1-Week Equipment

1-week loans

Because Alma is a paperless system, we have created a paper form for ALL 1-week equipment. This will make each interaction take longer. That is OK. Make sure that you walk through each item carefully, make sure that each accessory is correct. This form protects both you and and the patron as long as you fill it out completely and accurately!

How to CHECK OUT an item:

1. Get a form and fill out the patron's name and the date (print it please, no cursive -- it needs to be legible!).

2. Find the item that you are checking out, for example, a data projector.

3. As you show the patron what pieces come with the data projector, make a slash mark next to each piece (this also will let you make sure that the accessories they are receiving are correct). If the data projector is a model that comes with additional accessories, check them off as well.

4. Mark on the right that the patron is checking out an equipment item and add it to the page total at the bottom of the page.

If something is missing, do not check out the item -- find an alternative piece of equipment for the patron to use.

Is there something strange about the item? (Ex: fraying cable, but it's still usable; Projector #3 is in #2's case; etc.) You can still loan it BUT write a note on the form so that we know what's going on!