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Lehi City Public Library
120 N Center St.
Lehi, Utah 84043
Phone: (801) 768-7150
Lehi City Public Library
120 N Center St.
Lehi, Utah 84043
Phone: (801) 768-7150
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Computing Resources

The library has computers available to patrons for almost any purpose including, Internet browsing, word processing, and card catalog browsing. We also provide a learning center for children to play educational games. We offer 802.11a/b/g wireless Internet access to the public.

Card Catalog Computers

The library offers several computers to patrons for the purpose of browsing the library's catalog. Internet access and word processing are NOT permitted on these computers. You may also browse the catalog online.

Children's Learning Center

The CLC is open T, Th 2-5 pm and F 10am-1pm. The CLC has 10 computers with educational software for children ages three to seventeen. The software ranges from read along books to Spanish Language to ACT & SAT preparation programs.

Internet Access / Word Processing Computers

The library offers Internet access to patrons who agree to the following policy:

The Lehi Library provides access to the Internet for use by its patrons. The Internet is provided primarily for research and educational purposes, and is a privilege, not a right.

Patrons wishing to use the Internet must read the Lehi Library Internet Policy & Procedure and agree to abide by the provisions found therein. Library patrons will then be issued an Internet Authorization Card. Patrons must have their Internet Authorization Card and present it at the desk to sign in. (Children under the age of 18 must have a parent's signature; children under the age of 12 will not be issued a card, but may sit with a parent while the parent uses the Internet.)

Internet computers will not be reserved. Use is on a first come, first served basis. Only one person will be allowed at any Internet computer at any time, unless a parent makes arrangements to have their child sit with them.

Use of the Internet is limited to one hour per day for each patron. This hour may be broken up into two half-hour sessions. No patron will be allowed on the Internet computers more than twice a day for any reason. Refusing to end an Internet computer session when the hour time limit has passed will result in the revoking of future Internet privileges .

The Lehi Library recognizes that the information available through the Internet may be inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date. Some information may be published via the Internet intentionally to cause harm, to offend, to provoke, or to entice someone into illegal activities. The Lehi Library provides access to information and makes no endorsement or condemnation of the validity, source, or relevance of that information. The patron is strongly cautioned to keep in mind these factors when retrieving information from the Internet.

The library uses a technology protection measure or "filter" on the library's publicly accessible computers connected to the Internet. The filter is set up to block images of child pornography, obscenity to all users, and items harmful to minors or users under 18 years of age. * ( UCA 9-7-215 and 9-7-216, as amended by the 2004 Legislature.)

Although filters will limit access to inappropriate sites, no filter is perfect. Patrons are cautioned to not rely solely on this filter to ensure that the information they access is of acceptable standards. Each patron using the Internet is responsible for the information they access. Should a patron inadvertently access inappropriate or objectionable information, they must immediately notify the library staff.

Unacceptable use of the Internet and public access computers includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Violation of security measures
  • Unauthorized use of the computer, or Internet
  • Disruption of the computer network or other tools
  • Violation of software licensing agreements
  • Violation of Lehi Library policy or procedures
  • Destruction of equipment, software, or data belonging to the Library or others
  • Harassing, libeling, or slandering others
  • Display or dissemination of sexually suggestive (obscene / pornographic) material
  • Using chat rooms, news groups, or games
  • Commercial use of the Libraries resources for financial gain, product advertisement or political activities
  • Intentional distribution of disruptive software

Users of the Internet will be monitored to ensure compliance with the Lehi Library Internet Policy. Parents should not depend solely on this monitoring for the suitability of the information their children access.

Any patron violating the policy will be asked to stop the offending behavior. If the patron refuses to stop, or harasses the library staff in any way, Internet privileges will be lost for the period of one month. If the offending behavior occurs again after the one month ban, the patron will lose privileges for one year and will have to make a written request for reinstatement, to the library director and library board. The library director and board will meet with the patron to evaluate whether or not to reinstate the patron's privileges. The decision of the director and library board is final.

If the patron's Internet privileges are reinstates and the offending behavior continues after this reinstatement, the patron will no longer be allowed to use the Internet for ANY purpose.

* Child Pornography is defined by Utah Code 76-5a-2: 1

"Child pornography" means any visual depiction, including any live performance, photograph, film, video, picture, or computer, or computer-generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct, where:

  • the production of the visual depiction involves the use of minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct;
  • the visual depiction is of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct; or
  • the visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Harmful to Minors is defined by Utah Code 76-10-1201:4

"Harmful to minors" means that quality of any description or representation, in whatsoever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse when it:

  • taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex of minors;
  • is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and
  • taken as a whole, does not have serious value for minors. Serious value includes only serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value for minors.

(The Utah Children's Internet Protection Act limits this category to "visual depictions".)

Obscenity, according to the law, is defined as in 20 USC Sec 9101 of the US Code .

This section, however, does not define obscenity. Instead 20 USC 9134 refers to 18 USC 1460, but this doesn't define it either. The current legal definition has been developed through the Supreme Court decisions Miller vs. California and Brockett vs. Arcades . It relies on a three-pronged test:

  • whether "the average person, applying contemporary community standards" would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest,
  • whether the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law, and
  • whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value
Traffic School Computers

The library has 2 computers set aside specifically for those who are enrolled in traffic school. Please note that the library does not handle traffic school, nor can they answer any questions regarding traffic school. Please contact Lehi Justice Court if you have any questions or concerns about traffic school.

Wireless Access

The library has provided a publicly available wireless access point, compatible with IEEE 802.11a, b, and g standards. Please read the wireless network appropriate use policy before using the wireless network. Patrons wishing to use the wireless network must provide all of their own equipment. The library staff is not responsible for the safety or the configuration of your equipment.

Minimum Requirements:

  • ANY wireless-capable device (i.e. a laptop computer, a PDA, etc.) compatible with, IEEE 802.11a, b or g
  • Any operating system with TCP /IP (IP addresses are assigned via DHCP)

Configuration:

  • If your wireless device is not capable of automatically detecting the wireless access point, the SSID of the network is 'lehi-library1'.
  • DHCP dynamically assigns the IP address, as well as the DNS and default route configuration.
  • A printer is available to the public for devices that support IP printing:
  • The IP address is 172.16.0.2
  • The printer is an HP LaserJet 4100
  • 10 cents is charged per page printed