UH System student and staff may directly request audiovisual materials (library or personal copies of videos, DVDs, CDs, audiocassettes, etc) to use in the classroom. Items must be picked up at UHM Sinclair Library Wong Audiovisual Center. This service is not available for community and associate card holders.
Instructors put media on reserve for students to use in the Wong AV/C only; instructors and students do bookings to take out for classroom showing.
The shortest possible time (usually 1-2 days). Exceptions can be made for requests of up to two weeks.
Booking requests can be submitted as early as a semester in advance. Processing may take up to 5 working days for items that are currently in the collection (longer if we need to order the item).
Either the instructor needed to show it for more than one class session, or the item could be off-island. We do not request that a patron return an item until it is overdue.
Items are put on reserve to ensure that the item will be here when the requester needs to use them. Ample time is given for bookings to be returned; if the requester needs an extension they can call the Wong AV/C and we will try to accommodate them.
We try to have bookings charged out to the requester and on the pickup shelf at least two days before the requested use date. Patrons who are blocked from borrowing for any reason will be notified and asked to have the problem taken care of.
Most DVD players in classrooms will play all formats. However, some disc types, such as recordable DVDs (i.e. DVD-R) may be incompatible with a particular player.
Please test the disc on classroom equipment before screening.
For more information, please contact the Media Booking Supervisor (avmedia@hawaii.edu) by email or by phone (956-8308 x 53).