Butler Media Center


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Butler Media Collections and Usage Policies


Collections
  • The Butler Media Center collection supports Columbia University instruction and research.
  • Offers both a circulating collection and a non-circulating Research collection.
  • All titles in the collection are cataloged in CLIO, the Libraries' online catalog.
 

Butler Media, Circulating

  • Popular feature films and documentaries on DVD format.
  • Circulate to current faculty, students, and staff with valid borrowing privilieges (Columbia University, Barnard College, Teacher's College, and Union Theological Seminary).
  • Located in the Butler Media Center, 208 Butler Library.

CLIO Location

Loans

Fines

Butler Media, Circulating (208 Butler Library)

Students/Staff

3-day loan; 2 title limit

No renewals, no recalls, no holds

 

Faculty/Officers

7-day loan; 2 title limit

No renewals, no recalls, no holds

 

Alumni/visitors

In library use only

 

$7/day, up to a maximum of $50.00

If an item is not returned and the library considers it lost, a replacement (varies by collection) and processing ($30.00) fees will be added to the fines.

 

 

Butler Media Research

  • U.S.and foreign feature films, early cinema, avant-garde cinema, video art, and a wide range of documentary film content on DVD, VHS, and laser disc formats.
  • Library use only for students and staff.
  • May be placed on course reserve by faculty/instructors or borrowed for class screenings.
  • Located in the Butler Media Center, 208 Butler Library (DVDs) and in our offsite storage facility in Princeton, New Jersey (VHS tapes, laser discs, 16mm films). Use the "Request from Offsite" link located at the bottom of the film's CLIO record to request a title on VHS, laser disc, or 16mm format.

 

CLIO Locations

Loans

Fines

Butler Media, Res  (208 Butler Library)

 

Offsite <Butler Media Reserves> (Non-Circulating)

Students/Officers/Staff/Alumni/Visitors

Library Use Only

 

Faculty/Instructors

Circulate by arrangement for class screenings: 7-day loan.

Submit screening requests at least one week in advance to bmc@libraries.cul.columbia.edu.

No renewals, no recalls, no holds

$7/day, up to a maximum of $50.00

If an item is not returned and the library considers it lost, a replacement (varies by collection) and processing ($30.00) fees will be added to the fines.

 

Requests for Purchase

Suggestions for purchase will be accepted for the non-circulating Research collection only. Please contact Nancy E. Friedland, Librarian for Butler Media, Film Studies & Performing Arts, 206 Butler Library, (212) 854-7402.

 

Returns

  • Hand DVD, videorecording, or laserdisc to a library attendant at the Butler Reserves desk.
  • Returns are not accepted at the Butler Circulation desk or at other Columbia libraries.
  • Do not use book returns inside or outside the library as the item could be damaged.
  • Patrons are liable for damage to the item until it is returned.

 

Loss

Report the loss of an item immediately to prevent a fine or, if the item is already overdue, to stop the fine from growing larger. You will be billed for the replacement cost and the associated library processing fees.

 

Copyright

U.S. Copyright Law applies.


Butler Media Center
Location:
208B Butler Library
Telephone:
(212) 854-1715
Email:
bmc@libraries.cul.columbia.edu

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