In Media Services, you can:
- View and borrow most DVDs and videos from the instructional media, feature film, documentary, and foreign film genres. Please see the Film Resources page for more information.
- Borrow digital cameras and videorecorders, microphones, camcorders, tripods, voice recorders, CD-players, DVD players, and VCRs. Please see the Media Equipment and Software for more information.
- Use multimedia computer lab resources and get assistance with the production of academic-related multimedia materials, including videos, podcasts, graphics, and scanning. Please see the Media Equipment and Software for more information. For a complete list of tutorials about software, equipment, and more, please see the Media Tutorials Library Guide.
- Book the lecture room for a presentation, lecture, group project meeting space, or movie viewing for a class. Please check the Classroom Calendars for availability, and email [email protected] to make a reservation.
- Use the media lab to view and listen to DVDs, videos, CDs, vinyl, foreign language tapes, and reserve materials.
Media Services is located on the first floor of Smith Library. The Media Lab, Printing Services, and the Media & Digital Resource Librarian’s office are all located on the right when you walk down the stairs and enter through the double doors.
DVD rentals can be checked out by faculty, staff, and students for three days with a limit of three DVDs. DVDs cannot be renewed. To browse the physical collection, please come to the first floor of Smith Library where the DVD cases are displayed by genre and in alphabetical order. To check out DVDs, please bring the empty DVD case to the circulation desk on the second floor of Smith Library and have your HPU Passport card ready for checkout.
You can fill out the DVD Order Request Form with suggestions. If the DVD is appropriate for the collection, we will order it and email you when it arrives. This form is NOT to request a DVD to be sent to your office or dorm.
You can email Media & Digital Resources at [email protected] with film reserve requests or fill out the DVD Reserve request form.
Check out the Streaming Content Guide.
Yes, we have a Film Collection Guide, which contains genre lists, subject lists, new releases, DVD checkout rules, film reserves information, and more. This Guide will also help users find resources about film at HPU and in the local area.
The Media & Digital Resource Librarian is constantly updating and adding new Media Guides. The current Media Guides are:
The Media Lab provides extensive resources for patrons to create multimedia materials for personal and class-related instruction and presentations. It is equipped with computers and facilities for digital video-editing, sound-editing, and photo-editing. Additionally, the lab features viewing and listening equipment. Beyond digital projects, the Media Lab also houses makerspace equipment and materials for physical creative projects, such as bookbinding and zine making, supporting a wide range of artistic and scholarly endeavors.
Here is a more detailed list of software available in the media lab:
| Design and graphics | Adobe Creative Cloud with Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, Sketch Up Pro, as well as Microsoft Publisher. |
| Video editing | Adobe Premier Pro, Encore, and After Effects, as well as iMovie, Handbrake, DVD studio pro, iDVD, Motion, and MovieMaker |
| Music and sound | Audacity and Garageband. |
| Presentation | Microsoft PowerPoint and Keynote. |
| Document editing and creation | Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word and Publisher, Pages, and iBook Author. |
| Other | Adobe Bridge, Numbers, SPSS Statistics, and DPS App Builder. |
Collaboration stations are available for use on the first floor of Smith Library, and talking is allowed in this group study area. If you are worried about not getting a table, you can make reservations by emailing [email protected]. You can share your work from your laptop to a large television monitor with a VGA connector. Individuals or groups of people can watch DVDs, BluRays, and VHS tapes. Be sure to check out a headphone splitter when watching films in groups.
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Television Monitors Connect your laptop to the television monitor |
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VGA Connector Connect your laptop to the television monitor |
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Headphones Watch movies on the television monitor or a computer. |
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Headphone splitter Watch movies in groups. |
Book the lecture room for a presentation, lecture, group project meeting space, or movie viewing for a class. Please remember to email Media & Digital Services at [email protected] to make a reservation and to check the Classroom Calendars for availability on the Library homepage menu. Student groups of 6 or more may request to use lecture rooms up to a week in advance, one date at a time. Faculty/Staff groups may request up to 10 dates per semester.
As a member of the University’s faculty, staff, or student body, it is important that you become aware of the many issues surrounding copyright laws, including fair use and copyright infringement. There have been lots of changes and developments in this area, especially regarding the World Wide Web and other tech and multimedia applications.
HPU Libraries: Copyright & Media Online Resources
Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians
Circular (PDF) from the US Copyright Offices.
Digital Audio Recording Devices and Media
Circular from the US Copyright Office.
Copyright & Intellectual Property Policies
Compilation of information from the Association of Research Libraries.
10 Big Myths about copyright explained
by Brad Templeton. This has been on the Web for a long time, and is very well written and concise.
General Information about Copyright
from the law firm of Oppedahl & Larson LLP.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
Summary (PDF) from the US Copyright Office.