Media Center / Music Library

Media Center

The Media Center, located in room 31 of the lower level in Barret library, houses more than 2,400 videos and other media formats to supplement academic instruction and to provide entertainment for members of the Rhodes community. The Media Center now houses the music collection formerly located in the Music Library in Hassell Hall.

The Media Center has shorter hours than other library services. Please consult our schedule of hours.

Videos may be checked out by Rhodes students, faculty and staff for a loan period of three days. Loan limits and overdue fines for videos, audiobooks and other library materials are enumerated on the Check-Out Desk page. See Library Catalog for available titles.

"Feature film" videos (i.e., those classified with a PN 1997 call number) carry with them a $1 check-out fee; this fee goes toward the future purchase of new videos for the enjoyment of the Rhodes community. To borrow a "feature film" video, you must first buy a ticket at the Check-Out Desk on the main floor, then bring your ticket down to the Media Center on the first floor to select and check out your video. Other videos (and audiobooks) may be checked out free of charge at the Media Center desk.

To order videos or DVDs contact Lynne Blair, #3901. Please allow ample time for delivery. If the vendor has the item(s) in stock, the average delivery time is one week.

Videos, laserdisks and other media formats which have been placed on reserve are kept at the Check-Out Desk on the main floor of the library. The loan period for these materials is usually two hours, and they may not be taken out of the library.

Check out a reserve video or laserdisk just as you would any other reserves. Then, take it down to the Media Center in LL31 to view it in one of the viewing carrels. Media Center staff can assist you. Remember: The Media Center has shorter hours than other library services, and the viewing carrels may only be used during the Media Center′s regular hours.

Three viewing rooms on the lower level of the library are available for student use. Each room has a 42-inch High Definition plasma screen and DVD, VHS, laptop, and cable television display capability. The two smaller rooms seat six, and the larger room seats ten.

The theater room is available for reservation through the Rhodes Facilities Management service.

For inquiries regarding staffing, hours, check-out policy, etc., e-mail the Circulation Supervisor, RoseAnn Hicks at RHicks@rhodes.edu or phone 901-843-3261.

Photo © Robert Benson