Location       

The Media/Microforms Department is located on the east side of the first floor of the J.D. Williams Library, along with the Government Information Services Department.  The Media/Microform collection includes Microforms (microfilm, -fiche, -print) as well as DVDs, CDs, VHS, LPs, CD-Roms, which are intended to supplement and enhance the educational experience of the University community.  The Media Desk provides circulation services and basic reference assistance for media material and government documents.  Desk hours are Monday-Thursday 8-midnight, Friday 8-7pm, Saturday 10-6pm, and Sunday 1pm-midnight.

Click here for a MAP of the library.

Circulation and Reserves

Faculty, staff, and students of the University can check out CDs, LPs, DVDs, VHS and cassettes for one week.  CD-Roms can be checked out by undergraduate students for 28 days, graduate students for 56 days, and staff and faculty for 1 year.  Each item can be renewed a maximum of two times, and is searchable through the Library Catalog.  Microform materials are not available for checkout, and can be viewed on the microform readers available in the Media/Microform Department.  Patrons who are not faculty, staff, or students have access to media materials on an in-house only basis, unless otherwise arranged with the Government Documents/Media Department.

Faculty, staff and teaching assistants can reserve media resources for U of M courses on a semester basis. Media Reservation forms are available at the Media/Microforms Desk. Please allow 48 hours for the Media Reserve to take effect.  For rush requests, contact Laura Love at 915-5865, Monday-Friday 8-4pm.  Media Reserves are searchable through the Course Reserve link on the library catalog home page.  These items can be searched by instructor name or course number.

For a more thorough description of circulation policies, visit our Regulations and Policies page.

Microforms

The library houses more than 2.8 million microforms, including microfiche, microfilm and microprint/ microcards.  The department has equipment to view, print, and digitize all microformats. 

The cost for printing is $ .10 per page.  Patrons can either use dimes or Ole Miss Express.  There is a change machine near the Media Desk that converts dollars to dimes. Special arrangements can be made for patrons doing extensive cash printing to use by-pass mechanisms.

Please refer to the Location Guide for Microforms for help in finding microforms; to the Finding Videos and DVDs page for search tips on finding videos/DVDs; to the Find a Sound Recording in the Library page for tips on searching for CDs, LPs and cassettes; and to the Music Subject Guide FAQ for answers to additional questions about the library's music collection.

Also refer to A Guide to Microform Primary Source Material for African-American, Mississippi and Southern History in the J.D. Williams Library for an annotated list of holdings on African-American and Southern history. Williams Library has many other primary resources. You can look at a list of Major Primary Resources on Microform arranged alphabetically by Series Title, Subject, or Country/Region.

Media-Microform Equipment

Audio-Video Equipment

Viewing Equipment	Audio Players
2 DVD/VHS/TV Combination Players 1 DVD Player, with TV 8 Panasonic VHS/TV Combination Players 1 3/4" U-matic/Beta Video Player 3 Kodak Ektagraphic III-E Plus Slide Projectors	2 LP Players, connected to tape cassette players for recording 3 Audio Tape/CD Combination Player 8 Portable Audio Cassette Players

Microform Reader Machines

Microform Readers/Printers
3 Film Reader/Printers (Minolta RP606Z) 3 Film/Fiche Combination Reader/Printers (Minolta, Canon) 1 Microfilm/fiche Digitizer with editing and printing capabilities. 1 ST-200 Digitizer for Microfilm,-fiche, and -print, to be emailed or saved. 1 Microfiche Read-only Machine, and 1 Microprint Read-only Machine.

Computer Workstations

Computers
13 PC Computers with Windows 2000. Patrons can check email and search the Library Catalog and Internet. 1 PC Computer with Scanner equipped with Photoshop for scanning documents or photographs. 1 Handicap Accessible Computer with Scanner. 1 B&W printer, printable from all computers on 1st floor.

Personnel

Laura G. Harper                                                                                 
Head of GIS/Media/Microform                       
Phone: 662-915-7986                                        
Email: lgharper@olemiss.edu