PPLD Computers, Chromebooks, and Hotspots

Pikes Peak Library District provides in-library computers and Chromebooks and lends portable Wi-Fi hotspots to eligible cardholders.

Pikes Peak Library District visitor or eligible cardholderEligible hotspot borrower age 18 or older

Entitlement facts

Benefit type: Library benefit. A specific digital, physical, educational, technology, cultural, or accessibility service offered through a library system. Taxonomy definition →
What it unlocks: Use an available public computer or in-library Chromebook at no charge, or borrow an available hotspot under current lending rules.
Who qualifies: Pikes Peak Library District visitor or eligible cardholder; Eligible hotspot borrower age 18 or older
Requirements: Follow current session and acceptable-use rules; hotspot borrowers must meet current age, card-tenure, card-standing, availability, checkout, return, loss, and damage requirements.
How to activate: Visit a library for an available computer or Chromebook, or use an eligible card to place a hold and check out a hotspot when available.
Cost basis: Included with a qualifying relationship. The benefit adds no separate charge, but the user must already have an eligible card, account, insurance plan, library card, membership, employment, or similar relationship that may itself cost money.
Cost and fees: Standard access and borrowing are free; printing, loss, damage, nonreturn, replacement, and optional services may create charges or restrictions.
Geography: US, Colorado Springs and El Paso County, Colorado
Personalization: Published eligibility is not described as individually targeted.

EVIDENCE / 1 SOURCE

Eligibility is conditional, not guaranteed.

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PPLD Computers, Chromebooks, and Hotspots

Entitlement facts

Eligibility is conditional, not guaranteed.

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