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Equipment Loan Program
UMD Libraries has a variety of general-use equipment, from calculators to projectors and plenty of things in between! Our general-use equipment is first-come, first-serve and typically cannot be borrowed overnight or reserved in advance. To borrow general-use equipment, bring your UMD ID and visit the Tech Desk (McKeldin 2nd floor), the STEM Library service desk, or the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library service desk.
Need to borrow items for a longer period of time, or looking for specialty equipment? Explore the options below to learn about our long-term use laptops, media production equipment, equipment for studying, health, and wellness, and more. To reserve long-term equipment, please submit the request form at least 24 hours in advance of your need.
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Cassette Tape Recorder, Sanyo electric cassette and a mini cassette recorder. Loan period from 6 hours to up to 3 days(3-day loans must be reserved online)
Category: Audio Recorders
HDMI to Type C cable, 6" Type C to HDMI cable. Loan for 8 hours.
Category: Accessories
External 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive,
3.5 inch floppy disc drive powered by USB port, compatible with both Windows and iOS devices. Loan period 6 hours.
Category: Accessories
BluRay Player,
Portable Blu-ray player with screen and remote control. Loan period 6 hours.
Category: Accessories
External Blu-Ray RW Drive, Portable 6 x USB 3.0 BD/DVD/CD burner, works with BDXL, Bluray, DVD, and CD media. Connects via a USB port and is compatible with both Windows and Apple OS. Loan period up to 6 hours.
Category: Accessories
Digital Audio Recorder (Zoom 6), Portable Zoom 4 and 6 series portable audio recorders 4 to 6 track audio recorders. Perfect for recording podcasts, audio for video, music and other content. 4-6 XLR/TRC ports for microphones. Loan period 6 hours.
Category: Audio Recorders
Digital Slide and Negative Scanner (JUMBL),
Stand alone, requires no computer interface, Negative and Slide Digital scanner. Save internal memory up to 40 images to internal drive or SD/SDHC cards. Compatible with both Windows and iOS operating systems. Loan period 6 hours.
Category: Accessories
External DVD RW Drive ,
Asus portable 2.0 8X DVD Burner +/- rewriter external drive compatible with Windows and iOS devices with USB ports. Loan period 6 hours.
Category: Accessories
Light Therapy Lamp (Verilux),
Verilux light therapy lamp. Can be checked out for 2 hours with out referral to 28 days with referral from Health Center.
Category: Accessories
PC Laptop (Dell Latitude 7490),
Dell Latitude Windows laptop with Intel Core i5, 209 GHz 8GB RAM with Bluetooth, HDMI port, and USB 3.0. Available Software installed. Loan period 6 hours.
Category: Laptops