Media Services

Media Materials

Currently enrolled students and currently employed faculty and staff are eligible to borrow media materials, such as DVDs, CDs, and kits. These items can be borrowed and requested in Brownsville and Edinburg. Students may check out media materials for 3 days. Faculty and staff may check out media materials for 3 days as well.

Media Equipment Guidelines

Currently enrolled students and currently employed faculty and staff are eligible to borrow media materials and equipment. The University Library offers laptop computers, camcorders, audio recorders and other media-related equipment for checkout.

Library media materials and devices may be checked out according to the following loan rules:

• All borrowers must present their current UTRGV (or TSC) photo identification at the time of checkout.
• The borrower's library account must be active and clear of fines and overdue materials.
• Borrowers are responsible for all materials, equipment, and accessories checked out on their library account.
• Lending of materials ends one hour before the Library closes.
• All media and equipment must be returned before the end of the loan period. Failure to do so will result in:
  • Late fees for overdue materials.
  • A hold placed on the user's library account, preventing circulation of all library materials.
• UTRGV credentials are required for login and use of laptops and tablets.

ILL and TexShare

Interlibrary Loan and TexShare patrons are not eligible to borrow media materials and devices with the exception of books with supplementary CDs.

Third-party checkouts

If a faculty or staff member wishes to send a student or staff worker to check out media on their behalf, then their representative must present the following:

• The faculty member's UTRGV (or TSC) ID.
• A note on a departmental letterhead signed by the faculty or staff member granting permission for the representative to check out on their behalf.

Media Equipment Available for Checkout

Material Type	Loan Period	Location
Digital Camcorder	3 days	Brownsville and Edinburg
Digital Camera	3 days	Brownsville and Edinburg
Headphones	1 day	Brownsville and Edinburg
Jump (flash) drive	1 day	Edinburg
Laptop	1 day	Edinburg
Mobile Phone Charger	1 day	Brownsville and Edinburg
Projector	1 day	Brownsville and Edinburg
QT Device	Length of Semester	Brownsville and Edinburg
Graphing Calculators (TI-84 CE Plus)	3 days	Brownsville and Edinburg
Graphing Calculators (models vary, batteries not included)	Length of Semester	Brownsville
Sound Recorder	3 days	Brownsville and Edinburg
Tablets (iPads and Surface Pros)	1 day	Brownsville and Edinburg
Tripod	3 days	Brownsville and Edinburg

Poster Printing

Media Services in Brownsville and Edinburg also provide Poster printing for academic and course-related projects, conferences, and symposia.

Media Services (Edinburg only)

Media Services in Edinburg is located on the library's 3rd floor. The 3rd floor is designated a quiet zone for individual study and work with computer workstations, comfortable seating, and study carrels. The open lab includes access to:

• 54 Windows, MS Office (word processing) workstations
• 18 Windows, Adobe Creative Cloud (multimedia) workstations
• 2 iMacs, Adobe Creative Cloud (multimedia) workstations
• 6 Black and white printers (Find_Me printing)
• 2 Color Laserjet printers
• 1 Photo printing/scanning station (Epson Inkjet printer and scanner)
• Microfilm and microfiche
• Select daily newspapers:
  • Advance News Journal
  • Austin American-Statesman
  • Brownsville Herald
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Corpus Christi Caller-Times
  • The Daily Texan
  • The Dallas Morning News
  • El Chicano Weekly
  • El Nuevo Heraldo
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Los Angeles Times
  • The Mercedes Enterprise
  • The Monitor
  • The New York Review of Books
  • The New York Times
  • The New York Times Book Review
  • Raymondville Chronicle and Willacy County News
  • San Antonio Express-News
  • The Sunday Times
  • TLS, The Times Literary Supplement
  • USA Today (Arlington, VA)
  • Valley Morning Star
  • The Valley Town Crier
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • The Washington Post

Computer Lab (Brownsville Only)

The main computer lab is located in the on the first floor of the library. Active students can log in with their UTRGV credentials.

• 90 Windows Computers
• Office Suite
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• 4 Color Printers (Find-Me-Printing)
• 1 KIC Scanner
• Other Software/Programs for Course Assignments

If software needed for course is not available in any computer station, please let us know. We'll inquire to see if it's available for installation. Please note that installation is not immediate.