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Walter Library, 204
117 Pleasant St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-624-1584 (voice)
612-625-2519 (fax)
Contact: Virginia Gunville Bach

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LRC Services

Access Policies
Course Reserves
Advance Booking
Equipment
 Reference Service

Access Policies

University of Minnesota faculty, staff, and students may use any of the center’s services and facilities. The center’s in-building listening and viewing equipment is intended for individual use.

The following types of materials are restricted to in-building use only:

  1. Course Reserve items (current list available online)
  2. ESL (English as a second language) materials

Users must have a current Ucard , valid driver’s license, official state ID card, or official student ID from another school, for in-building listening and viewing. A current Ucard or Special Privileges Borrowing Card is required for any out-of-building borrowing.

Loan Periods
  1. General loan period for DVDs and VHS tapes is three days.
  2. Loan periods for reserved items are set by the instructor.
  3. Classroom presentation loans are made routinely for two to five days. All items are due no more than five calendar days after date of check-out. Confirm due date when requesting classroom use reservations or at time of check out.
  4. All unrestricted non-reserve materials are due seven calendar days after date of check-out.

Course Reserve

Instructors may request that items from the collections be placed on reserve for their class by completing a Materials Reserve Request Form. Forms are also available at the Circulation Desk in the basement of Walter.

Walter Reserves will accept lawfully acquired instructor or department owned audiovisual materials for reserve deposit. Instructors must complete a Reserve Deposit Form at the time materials are deposited.

Advance Booking

The center accepts reservation requests for classroom use of collection materials. Instructors may borrow audio, video, and other media materials for on-campus, classroom presentation. Reservations are not required but are strongly recommended in order to assure that the materials wanted are available at the time they are needed. Instructors may make reservations in person at the LRC service desk in 204 Walter, or use our online form . instructors will receive email confirmation of reservation requests within two business days of the receipt of the request at LRC.

Students may reserve materials for classroom presentation but are required to provide instructor confirmation that the material will be used in the classroom. Students must have the instructor e-mail the LRC (lrcres@tc.umn.edu) with the confirmation, including the student's name and course number. Students are required to pick-up and return classroom use materials on the presentation date.

Equipment

In 204 Walter the SMART Commons and Media Services provides public access audio-visual workstations designed for individual listening and viewing. Equipment is available to use most of the media formats collected by the center. Any materials not usable at the center may be borrowed for out-of-building use, pending availablity and classroom priority.

LRC equipment is not available for use outside of the library. Those needing AV equipment for classroom or other campus presentations can make arrangements with Event and Classroom AV Rentals, a service of the Office of Classroom Management.

Formats available at SMART Commons and Media Services:

Equipment available:

Media Services also offers multimedia workstations and equipment for classroom projects. Light audio (cassette, LP) and video conversion (VHS) equipment is also provided. Currently, this service is unavailable as the equipment is undergoing upgrades. For fee conversion services are available at Event and Classroom AV Rentals.

Reference Service

Center staff are knowledgeable about local, regional, national, and internet accessible media resources. Center staff are on duty everyday between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. (Mon-Fri), 12:00 noon-5:00pm Sat, and 12:00-6:00pm Sun, to assist library users with reference questions concerning educational and other non-book media materials.