Media Services

Media Services holds non-print materials such as newspapers, videotapes, DVD, laser discs, audio cassettes, and records. Film subjects range from documentaries to feature-length and foreign language films. Current and back issues of newspapers include the New York Times, Washington Post, Pravda, and Le Monde. Microfiche and microfilm collections consist of popular magazines, Early English Books, Early American Imprints, other books, journals and newspapers from the 15th to 19th century, and more. Records and audiocassettes include sound effects records and spoken word recordings such as Shakespeare plays.

The InfoHawk Video database includes the most complete listing of videos in The University of Iowa Libraries.

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Location
Media Services is located on the first floor, West, in the Main Library. [MAP

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Department Contact
Media Services University of Iowa Libraries 100 Main Library Iowa City, IA 52242	Phone: (319) 335-5944 Fax: (319) 335-5900 E-mail: lib-media-services@uiowa.edu
Staff Contacts
Office Supervisor	Pam Kacena pamela-barta-kacena@uiowa.edu or 335-5944
Librarian	Vicki Woods vicki-woods@uiowa.edu or 335-5106

Reserve Policies

Media Services Reserve Materials Request Online Form - to place materials on Reserve in the Main Library Media Services Department.

Request Purchase for Media Services Reserve

Reserve Guidelines

Circulation Policies

Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Faculty, and Staff may check out videos for seven days. Six items may be checked out per University ID. Six videos at a time may be recalled.
One renewal is available for Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Faculty, and Staff. Renewals can be done online using My Account: http://infohawk.uiowa.edu/myaccount; on the phone for Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students; or in person by Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Faculty, and Staff.
Community Borrowers may check out videos for three days and are allowed two items. Videos are not eligible for renewal. Three videos at a time may be recalled.
Videos on reserve are checked out for two hours. Media Services has equipment for your use to view these materials.
Videos must be returned to the Media Services Department which has a video drop slot outside their door for after hours use.
Video fines are $0.50 a day for non-reserve materials, $2.40 an hour for reserve materials, and $4.00 a day for recalled materials.
16mm films are for instruction use only. They can be checked out for the class period by the instructor and must be returned after class.
Microfilm, microfiche, and microcards can be checked out for the same period as books, based on UI status.
Sound effect records and audio cassettes can be checked out for two hours.
Records may be checked out for seven days.

Hours

Standard Semester Term Hours
(Interim and Holiday hours will differ)
Monday-Thursday 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday Noon - 5:00 pm
Sunday 12:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Complete hours for University of Iowa Libraries, Law Library and Curriculum Lab.

Guides

For Your Information Handout containing information about the collections in Media Services and circulation policies.

Index to Microform Collection Guides - An annotated index of Media Service's nearly 250 microform holdings that have guides.

CIC (Center for Interinstitutional Cooperation) Film Collection

Searchable CIC Film Collection Catalog
The CIC Film Cooperative operates a film library located in the Media Services Department at the University of Iowa. A membership fee enables the cooperative to lease films and rent them to institutions at a reasonable price for use in classrooms, independent studies, and research. The library currently provides access to nearly 90 films. This site offers information about the films available through the cooperative as well as information on ordering and shipping the films. The films can be searched online by title, director and year.

CIC Film Collection Catalog
The attached is an annotated list of CIC films held by the University of Iowa Libraries. Films are listed by title, year, catalog number and director. This list is a PDF file for downloading and printing.