Library Services

Blackhawk Technical College students, full- and part-time faculty and staff members with a valid BTC ID card may check out library materials. Residents of Rock and Green counties may obtain library privileges by presenting identification to a library staff member who will issue a one-year library card.

Blackhawk Technical College currently has 100 student loaner laptops and 50 mobile hotspots (a device that provides a free wi-fi network connection) available for students to check out.

To check out a laptop or hotspot, place a hold through the library catalog. Equipment may be picked up at the Central Campus Library (located in the Student Success Center) or at Monroe Campus, Advanced Manufacturing Training Center, or Center for Transportation Studies if indicated. Each item may be checked out on a weekly-basis or for the entire semester. 

Reserve a Laptop/Hotspot

• General collection books – 14 days 
• Laptops: Semester (due date will be last day of the semester it was checked out during, no renewals or extension of due dates)
• WiFi Hotspots: Semester (due date will be last day of the semester it was checked out during, one renewal allowed for continuing students)

Materials eligible for renewal may be renewed online unless another patron has placed a hold on the item/s.

Library materials may be returned in person at the Student Success Center on Central Campus or to the Learning Resource Center on the Monroe campus or via campus mail.

Responsibility for the return of materials and/or the cost of lost or unreturned materials plus any overdue fine will be charged to the person in whose name the items were checked out. Notices are sent to patron’s student email address.

Books – 10¢ per day

Curriculum Reserve Texbooks– $1 a day

Student Laptops -$5 a day 

Student WiFi Hotspots - $1.00 a day 

Fines will be capped at $15.00 or replacement fee for lost item. Patrons with materials overdue by 30 days will be charged the replacement cost in addition to the $15.00 overdue charge. 

All patrons are responsible for returning library materials in good condition on or before the due date. If an item is not returned in 30 days and no contact with library staff has been made, it will be assumed that the item is lost.  Library privileges may be suspended, and a hold will be placed on the student record until library materials are returned and fines are paid.