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The following items may be purchased at the Circulation Desk.

CD-Rs: $1.00
Dry Markers: $1.00
Earphones: $2.00
Flash Drives: $20.00
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Educational videos in many subjects, available for viewing and downloading. Also includes some image and sound files.
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Views of Media room.  Photos by Jennifer Potter.
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Located on the second floor of the library, Media Services provides a comfortable computer lab complete with PC and Macintosh computers, a networked laser printer, CD burners, scanners, microform readers and printers, and a variety of audiovisual equipment.

Media Services is proud to offer a diverse array of DVDs, CDs, and videocassettes. Among items of interest, you'll find the 101 Greatest Screen Plays DVD collection, a wide variety of boxed music sets, and educational videos covering a broad range of subjects. Viewing and listening rooms are available for use with the presentation of a Bengal ID card.


Hours

Monday – Thursday: 8 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Friday: 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Saturday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.

Summer Hours:

Monday – Thursday: 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sundays: Closed

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Borrowing Media Items

Most of our DVDs and videocassettes circulate for a one week period, while music CDs circulate for two weeks. Media items that are not returned by the due date are subject to overdue fines. When making plans to use the collection, always be sure to verify the availability of an item in the catalog.

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Reserve Items

Many professors place media items on reserve for required listening or viewing. Before requesting reserve items at the Media counter, please search Course Reserves to note the title and call number. You'll need a valid Bengal ID card to use reserve materials, which are restricted to in-room use only.

If you are a faculty member and wish to place a media item on reserve, simply enter your request through our online reserve form.

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Multimedia Online

Resource includes images
Images

Resource includes audio
Audio

Resource includes video
Video

Displays library databases and Web sites with multimedia content from our subject guides.

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Microforms

Media houses a variety of materials on microfilm and microfiche, including journals, magazines, and newspapers. Publications on microform are listed in the library catalog. Special equipment is available that allows you to read and print this material. Ask at the Media Services counter for help in locating microforms and using the equipment.

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Need Help?

Trained staff members are on hand to assist you in using media equipment and locating the resources that you need. Take a look around the Media room for displays with instructions on finding feature films, copying files to CD, and more. Also see our Film Subject Guide.

Feel free to call Media Services at 878-6307 with any questions or concerns. If you have suggestions to improve the services or development of our Media collection, please contact our Media Services Librarian, Musa Abdul Hakim. We're here to help!

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E. H. Butler Library
Buffalo State College | State University of New York
1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 878-6300 | library@buffalostate.edu

This page was last updated on July 6, 2009.