| The role of VRC is changing. In the past, Visual Resources Centers
were concerned primarily with slides. Now, at least at Otis, the
most active collections are DVDs and digital images.
The VRC is responsible for building and maintaining the DID.
VRC staff assist faculty in finding and adding the images they need
to use for teaching. They also train faculty in how to use the software.
She also supports the new digital asset management system, ContentDM,
which was recently installed at Otis.
Heather Cleary, the VRC Librarian, is also responsible for selecting
all DVDs. She welcomes your recommendations.
Policies and Procedures
All materials (mainly slides)
housed within the Visual Resource Center are available only between
8:30 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Admittance is restricted
to those times when the Librarian or her full-time assistant is able
to be present. Faculty and full time students may check out materials.
Circulation Policies:
Slide boxes and videos are counted as part of the 9 total library
checkouts to any patron at any one time (videos circulate for 48
hours).
Limit of 60 slides to faculty patron at any one time (up to one
week).
Limit of 20 slides to student patron (24 hours).
Limit of 2 slide carousels to any patron at any one time.
Circulation Procedures:
All Slides must be Xeroxed by VRC staff before leaving the VRC
room and then taken to the Circulation Desk for check out. Hand
your selected slides to VRC staff member, then fill out and sign
Check Out Form. Slide boxes and carousels will then have their bar
code scanned at the front desk. Return slide boxes and videos to
the circulation desk. Please ensure all the slides that you checked
out are in the box.
Note to Faculty:
If you cannot return the slides yourself, please make arrangements
for the timely return of slides to the library through your departmental
office.
Lost materials:
$10 replacement fee per slide
Videos: Replacement cost of video + $20 processing fee.
Holds and Reserves:
Reserves are held for a maximum of three weeks; other faculty may
check out the items for the duration of a single class period only.
Holds are held for one day. Reserves and Holds are held at the circulation
desk, along with the corresponding forms. Submit Reserve requests
before the semester starts; submit Hold requests ten days in advance.
Making Slides:
There is no copy stand available for use; please contact the Photo
Lab at x6971. Reserve your time at the copy stand; bring your own
slide film.
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The Visual Resources Center