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Location: Room 350, Addlestone Library. The room contains VHS and DVD viewing stations.

The Media Room hours:

• Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday CLOSED
• Sunday 2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Faculty may obtain access to this room at other times by appointment or by asking at the research/information desk during normal hours of operation.

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Faculty members may check out videos/DVDs (up to three at one time) from the media collection. The circulation period is three days. Students do not have circulation privileges with videos/DVDs, but may view videos and DVDs in the library during normal operational hours.

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Students may view videos (VHS/DVD) in the Media Room when the Media Room is open. Students may view VHS videos anytime the library is open on the VHS viewing stations on the second floor (Coming St. side just off the elevator) including when the Media Room is not open. DVD videos may always be viewed on any of the 250 computers on the main floor.

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Room 136 across from the circulation desk is available for group viewing (3 - 12 students) of VHS/DVD videos upon request if they can not be accommodated in the Media Room itself. The room has a 12 seat conference table and is equipped with a wide plasma screen, speakers and video player. Students must ask at the circulation desk to reserve or sign out the room.

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Faculty members may place video and DVD titles from the media collection on reserve at the circulation desk for students to view in the library. Reserve items are removed from the media room and placed in the reserve stacks behind the circulation desk and are indicated as such in the on-line catalog. Students wishing to view a video or DVD that is on reserve must check it out from the circulation desk (for in-library use for 3 hours). DVDs can be viewed on any computer in the library. VHS tapes may be viewed in the media room or on viewing stations on the second floor when the media room is not open.

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To place a video or DVD on reserve a faculty member must bring the video title to the circulation desk and fill out the “Reserve Request” form. For information on types of reserves available, please see the circulation department reserve services. For questions you may call the circulation desk at 953-8001.

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You may make an online request to have a video or DVD delivered to your office. We need a minimum of 48 hours (2 business days) notice prior to the time you actually require the video or DVD.

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Requests may be made through the normal online ILL request system (ILLiad). Detailed instructions are below:

• Log into the Interlibrary Loan system using your ILLiad username and password. If you do not have an ILLiad username or password, click on the First time users link to create one.
• From the Request Types page, click the "Request a Video" button.
• Fill out the information requested. Note that the video/DVD will be delivered to your office mailbox unless you indicate that you wish the video to be delivered.
• Press the "Submit Request" button to activate the transaction.
• The video/DVD will be delivered to your office on the date requested (provided you have allowed a minimum of 24 hours notice).
• Faculty members are responsible for returning any videos or DVDs within the circulation time that have been delivered to their office mailbox. Please do NOT use campus mail to return videos.

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All videos in the media collection are in the library catalog. You may search just the media collection by limiting your search to “Media Collection.” This is done from the "limit by" button at the bottom of the main catalog screen.

We are beginning to re-catalog titles from the old OMT video numbers to Library of Congress call numbers. Thus, many accession numbers listed in the CRMC Media Collection Catalog are no longer accurate. Please be aware of this if you use this older catalog.

We are discovering that some video titles currently listed in the online catalog as available are missing. We are in the process of re-ordering such titles, where possible, as we find such missing titles and deleting the record when not possible. Also, a title may be “available” in the catalog, but in a stage of processing and temporarily unavailable. So, it is always a good idea to call ahead to see if a video is actually available at the library, before making a trip or a request. You may call or email Jared Seay directly (843.953.1428 or seayj@cofc.edu) or call the reference desk (843.953.8000) to make such an inquiry.

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Videos to be used for the educational support of your teaching may be ordered from departmental book budgets. Requests may be sent through your departmental liaison.

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Media Room
The Media Collections Room at the Addlestone Library will be open for business during the fall and spring semesters:

Mon - Fri: 10am - 7pm
Sunday:  2pm - 7pm

Research/Information Desk
Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
843.953.8000

Circulation Desk
Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
843.953.8001

Library Media Coordinator
Jared Seay, seayj@cofc.edu
843.953.1428

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