Main Library Media Services - Reserve Guidelines for Videos

Reserving video material will help ensure the availability of a video within the Media Services room during the hours the unit is open.  Reserved videos may not be checked out from the Media Services unit except to be shown in a class by an instructor. To place materials on Reserve in the Main Library Media Services Department, please use this Online Form: Media Services Reserve Materials Request.      

There are three categories of reserve:
       
1.  Weekly Reserve:  For example, an instructor may put a video on reserve for a week or so depending on need to ensure the availability of the video for the class. We will also need a date that the video will be shown in class.  While a video is on reserve it may not leave the Media Services Department unless approved by the Instructor placing the reserve. 

2.  Semester Reserve:  Instructors may put video material on reserve to use all semester.  This material can be checked out by other instructors but not by students.  Please remove the material from reserve if you find that you no longer need it for the whole semester.

3.  16MM Films:  Instructors may check out 16mm films for class only and must be returned after the class is finished. These films are reserved the same way as VHS and DVDs.   CIC films must have approval from the Films Studies Department and forwarded to us so that we can put it in the computer and also bill the department. If department isn’t open you will need to drop the film at the North entrance. 
 
The Media Services unit will accept instructor or student-owned videos for reserve use.  Those placing their own video material on reserve must inform staff regarding the category of reserve and must retrieve the material at the end of the reserve period.  Media Services staff cannot accept responsibility for the return of the video material nor responsibility for damage to or theft of the material while it is in reserve status.  Video material not retrieved will be disposed of eventually.  Exceptions to these guidelines are made in consultation with the Media Services Supervisor.