Borrowing
Equipment kits contain a main item (ex: camera), any charging or data cables and may contain accessories, depending on the equipment kit. For battery operated items like the Audio Recorder, staff will provide batteries upon checkout. Most equipment kits come in bags for ease of transport.
Only Case Βι¶ΉΣ³» and Cleveland Institute of Music students, faculty and staff may borrow equipment kits.
Equipment kits will always be borrowed at and returned to the Service Center found on the 1st floor of Kelvin Smith Library.
There is no initial charge for Case Βι¶ΉΣ³» and Cleveland Institute of Music students, faculty and staff to borrow equipment kits. Only a valid, active university ID is required to check out kits. No fines will accrue if kits are returned within the 5-day loaning period.
If your equipment kit's loan exceeds the 5 day period, overdue fines will accrue on your library account at $5 per day. Overdue fines will max out at $30 and, if the equipment kit is not returned to the library, your library account will be billed for the cost of the equipment kit.
If any kit item is indefinitely lost or damaged upon return, patrons will complete the next steps with Service Center staff. you to fill out a "Damages and Definitely Missing Equipment Form." Upon the form's completion, Freedman Center Staff will work on the kit and contact you with the replacement costs within a few business days.
All loanable equipment kits may be borrowed for 5 days. There are no due dates on the weekends but the weekends are included in the loaning period, and there are no due dates when the library is officially closed. Please be mindful of semester breaks as the library's operational hours change throughout the semester.
To know when your equipment kit is due, from our library main page or call us at the Service Center (216)-368-3506.
Equipment kits are never due on the weekends or when the library is closed. However, please be mindful of semester breaks as the library's operational hours change throughout the semester.
To know when your equipment kit is due, from our library main page or call us at the Service Center (216)-368-3506.
We have a small technology collection to service a large academic community, and with that in mind, we do not allow renewals of equipment kits.
We have a small loanable collection and would like to give everyone an opportunity to borrow our kits. With that in mind, like renewals, we do not allow returns and immediate check-outs. If you'd like to checkout the kit again, you must wait 24 hours before doing so.
Only complete equipment kits may be checked out.
Please return all equipment kits to the Service Center during operation hours. While our equipment kits are in bags, the bags cannot stop the weight of several heavy books falling onto them. If equipment kits are found in the book drops, patrons may receive fines if equipment is found damaged.
Equipment kits are always returned to the Service Center during operation hours. Please do not leave the kit on the counter for staff and leave. Service Center staff request patrons to wait until the kit is checked for all its items.
Please be mindful of the 5 day loan period, and when the Service Center closes. Service Center staff and overnight security guards will not accept equipment returns after the desk has closed for the day.
We highly discourage borrowing patrons to check out kits for their family or friends. If your family member or friend is a CWRU or CIM student, faculty or staff, please have them check out a kit themselves.
As the borrowing patron, you are held responsible for any overdue, billed, damages, or missing equipment fines that your family or friend has accrued. Meaning, any fines on your account above $15 will block your borrowing privileges for not just equipment kits but other CWRU materials, OhioLink books requested or ready to be picked up, and requesting Interlibrary loans as well.
Technology Support
Due to the amount of equipment we loan and the length of time to learn each one, Service Center and Freedman Center staff cannot provide instruction upon checkout. Each equipment kit has a corresponding user guide available for users to refer to, and most guides will include manufacturer's user manuals and tutorials available on YouTube.
Unlike loanable equipment found in the Tech Table, laptops from our kiosk are supported by University Technologies or U[Tech]. For any issues that arise with the loaned laptop, please bring the laptop to the front desk and Service Center staff will contact U[Tech].
Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship doesn't fund or support this loaned technology.
Overdue Fines And Billed Equipment
Equipment kits have a 5-day loaning period. If your kit's loan exceeded the 5 day loaning period before its return, your library account will begin to accrue $5 every day the kit is over due. Overdue fines will max out at $30.
If your library account has been billed for the equipment kit, that means your loan has exceeded the 5 day loaning period and has met the $30 overdue max. Your account will automatically be billed for the kit's replacement cost.
Returning the kit to the Service Center will remove the billed cost from your library account, but the overdue fines will remain which Service Center staff will not waive.
We highly discourage letting family or friends return equipment kits. The borrowing patron is responsible for the kit, and family or friends may not be able to return the kits before their due dates and may cause the patron's account to accrue fines.
Patrons are responsible to return the equipment kits on time and in the state the kit was in when they originally checked it out. If overdue, billed, missing or damage fines appear on your account, Service Center staff will not waive them.
Equipment Kit Issues
Please return the complete equipment kit to the Service Center and explain what happened to staff. Staff will exchange the kit for you, if available.
Please bring the equipment kit to the Service Center, and explain what has been lost to the staff. Our Service Center staff will go through the kit and confirm what you've stated, and take you through the next steps.
Payment will not happen at this time. The dedicated service area staff member will contact you in a few weeks with the replacement cost information.
Please bring the equipment kit to the Service Center, and explain what has been lost to the staff. Our Service Center staff will go through the kit and confirm what you've stated, and take you through the next steps.
Payment will not happen at this time. The dedicated service area staff member will contact you in a few weeks with the replacement cost information.
To ensure the correct equipment model or type is purchased, please do not purchase replacement equipment. Please bring the equipment kit to the Service Center, and explain what has been damaged / lost to the staff. The replacement process will go from there.