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Equipment & Services
All areas have Internet & Microsoft Office 2016 using Windows10, and printing.
Public Computing - on the main level and study rooms for high school age and older. EZscan & fax station, copier, iMacs, microfilm reader, paper cutter and typewriter (by request).
Young Adult - on the upper level for high school age. Two 55' gaming stations with Switch consoles.
Youth Services - on the lower level for infants, K-8 and adults.
27” iMac Media Stations. Installed software includes:
- Mac OS Big Sur
- Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
- Audacity
- Automator
- FL Studio 20
- GarageBand
- Image Capture
- iMovie
- Keynote
- MS Excel
- MS OneNote
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Word
- Magic mouse (available by request)
- Numbers
- Pages
- Photos
Adobe Creative Cloud 2021:
- After Effects
- Animate
- Audition
- Bridge
- Character Animator
- Dimension
- Dreamweaver
- Fuse (Beta)
- Illustrator
- InCopy
- InDesign
- Lightroom
- Lightroom Classic
- Media Encoder
- Photoshop
- Prelude
- Premiere Pro
- Premiere Rush
- XD
Study rooms are located on the main floor
All study rooms have large flat panel displays and white boards. Bring your own device; connect wirelessly or via HDMI cable, or log into our Public Computing image. BOOK A STUDY ROOM
Computers & Equipment for Check Out
Computers & Equipment may be checked out for up to one week, unless noted otherwise.
Equipment may be checked out and returned at least 30 minutes before the Library closes.
Overdue fines are as follows:
- $10.00 a day for Digital Projectors & Projector Screens
- $1.00 a day for Kindle eReaders
- $2.00 a day for all other equipment
Contact Adult Services at 630-584-0076 ext. 1 to reserve or borrow the digital projectors and projector screens. Your reservation is held through the first day of the reservation period. These 6 items are NOT eligible for auto-renewal but may be renewed once on the due date if no one is waiting.
Digital Projectors
- BenQ MW727 HD
- BenQ MW512 (this projector may be reserved by non-residents)
Projector Screens
- Alltec 60” x 60” – (85” diagonal) - A
- Alltec 70” x 70” – (99” diagonal) - B
- Alltec 80” x 80” – (113” diagonal) – C
- Alltec 25” x 44” – (50" diagonal for tabletop) – D
For the rest of our equipment that Checks Out…
Click on the links below for availability. SCPL cardholders may place a hold. This equipment is eligible for auto-renewal (2 days before the due date) - up to 5 times if there are no holds:
- AM/FM/Cassette/CD/MP3 player (S1-L)
- Cables
- Apple Lightning to HDMI AV adapter (S4-B1)
- Apple Lightning to USB 3 camera adapter (S4-B1)
- HDMI to HDMI 6’ (S4-B2)
- HDMI to HDMI 15’ (S4-B2)
- HDMI to HDMI 25' (S4-B3)
- micro HDMI to HDMI 6’ (S4-B2)
- micro HDMI to HDMI 25’ (S4-B2)
- mini DisplayPort to HDMI (S4-B5)
- mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter (S4-B5)
- mini DVI to VGA adapter for older Macs (S4-B5)
- USB-C to multiport USB-C, HDMI & USB (S4-B5)
- VGA to VGA 6’ (S4-B5)
- Cameras: (S3-R)
- Document Camera IPEVO
- *Kodak video camera (this camera may be placed on hold by non-residents – call for assistance)
- Digital Conversion Equipment:
- Cassette or CD to USB (S1-L)
- ScanSnap Fujitsu ix500 scanner (F-R)
- Sony 8mm video camera recorder (S4-R)
- VHS to DVD (F-R)
- VHS-C cassette adapter (S4-B11)
- Vinyl to MP3 record player (F-R)
- Video capture from a camcorder, VCR or other analog source (S4-B4)
- Wolverine F2D Titan - 135 (35mm), 110, 126, 127 Kodak Pocket slide or negative; 8mm/Super 8 movie positive; microfiche & APS negative film (S1-M)
- Wolverine Film2digital MovieMaker - 8mm and Super8 up to 5” reels (S1-M)
- Wolverine MovieMaker Pro 8mm and Super8 up to 9" reels (S1-R)
- Wolverine Slide Negative and Photo 35mm slides, negatives & up to 5” x 7” photo (S1-R)
- DVD/CD drive for a computer (S4-B7)
- DVD player – all region (S1-M)
- DVD/CD player - portable (S1-M)
- Engine Code Reader (S4-B9)
- eReaders (3-week loan) (S3-L)
- Headset with microphone (S4-B10)
- Hotspot T-Mobile Network’s Data Coverage Map – the library service only works in the United States.(S3-M)
- Laptops (all have webcams)
Chromebooks 11.5” touchscreens (S3-L)
MacBook OS Monterey 15.4” (F-R)
- Excel, PowerPoint, Word 2016
- Windows 10 15” touchscreens (F-M)
- Office 2016
- Acrobat Reader DC
- Windows 10 17” touchscreen (F-L)
- Office 2016
- QuickBooks Pro 2016
- External CD/DVD drive
- Microphones: (S4-B12)
- Mouse (S4-B12)
- PowerPoint slideshow remote with a laser pointer (S4-B13)
- Projectors:
- 16mm (F-L)
- Sound System:
- Speakers: (S3-R)
- Tablets:
- Apple iPad 9.7” iOS 15 (S3-M)
- Apple iPad mini 7.9” iOS 9 (S3-M)
- Android Galaxy Tab S3 9.7” Android Version 9 (S3-M)
- Android Galaxy View 18.4” Android Version 5.1.1 (F-R)
- Thermal leak detector (S4-B14)
- Tripod (F-L)
VCR's (F-R)
Video game consoles & accessories
- Nintendo Switch console (S2-L)
Nintendo Joy-Con controller
Nintendo Switch Pro controller - Nintendo Switch Lite console (S2-M)
- PlayStation 4 Dualshock 4 wireless controller
- Xbox One S console (S2-R)
Xbox One wireless controller
- Webcam (S4-B15)
- Wi-Fi Hotspot T-Mobile Network’s Data Coverage Map – the library service only works in the United States. (S3-M)
*Items received via the Small Business Administration (SBA)/Illinois State Library’s Business and Libraries Grant 2011, are the property of the Illinois State Library on long-term loan to the St. Charles Public Library District. These two items may be placed on hold or reserved by non-residents. SBA's funding should not be construed as an endorsement of any products, opinions or services. All SBA-funded projects are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.
5/6/22