AV+Hardware+Loans

· Hardware such as radios, cassette/CD players, laptops, OHPs, portable data projector, digital cameras, video cameras, etc are shelved on the open shelves in the AV storeroom. Any loans should be made through the circulation desk using the barcode on the allocated card (kept in a file box at the front desk). · All equipment should be checked for condition of equipment, components, battery charge etc, upon their return by the Librarian/Assistant timetabled in AV. Batteries should be recharged by users but if flat, they should be recharged by the Librarian/Assistant timetabled in AV. Any items in need of repair should be reported to the AV Librarian or Assistant. Laptop problems should be written up in the system faults book at the front desk for IT to check. Instruction booklets for all equipment are kept in the drawer in the AV Workroom. · All equipment is available for O/N and weekend loan to staff. Students require a note from a teacher in the relevant KLA area. Students cannot borrow laptops or the portable data projector. · Equipment can be booked in the AV equipment loan book - for projectors, cameras, ohp etc but the laptops are booked at the front desk. · A service/hardware register is kept in the AV storeroom in a card file. It shows maintenance, date of purchase, serial no. and a record of obsolete equipment. All new equipment should be engraved Macleod College.