FAQ

Media Reserves Questions


What is a Media Reserve?

Allows a UH instructor or professor to request types of media available at the Wong Audiovisual Center (DVDs, CDs, videos, audiocassettes, etc.) for students to come into Sinclair Library and view the material in the Center. Please see Media Reserves for more information.

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What's the difference between Media Reserves and Bookings?

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.

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How long can an item be on reserve?

For items belonging to the Wong AV/C, the shortest possible time to a of maximum 2 weeks. Longer than that will require special permission from Linda Engelberg. Instructor's personal copies for as long as needed.

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How soon can I turn in my reserve list (request form), and how long will it take to process it?

Reserve lists can be submitted as early as a semester in advance. Accessing may take up to 5 working days for items that are currently in the collection (longer if we need to order the item).

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Can an instructor take out for class showing an item that is on reserve for their or someone else's class?

The instructor who has it on reserve can take it out any time for as long as they want for class showing. If for another instructor, we need to contact the instructor in case they planned to use it themselves; if the instructor says okay, the borrower may only take it out only for their class period.

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Contact Information

For more information, please contact the Media Reserves Supervisor (avreserv@hawaii.edu) by email or by phone (956-8308 x53).