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Facilities
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- 52 PCs with DVD players - 22 inch widescreen monitors
- 6
Combo DVD/Videocassette players
- 6 Videocassette players
- 6 DVD players
- Additional headphones available upon request
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Resources
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Over 10,000DVDs
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Over 16,000 videocassettes
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Reserving Items
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| It is possible to book individual items up to one week ahead.
This is recommended at peak times such as towards the end of a semester,
or when an item is being studied by a class.
NOTE: When three or more copies of an item are held, the
AV Library is unable to take bookings. |
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Video Cassette Formats
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VHS videocassettes come in three formats:
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PAL (New Zealand, Australia and most of Western Europe)
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NTSC (Japan and the US)
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SECAM (France, China and Eastern Europe)
All the video players in the Library can play PAL and NTSC videocassettes. The AV Library no
longer hs SECAM video playing facilities. SECAM videotapes will play on other videoplayers but in black and white only. |
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Library Services
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| Library tutorials take place on an informal, one-on-one basis. Anyone
wishing to be shown how to access the collections, or to use the equipment,
is free to approach the staff at any time for personal assistance. In our
experience, this approach is more useful for patrons than offering regularly
scheduled tours. |
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Subject Librarian Service
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| The Audiovisual Librarian is also Film, Television and Media Studies
Subject Librarian, offering personal consultations with staff and senior
students of the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies. For more
information about this service, consult the Film,
Television and Media Studies Subject Librarian's page. |
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