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Media Services
Use the Audio/Video Online Request Form to request equipment and services for your classroom
Use the Intercampus Book/Media Delivery Form to send media items to the other campus. For use by faculty/staff/OSB/Ecumenical Fellows/Graduate Students.
Use the Lamination Request Form to request laminating services
The College of St. Benedict and St. John's University have two Media Centers which contain a collection of nearly 18,000 titles of audiovisual materials and a trained staff ready to help you locate and use the materials you need.
Table of Contents
- General Information
- Personnel
- Media Copyright Policies
- Resources Available
- Media Production
- Classroom Resources
- Video Teleconferencing
General Information
The Media Services Department of the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University stores and maintains items such as DVDs, video cassettes, audio tapes, compact discs, laser discs, films, that the institutions have purchased for class and individual use. Also kept in the media area are CD’s DVD and various audio-visual materials. Equipment is available in Clemens Library at the College of St. Benedict and in the Alcuin Library at St. John's University for in-house use of these materials. Audio visual materials may also be checked out of the libraries.
Arrangements to use audio visual materials in classes are to be made through the Media Services area at the campus where the courses are taught. Requests to purchase audio visual materials may be made through Burdette Miller-Lehn at St. John's. Arrangements for videotaping of classes or for any public address systems on the St. John's campus can be made through Adam Bauer.
Personnel
| CSB/SJU Library/Media Director--Alcuin Library | |
| Kathy Parker | 2119 |
| CSB Coordinator of Media Services - Clemens Library | |
| S. Janelle Sietsema | 5609 |
| CSB Media Services Associate - Clemens Library | |
| Adam Konczewski | 5609 |
| CSB/SJU Media Services Associate Director--Alcuin Library | |
| Burdette Miller-Lehn | 2118 |
| CSB/SJU Media Technician--Q443 | |
| Adam Bauer | 2236 |
| Dan Sis | 3213 |
A list of Media Service Locations is also available.
Media Copyright Policies
The Media Services Department of CSB/SJU follows the Code of Conduct for members of the Consortium of College and University Media Centers with regard to copyright matters.
"Whereas, we believe that a balance must exist between the rights of the producers and distributors of the works which we collect and disseminate and the privileges of ourselves and our patrons who benefit from their display; and Whereas, we understand that if the owners of audiovisual works are denied their legal right to actual and potential revenues that may be derived from their works, the net effect will be a decline in the production of audiovisual materials, and whereas, we consider infractions of copyright law to be equivalent to acts of theft."
- Off-air recording that departments own and have been retained longer than the 45 days free-use period are considered illegal. See below for details concerning the 45 day period.
- The Media Center shall not put illegal off-air recordings on reserve in the library.
- The Media Center shall not make duplicate copies of illegal off-air recordings.
- The Media Center shall not alter off-air programs. Excerpts of programs can be used in class provided the recorded program is not altered from its original content.
- Off-air recordings shall not be added to the libraries collection without permission from the copyright owner.
- The Media Center shall not duplicate copyrighted tapes.
- Some media owned video cassettes have public performance rights; many, however, do not. Those that are labeled for "home use only" may be used in a face to face teaching situation.
- Groups or clubs may not use "home use only" videos in a public performance setting. They must rent videos from sources that grant public performance rights.
Off-air recordings may be used once by individual instructors in the course of relevant teaching activities, and repeated only once when instructional reinforcement is necessary, in classrooms and similar places devoted to instruction within a single building, cluster or campus, as well as in the homes of students receiving formalized home instruction, during the first 10 consecutive school days in the 45 calendar day retention period. After the first 10 consecutive school days, off-air recordings may be used up to the end of the 45 day retention period only for instructor-evaluator purposes, i.e., to determine whether or not to include broadcast program in the teaching curriculum, and may not be used in the institution for student exhibition or any other non-evaluative purpose without authorization.
Resources Available
Both the Clemens Library Media Center at the College of St. Benedict and the Alcuin Library Media Center at St. John's University contain:
- DVD’s, Video cassettes & Laser discs
- Compact Discs, sound recordings, audio cassettes
- Kits containing various media
The Media Centers have a variety of equipment with which to use these audiovisual materials such as
- DVD Players, VCRs, laser disc players
- Compact disc players
- Cassette tape recorders, and turntables
Trained staff will help you in locating the materials you need and in using the equipment in the Media Centers.
There are several viewing rooms available for use.
Almost all of the material in the Media Centers is listed in MnPALS, the library's online catalog.
Media Equipment Check-Out Policies & Procedures
- Most equipment checked out from the Media Center has a 28 day loan period.
- Mini DV Cameras, digital still cameras, camcorders have a shorter loan period (1 Day) Cameras are checked out to students and faculty for classroom use only.
- Media materials not returned on time are subject to an overdue fine.
- Students needing equipment for class use, such as a cassette tape recorder or slide projector, may either check the equipment out at the desk or make arrangements to have the media center deliver the equipment to the classroom.
- Any requests for taping off the air will be honored if enough notice is given and it does not conflict with someone else's prior request.
NOTE: There is a 45 day free use copyright policy and after that time tapes recorded off the air must be erased.
Media Material Check-Out Policies & Procedures
- Video cassettes, laser discs, DVDs, CDs and sound recordings checked out by faculty and staff from the CSB/SJU Media Center have a 5 day loan period. When items are being used in class, arrangements may be made to keep items longer than the 5 day loan period.
- Media materials checked out by students have a one day loan period for videos and DVDs. CDs and sound recordings have a 3-day loan. They may be taken out of the library if they are not on reserve. For more information on media reserves please consult the Reserves section of this page.
- Media materials not returned on time are subject to an overdue fine. Overdue reserve items are fined at a higher rate, please see the Reserves section of this page.
- For more information on patron classes and how they relate to media please consult the Patron Policies.
Video Cassette, DVD, & Laser Disc Movie Search
Alcuin & Clemens Libraries have an extensive collection of video cassettes, DVDs, and laser discs ranging from cinema greats to documentaries. A complete list of these videos has been made searchable on the WWW. If you have access to MnPALS, that is a better choice for more extensive information and searching capabilities. The resources listed below provide only the title and call number for each item.
Movie Search (VHS, DVD, and Laser Disc)
Media Material--Reserves
All materials placed on reserve are searchable in MnPALS.
Reserve materials including CDs, DVDs and videocassettes have a four-hour loan period and must be used in the library. Overdue reserve items are fined at the rate of $1.00 per hour for every hour they are overdue.
CDROMs are checked out for use in the reference area. For assistance with CDROMs, please see a Reference Librarian.
Media Material Purchasing Policies
Suggestions for selecting AV materials for classroom support are as follows:
Faculty members are encouraged to make requests for the purchase of media software through their department bibliographers. Approved requests are then forwarded to the library and the following issues are weighed before the purchase is initiated.
- Does the amount of anticipated use warrant the purchase?
- Is ILL of the item an option?
- Is the cost of the software within reasonable limits?
- How much money has the department already spent on software?
- Does the department wish to contribute funds toward the purchase of the software?
- Could the item be used by other departments?
If the decision is made to purchase, a preview copy will be requested whenever possible. The faculty member who initiated the request will then be asked to view or audit the item to assess its quality and content.
AV for liberal arts support: Faculty members and other members of the CSB/SJU community are also encouraged to submit requests for software items which will support self-directed learning. These need not be channeled through a department bibliographer, although some of the same issues as mentioned above will be considered before purchase is initiated.
AV for recreational viewing: In an effort to keep the feature and foreign film collection up to date outstanding and/or award winning titles will be added to the collection annually.
Media collection weeding policy: The software collection at CSB and SJU will be weeded periodically. Weeding usually takes place when lack of space for growth of the software collection occurs. At that time items are removed from the shelves, and forwarded to the departments concerned for their determination of whether or not the information contained in the software is still current enough to warrant keeping.
Media Production
At the College of St. Benedict, S. Janelle Sietsema is responsible for media production which includes mounting and laminating of materials. Editing and duplicating of DVD’s and videocassettes is handled by Adam Konczewski.
At St. John's University, Adam Bauer is responsible for the duplication of videotapes, the transfer of tapes from PAL to NTSC, and videotape editing. DVD, CD, Audio tape, and VHS duplication can be done in the libraries with several self-service stations available for use.
Classroom Resources
At St. John's University one must call Burdette Miller-Lehn at 2117 to make arrangements to use media in their classrooms, and at the College of St. Benedict one can contact S. Janelle Sietsema at 5609. St. Ben’s and St. John's also have overheads and screens TVs/VCRs and DVD players located permanently in most classrooms. For information about IT Service's classroom technology options, consult their Classroom Technology page.
There are a few rooms at St. John's which may be used for video and computer projection in a theater style setting to make arrangements to use them call Burdette Miller-Lehn at 2117. The rooms are AVI (in Alcuin Library) which seats 150, AV2 (in Alcuin Library) which seats 60, The Eila Siren Perlmutter Little Theatre--Q346 (in the quad) which seats 50. The Nickelodeon (in Alcuin Library) seats 20 and can be used to view videos and DVDs. During the summer ALL AV rooms except the Nickelodeon are scheduled through the Special Events office @2240.
Video Teleconferencing
We have video teleconferencing capabilities in AVI (in Alcuin Library), the Alumni Lounge, Q346 and Q264 (in the quadrangle building). There are phone lines in these rooms, which means that if needed a video teleconference would have interactive audio capability. A teleconference could also be broadcast in the Art Center Lecture Hall, but would not have the interactive audio capability. To make arrangements to broadcast a teleconference please contact Dan Sis.
Comments to Burdette Miller-Lehn.
Last updated: February 4, 2008. Links checked: June 21, 2005.