Tech Onsite
Reserve a desktop computer, check out a laptop, utilize our new assistive technology station — even transfer video and scan microfiche with our array of tech stations. There's so much you can do at JCPL!
Connect to Wi-Fi
Network: JCPL public
No charge, no password, no library card required.
Computers
Use your JCPL card to reserve a computer at Arvada, Belmar, Columbine, Conifer, Edgewater, Evergreen, Golden, Lakewood, Standley Lake and Wheat Ridge. Please be prompt when you schedule a reservation; unused reservations expire five minutes after your scheduled start time.

All adult public computers come loaded with:
- Windows 10
- Microsoft Office 2020 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Publisher)
- Internet browsers (Chrome, Edge and Firefox)
- Adobe Reader
- VLC Media Player
No public computers have internal floppy drives or CD/DVD drives, but external USB CD/DVD drives are available for in-library use at all locations.
Photo & Video Editing and Conversion Stations
Available at Belmar, Columbine, Evergreen, Lakewood and Standley Lake Libraries. Equipment includes:
- VHS to DVD converter
- Photo and video editing software
- Scanner for scanning photographs, slides and 35 mm film

Assistive Technology & Digitization Workstation
Available at Belmar Library. Reserve online. This station includes a large-print keyboard, 27-inch monitor, trackball mouse and a motorized adjustable table for wheelchair access.

Available assistive software includes:
- Screen magnification
- Text-to-speech
- Speech recognition
- Reading assistance
- American Sign Language interpretation
The station also includes access to VHS to DVD conversion, photo and video editing software, slideshow creation and photo scanning.
In-Library Laptops
Available for patrons aged 12 and older at Arvada, Belmar, Columbine, Golden, Edgewater, Evergreen, Lakewood and Standley Lake. Users must have a JCPL card in good standing and present a photo ID to use laptops. Teens 12 - 17 years old require a contract signed by their parent or guardian.

Microfilm / Microfiche Readers
Available at Lakewood Library. Readers can crop, print, email and save to a flash drive.

FAQs
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Each of our libraries has public computers with internet and Microsoft Office. You can reserve a computer, opens a new window with a valid library card.
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Yes, all of our libraries offer Wi-Fi. Connect to the “JCPL Public” network for free.
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Yes, printing is available from all JCPL computers, and from your own laptop by using instructions available here. Printing and copying costs: color is $0.25 per page; black and white is $0.10 per page.
Every library also has a copy machine that scans and faxes. Scanning and faxing are free.
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We have Wi-Fi hotspots and Chromebooks available for Jefferson County residents to check out and take home. Hotspots check out for 7 days, and Chromebooks check out for 60 days. We also have laptops that can be reserved and used in the library at Arvada, Belmar, Columbine, Golden, Edgewater, Evergreen and Lakewood.
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Two microfilm readers are available at the Lakewood Library. The machines can crop, print, email and save to a flash drive.