Library Guides: Creating Digital Media: Finding Equipment on Campus

Departments Across Campus that Lend Audio/Visual Equipment

Audio Visual Services
a branch of ITServices that maintains a large collection of portable media equipment for use in teaching as well as for rent.
Logan Media Center
A joint effort of the Humanities Division, Information Technology Services (ITS), and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, the Logan Media Center (LMC) supports the arts at UChicago by providing AV equipment, production space, software, and technical training.
TechBar
The IT Services TechBar, located on the first floor of the Joseph Regenstein Library, provides convenient walk-up technology support, equipment lending, conferencing spaces, and videoconferencing capabilities for the University of Chicago faculty, students, staff, and visitors.

Borrow Audio/Visual Equipment from the TechBar

The following equipment is available free of charge to currently registered faculty, students, and staff. Learn more about borrowing equipment on the TechBar's website.

Canon Vixia HFR20 camcorder
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Canon's VIXIA HF R20 Flash Memory Camcorder is a mid-range high definition camera that's packed with useful features and functions. Record 1920 x 1080 video to the R20's 8GB internal flash memory or to SD/SDHC or SDXC cards using the dual memory card slots. The 3.28MP CMOS sensor, Canon HD Video Lens, a 3.0" LCD, and basics like zoom options and the image stabilizer all work together to help you capture that stunningly detailed and crisp footage.
Fuji Digital Camera FINEPIX T300/T200/T190 Series
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An easy to use and super thin 10x zoom compact camera. The 2.7 inch LCD display makes it easy to compose great photos. It features Dual Image Stabilization which is the combination of high sensitivity and CCD shift image stabilization that works to eliminate blurred photos by freezing action and minimizing blurs at maximum zoom range. Includes Motion Panorama for panoramic shots, Face Recognition, HD Video, and more.

Borrow Audio/Visual Equipment from the Logan Media Center

Equipment and facilities are available to University of Chicago students, staff, and faculty for artistic creation and teaching. Learn more about borrowing equipment on the Logan Media Center's website.

Video Cameras
The video camera inventory includes HD, solid state cameras at a range of levels, for various applications (Canon Vixia G10, Panasonic AC130, Panasonic AF100, Canon EX1). They are available to assist production, from tripods, to prime lenses, to microphone packages.
Photography and Digital Imagery
DSLR photography is based on the Canon T3i, 7D and 6D camera bodies, with a wide range of lenses and accessories available. There are also bodies and lenses by Nikon including the D90 and the D5100.
Editing Software
All LMC lab and edit suite computers offer the entire Adobe Master collection, for all your digital photography and graphics needs. Dual displays in the edit suites help you organize larger projects.

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Listen to or Watch Digital Media in the Library

Regenstein Library’s Audiovisual Room (JRL 307) provides patrons a quiet space to listen to music or watch a film.

You may use the Audiovisual Room by borrowing a key from Regenstein’s Circulation Desk or the Recordings Collection (JRL 360). All equipment requires headphones, which may also be borrowed from Circulation or the Recordings Collection.

For more information, see the Audiovisual Room page on the Library’s website.