after all waiting Brooklyn College students are given a computer and another computer becomes free.

24-hour access is restricted to registered Brooklyn College students with a validated student ID card and BC faculty and staff with 24-hour access identification cards. All others may use the Library Cafe only during those hours when the Cafe is staffed.

Note to Brooklyn College Faculty:

Brooklyn College Faculty members are strongly encouraged to use the computers of the Faculty Computer Facility, located in the 3rd floor of the Brooklyn College Library. Please call (718)951-4634 for more information.

Obtaining a Computer Station:

Present your ID card at the Service Desk. Your ID card type must match one of the items listed in the "Acceptable ID cards list."
A waiting list will be put to effect if the Library Cafe is filled to capacity.
If a waiting list is in effect, listed names will be called in the order that the IDs were given to the staff.
Please stand clear of the Service Desk while waiting for a computer station. Your name will be called.
If a waiting list is in effect and your name is called, you must respond in order to obtain a computer station. Your name will be called 3 times. If you do not respond after the third attempt, you will be placed in the back of the waiting list.
If a waiting list is in effect, Brooklyn College student IDs will be placed in front of all other types of IDs. Brooklyn College students have priority.
If a waiting list is in effect, requests for specific computer stations will not be taken.
In order to keep track of you and your ID card, please inform the Library Cafe staff if you decide to step outside.
Patrons will be given a card naming their designated computer station. The corresponding computer can be found by looking for the station name written on each computer's monitor.

While Using a Computer Station:

All patrons are given a one-hour time limit per session.
To obtain another one-hour session, patrons must sign in again at the Service Desk after their initial time limit has run out.
The computer user must be the same person on the ID card designated for that station. IDs may not be used by any person other than the one whose name appears on the ID card.
Food and drinks are not allowed at any station, or any other carpeted areas.
If an extremely long waiting list is in effect, the Library Cafe reserves the right to shorten the time limit allowed per session.

Concluding Your Computer Session:

Return the card designating your computer station to the Service Desk.
Tell staff at the Service Desk your first and last name.
Confirm with staff that the ID card returned to you is yours.