Equipment Lending Policy
Equipment Lending Policy
Available in the library or as a PDF Equipment Lending Policy.
Purpose
To establish the guidelines associated with borrowing equipment from Bucks County Community College Learning Resources in order to support the educational research and activities of currently enrolled students, faculty, and staff. All equipment is property of Bucks County Community College.
Eligibility
Equipment lending services are available to currently enrolled students, faculty, and staff of the College with a valid patron account in good standing.
Borrowing Guidelines
- Equipment is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- The Library laptop loan period is 3 hours.
- All Library equipment must be returned no later than 15 minutes prior to Library closing.
- The Academic Success Center equipment must be returned prior to Academic Success Center closing.
- The borrower must keep the equipment at all times.
- The borrower is responsible for equipment damage, loss, and theft.
List of available equipment, loan period, usage, and replacement costs:
| Equipment Type | Loan Period | Use Equipment Outside Library | Eligible User | Replacement Cost (estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calculator | 24 hours | Yes | Student | $150 |
| Clickers (student response system)* | 2 weeks | Yes | Faculty, Staff | $500 |
| Handheld video recorders* | 2 weeks | Yes | Faculty, Staff, Student | $200 |
| iPad | 2 weeks | Yes* | Faculty, Student | $600 |
| Laptop | 3 hours | Yes* | Faculty, Student | $1200 |
| Snowball mic | 3 hours | Yes | Faculty, Student, Staff | $100 |
| Tutoring Center Laptop | Center hours | * | Student | $1200 |
| Wireless presenter | 2 weeks | Yes | Faculty, Student, Staff | $50 |
*Equipment specific borrowing guidelines by user:
Student:
- Laptops and iPads are available to use in the library to support the completion of a course activity or assignment for three hours. File saving on the laptop and netbook shall be the responsibility of the laptop borrower. All content will be erased upon return.
- Laptops not returned by library closing will result in a block on the student borrower’s account for 30 days.
- Academic Success Center laptops are available to use in the Academic Success Center only for the duration of Academic Success Center hours. File saving on the laptop shall be the responsibility of the borrower. All content will be erased upon return.
- Borrowers are responsible for replacement of batteries in the handheld video cameras.
Faculty/Staff:
- File saving on the laptop, iPad/iPod touch, and netbook shall be the responsibility of the borrower. All content will be erased upon return.
- Borrowers are responsible for replacement of batteries in the handheld video cameras.
Penalties and Fees
- Loss of equipment shall result in charges equivalent to the estimated replacement cost indicated in this policy.
- Damage to equipment and peripherals shall result in a charge to cover repair or replacement.
- Infractions of this policy shall result in barring of equipment usage privileges for the duration of the academic year.
Equipment Lending Policy and Agreement by Brian T. Johnstone and Jacqueline M. Burger is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://www.bucks.edu/media/bcccmedialibrary/library/pdf/LREquipLndPlcy041814.pdf.