Gadgets: Audio Visual & Accessories

• Digital Voice Recorders (4 hour out of building use)

  Sony ICD-UX71 recorders with 287 hours of recording time and Olympus VN-3100 PC with a 72 hour recording time are available for checkout. The uplink cable, software and instruction guides are all included. The Software and driver must be installed to extract the .wav files from the Olympus device though you can use a Library Laptop if necessary. The Sony device records to MP3 format. Audacity MP3 conversion software can be downloaded for free.

• External Blu-Ray Disc Rewriter

         LG BE06 LU10 External Blu-ray Disc Rewriter available for 4 hour loans.

• External DVD Drives

        Samsung External DVD Writer DVD-RW - will read and write CDs.

• Headphones

         4 Hour loan.

• Microphones

         USB, Omnidirectional, and clip on mics are available for 4 hour loans.

Thanks to a generous donation from the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (and the Brittain Fellowship), the library now has Snowball ICE USB microphones available for checkout.  

Specs for Snowball Microphones:

• Transducer Type: Condenser, Pressure Gradient With USB digital output
• Polar Patterns: Cardioid
• Frequency Response: 40 –18 kHz
• Sample/word Rate: 44.1 kHz/16 bit
• Weight: 460g
• Dimensions: 325mm (circumference)

• MP3 Players (24 hour out of building use)

  1 GB Sandisk Sansa m240 MP3 Player with earphones, USB cable and quickstart guide included.

• Multi-Card Media Reader

  Kingston 19-in-1 flash memory reader. This item comes with a USB cable and can read many different formats of Flash/SD media commonly used in digital cameras.

• Portable DVD Players

  Sony and Panasonic portable DVD players for either PAL or NTSC encoded DVDs. WE have both 4 hour and 24 hour checkouts available. Ask at the Library Services Desk for more info.

• Projectors & Projector Screens

  View Sonic DLP projectors are available for a 24 hour out of the building checkout. The projectors are VGA and HDMI compatible, and they're great for presentations and group study sessions.

• USB Floppy & Zip Drives

         3.5" & Zip drives (older format) with USB 2.0 connection.

• USB Task Light

         A USB powered reading/task light with flexible body.

•  Webcams

         Webcam for video conferencing.  Software and drivers are included.

• Wireless Presenter w/ Laser Pointer

        Device allows wireless manipulation of PowerPoint slideshows.