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How to Checkout Media Equipment
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Media Equipment Available
Cameras (Camcorders, GoPros, DSLRs, and Point and Shoots)
- (2) Canon (VIXIA HF R52) HD cameras w/ 32 GB internal Hard Drive: available for (7) day checkouts
- Check Canon HD cameras availability
- Canon HD camera product info - (2) GoPro Hero 4 (Silver) w/ accessories available for (7) day checkouts
- Check GoPro Hero 4 availability
- GoPro Hero 4 product info - (1) Canon (EOS Rebel T7i) DSLR camera kit (3 lenses + accessories): available for (7) day checkouts
-Check Canon EOS Rebel T7i DSLR camera kit availability
- Canon EOS Rebel product info - (1) Canon PowerShot G7X Mark 2 Point and Shoot camera: available for (7) day checkouts
- Check Canon PowerShot G7X Mark 2 Point and Shoot camera availability
- Canon PowerShot product info




Laptops, Tablets and e-Readers
- (11) Macbook Pros: available for (7) day checkouts,
(1) Macbook Pro: available for (4) hours
Check Macbook Pros availability - (20) HP Laptops: available for (7) day checkouts,
(1) HP Laptop: available for (4) hours
Check HP Laptops availability - (19) Chromebooks: available for (7) day checkouts,
(1) Chromebook: available for (4) hours - Check Chromebooks availability
- (4) iPads: available for (7) day checkouts
Check iPads availability




Audio Gear (Headphones, Wireless Mics, Directional Mics, Lapel Mics, Computer Mics)
- (7) Headphones available for (4) hours
- Please drop by in person to the Circulation desk to check availability - Microphones:
(2) Handheld Audio Recorders (Zoom H1n) available for (7) day checkout
- Check Handheld Audio Recorders availability
- Handheld Audio Recorders product info
(1) Wireless mic system (lapel & handheld) available for (7) day checkout
- Check wireless mic system availability
- Wireless mic product Info
(4) Directional (shotgun) microphones available for (7) day checkout
- Check directional mics availability
- Directional Microphone product info
(4) Lapel mics available for (7) day checkout
- Check lapel mics availability
- Lapel Mic product info
(2) USB (computer) mics available for (7) day checkout
- Check USB mics availability
- USB Mic product info
Other Equipment
- (2) USB Headsets
Check USB Headsets availability - (2) Universal PC laptop charger
Check Universal PC laptop charger availability - (2) 1TB External Hard Drives available for (7) days
Check External Hard Drives availability - (2) 32 GB Flash Drives available for (7) days
Check Flash Drives availability - Cables and adapters: USB, micro USB, Firewire 400, Firewire 800, RCA stereo, VGA, HDMI (A, B, C), Apple Thunderbolt & adapters, mini display, DVI, mini USB, printer cables
- available for (7) days
- Please drop by in person to the Circulation desk to check availability - (2) Table tripods and (5) standard tripods available for (7) day checkouts
Check tripods availability - (4) Graphing calculators (Ti-84 Plus C Silver Edition) available for (4) hours
Check graphing calculators availability - (4) Scientific calculators (TI-30XA) available for (4) hours
Check scientific calculators availability - (2) Financial calculators (Hp 10bII+) available for (4) hours
Check financial calculators availability - (4) External (cd/dvd) disc drives available for (4) hours
Check external disc drives availability - (2) 64 GB SD cards available for (7) days
Check SD cards availability - (2) card readers (SD, microSD, etc.) available for (4) hours
Check card readers availability - (2) Wireless mice
Check wireless mice availability - (80) myDAQ Circuit Prototyping available for (1) semester
Check myDAQs availability - (2) Epson Projectors (1) Epson EX7210 WXGA 3LCD Projector and (1) Epson VS345 Projector) available for (3) days
- Check projector availability
- EX7210 Projector product info
- VS345 Projector product info - (1) 80 in. Projector Screen available for (3) days
Check Projector Screen availability - - Projector screen product info
- (5) Mac chargers (different versions) available for (4) hours or (1) day
Check Mac chargers availability










Software on Circulation Laptops and Tablets
1) MacBook laptops
- Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop)
- iMovie
- iTunes
- iWork (Pages, Numbers, & Keynote)
- Microsoft Office 2011
- SPSS 24
2) New MacBook Pro laptops (Fall ‘18 arrival)
- Same as above +:
- Lightroom
- Premiere
- Audition
- AfterEffects
- Media Encoder
3) HPs
- Windows 10
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- MS Office 2016
- Adobe Acrobat
- Respondus Lock Down Browser
4) Chromebooks
- Chromebook browser
5) iPads
- Factory/Built-in apps only
Have a suggestion?
What do you like? What do you dislike? What would you like for us to have? Send us your feedback.
Circulation Periods
- 4 hour loan period for most smaller media equipment items (calculators, CD/DVD drives, card readers, and chargers)
- 4 hour loan period for ALL Media Reserve items
- 3 day loan period for media projectors and projector screen
- 7 day loan period for most cameras, camcorders, audio mics, laptops, and tablets
- 7 day loan period for cables and adapters
- 30 days for all circulating media items (no renewals)
Renewal Policy for Media Equipment
- No immediate (back-to-back) renewals for media equipment
- Wait times for renewals:
- 20 minutes for 2-4 hr loans
- 1 hour for 24 hour loans
- 1 day for 3-day and longer loans
Overdue Fines Amounts
- Media materials (CDs, DVDs, Video cassettes): $1.00 a day for each overdue item
- Media reserves: $1.00 an hour for each overdue item
- Media equipment (4 hour loans): $1.00 an hour for each overdue item
- Media equipment (3 day loans): $15.00 a day for each overdue item
- Media equipment (7 day loans): $15.00 a day for each overdue item
Additional Info
- Media Reserves include media materials placed on reserve by faculty for use within Research Services
- Listening and viewing equipment available for all formats in Research Services
- (Currently N/A) Media Presentation Room accommodates up to 15 individuals for media presentation design and preparation in a group study environment
- Assistance is available for retrieving materials from Circulation's Collection
Media and equipment are available at Circulation.
Circulation Contact
Location: Library Addition, 1st Floor
Phone: 619.594.6793
Email: circulation@mail.sdsu.edu
