Current Students > Mouganis Instructional Media Center < AV Equipment Desk

We provide audio-visual equipment for your use outside our facility. Responsible use of our services and equipment will guarantee its availability for everyone when needed. Following our recommended procedures will help us provide dependable service and equipment.

By Reservation Only:

Please make all requests in writing. NO phone calls please!

E-mail: imc@thiel.edu (for short-term loans) or

            ejones@thiel.edu (for larger equipment set ups)

Submit: A Thiel College Loan Agreement (TCLA)

Fax: (724) 589-2021

To borrow equipment:

• PLAN AHEAD. We request two class days' advance notice for short-term loans.
• INFORM US. Determine what the exact needs (and use) of the equipment will be, and let us know.
• Feel free to ask for our help to select the best equipment for the job.
• PUT IT IN WRITING. Fill out a Thiel College Loan Agreement (TCLA) form completely, including your phone number and address, all information regarding the time, place and nature of the event.
• AUTHORIZE the loan. A Thiel College faculty or staff member must sign the TCLA form or send an e-mail authorization for all equipment that is used outside the Mougains Instructional Media Center.

Delivery and set-up services:

• Available during hours of operation
• Should be scheduled at least one week in advance
• Can only be provided for areas that will be locked when the equipment is not in use or unattended.
• Can only be done when our limited staff can arrange it and carry it out
• NOTE: You may be able to arrange to have Thiel Maintenance deliver equipment if we are unable. Submit  a Maintenance Work Request for the delivery and a separate one for the return of the equipment to A-V.

A-V equipment use in Greenville Hall:

• Two video units and a computer/video projection unit are kept on hand in the faculty lounge.
• Rather than contacting the MIMC, check the Sign-up/sign-out/sign-in sheet for the appropriate equipment to see if it is available when you need it.
• Be sure to sign it out when you take it, and to sign it back in when you return it.
• If there is no equipment available when you will need it, contact the MIMC.

A-V equipment use in Bly Lecture Hall:

• The Records Office schedules classes that meet regularly in Bly. 
• To r eserve use of the room (and the equipment), contact the MIMC staff via

                  a Bly Hall Equipment Reservation form

                  the web page Calendar for Bly

• You may not use Bly equipment until you have received training from MIMC staff.

• If the equipment you will be using is to be operated from the projection booth or the stage cabinet, you will need to sign out a key in AC-235.