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Equipment Loans
Booking Equipment
1. Collect a yellow form from outside Equipment Loans unless you are a Media Studies student in which case you will need a blue form
2. Fill in the Form - any problems with this please ask or see the example form outside Equipment Loans
3. Ask your lecturer to sign and date the form
4. Return your form to Equipment Loans at least 24 hours in advance of booking date, and wait for us to confirm your equipment is available and book it in
Collecting Equipment
1. Come to the Equipment Loans Counter at the pre-booked time as per your form during our opening hours and we will issue the equipment to you. This should be a quick process but if there are other bookings at the same time you may have to wait a few minutes
2. When collecting Equipment you will need:
- Your student ID/ library card
- If you have any fines or overdue books we will not be able to issue equipment. You can pay Fines at the library counter
3. If you have any questions about how to use the equipment please ask— we are here to help, and more than happy to answer any relevant questions.
Returning Equipment
1. Please ensure you have saved any footage/images/sound from equipment elsewhere as the equipment will be formatted in preparation for the next person
2. Please return equipment in the same state it was loaned (all cables must be neatly tied, settings on cameras etc returned to default if they've been altered, equipment placed back in the correct compartments)
3. During opening hours as advertised equipment should be brought to the desk and will be discharged that day
4. When the Equipment Loans counter is closed you can ask for a locker key behind the Library Desk and place equipment there
About Borrowing Equipment
Equipment that can be borrowed (some is course specific):
Provides ability to play CD (inc mp3 CD)/cassette and radio.
The player is provided with a kettle lead but does not include batteries (8x A) - although you may provide your own for truly mobile sound playback.
Please also bear in mind that a majority of teaching spaces on campus have an audio visual setup for CD and MP3 that you may prefer to use.
The SD90 is the main video camera available to students, and is based on Solid State Technology no longer requiring a Mini DV Tape to be used.
To transfer data to other formats and to edit please visit the Media Centre in the BOC LRC.
As soon as a camera is returned any data card in it will be formatted for the next user.
These digital stills cameras provide high quality photographs of at least 10 megapixels.
Digital Card Readers to transfer data from cameras can be found in the Media Centre and also from behind the Library Loan Counter.
Please note when returned the card is formatted for the next user.
For recording interviews etc Equipment Loans has a number of digital dictaphones available.
In order to listen to playback you will require a set of earphones, or it is possible to transfer the audio files created directly to a computer using the provided USB cable. Instructions are included in the kit but may also be found below.
The kit comes with 4 rechargeable batteries - so please make sure you return them with the kit after use.
Portable Data Projector Screens are available for use in conjunction with data projectors.
As with data projectors please check that we have not already provided suitable audio visual equipment in the space you are booking the equipment for.
Data projectors can be borrowed by students for use in a variety of applications where images need to be shown on a screen.
Laptops to connect to the projectors may be borrowed from the IT Service Desk found in the BOC LRC foyer, although you may attach your own laptop to the projector with the enclosed VGA cable. Please note we are unable to provide Mac/VGA connectors.
Please bear in mind that a majority of the University's lecture and seminar spaces are equipped with audio visual setups that include projectors specifically fitted for the space - so please check whether we have already met your needs before you book another projecor.
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