Classroom and Equipment Services

• Lending policies
• Returns and renewals
• Overdues, lost, damaged or unreturned items
• Reserving audiovisual equipment
• Reserving the technology classroom (room 227)
• Reserving desktop computers in the student lab (room 224)

LENDING POLICIES

Student Lending Policies

Students are not permitted to check out media such as videotapes, DVDs, or original CDs. They may, however, use them in the lab. To do so, students must leave their Student ID (GO Card) at the counter. The Student ID will be returned once the student returns the media.

Students currently taking a foreign language or linguistics class are permitted to check out audiotapes and CD copies from the lab. They may check out up to two tapes and two CDs at a time. Exception: Students using the Chinese Primer book may check out up to three tapes.

Tapes may be checked out for an entire semester, while CDs must be returned in two weeks. A reminder notice will automatically be sent to students by email.

Students will be fined $10.00 for each tape and $50.00 for each CD not returned. The Office of Student Accounts will charge the student’s account automatically.

Faculty Lending Policies

Both faculty and graduate students who are currently teaching a language or linguistics class are allowed to check out up to three videos or CDs at one time. They may borrow each item for up to 14 days. When the due date nears, a reminder notice to return the item(s) will automatically be sent by email.

Equipment Lending Policy

Only faculty is permitted to check out equipment for up to one week with the exception of the A/V cart. Our TV/VCR/DVD cart can only be loaned out for one day and cannot be used outside of the ICC building.

Students may borrow a tape recorder or use headphones in the lab by leaving their Student ID at the front counter.

RETURNS AND RENEWALS

Borrowed materials must be returned to the Lab’s Circulation Desk or placed in the drop slot by the due date.

Faculty is permitted to renew borrowed materials ONCE if not overdue. Renewals must be made online and not in person. To do so:

• Log into My Account in GEORGE.
• Put a checkmark next to each title you would like renewed.
• Click the Renew Selected Items button at the top.

OVERDUES, LOST, DAMAGED OR UNRETURNED ITEMS

All patrons are responsible for checking their account online via GEORGE for due dates and to view any outstanding fees and/or charges. We send three courtesy notices: one email a day before the item is due, one email the day the item is due, and one email the day after the due date. Failure to receive a notice does not exempt charges made.

In the event that an item is not returned within 72 hours of the due date or returned damaged, the borrower will be charged a replacement fee. Please see chart for details.

RESERVING AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT

Both faculty and graduate students who are currently teaching a language or linguistics class may check out equipment. However, we do not provide the service of delivering audio-visual equipment to the classrooms. Instructors must come to the Language Lab in ICC 224 to pick up and return equipment. Our equipment may not be used outside of the ICC building.

The following pieces of equipment are available for reservation:

• 1 Boom box
• 3 regular audiotape players
• 20 hand-held tape recorders
• 2 microphones
• 1 cart with a regular TV/VCR and multi-region DVD player
• 2 tripods
• 10 headphones

These items can only be reserved from the ICC 226 office:

• 1 digital video miniDV camcorder
• 1 digital stills camera
• 1 Ipod
• 1 Ipod mic
• 10 Apple laptops

Please note that our supply of A-V equipment is very limited, and is meant only as a back up to the range of services provided by the Classroom Educational Technology Services (CETS). If you need equipment regularly or know your equipment needs two or more days in advance, we ask that you contact CETS (7-7491). You can make a request using their online request form or visit them in ICC 121.

RESERVING THE TECHNOLOGY CLASSROOM (ROOM 227)

To reserve Room 227 on a day-to-day basis, talk to Susan Pennestri or Peter Janssens. A Lab Assistant in the lab (Room 224) is also able to assist you in determining when the room is free. If you are a first-time user, you must first make an appointment with either Susan or Peter for a brief orientation on using the classroom's equipment.

To reserve Room 227 for an entire semester, email Susan Pennestri to make your request. Notification to begin reserving the room is sent out to all FLL faculty and staff members halfway through the Spring semester for the Fall, and half-way through the Fall semester for the Spring. (Final exam weeks are treated differently from the regular semester, so a separate request must be made for this time period.) Every instructor is permitted to request one reservation per class per week. However, flexibility is asked from all instructors in order to accommodate as many requests as possible. Since reservations are handled first-come, first served, instructors are encouraged to reserve early.

Reasonable advance notification of "no-show" by a class must be provided by the instructor/TA to either Peter, Susan or a Lab Assistant. The first "no-show" without notification for a reserved lab will be discussed with the person reserving the room. Any additional "no-shows" without notification may result in cancellation of remaining reservations for that semester.

RESERVING DESKTOP COMPUTERS IN THE STUDENT LAB (ICC 224)

The computers in ICC 224 are normally used on a first-come first-served basis, but may also be reserved. The computers can only be reserved on a daily basis. Stop by the lab to talk to a Lab Assistant, and he or she will help you determine when the computers are available. You may also call the Lab Assistant at 687-5788 and discuss the reservation over the phone.

If you are teaching a language course and have software that you would like your students to use in the lab, please contact Peter Janssens, the Academic Technology Coordinator for FLL.