Equipment Self-Booking in the Library Catalog

1. Search DMC equipment using Advanced Search 
   • Start on the library homepage
   • Click on Advanced Search
     • Search for DMC Equipment
       
       • Click Search and a list of DMC equipment will appear below the search panel
     • Browse DMC Equipment
       • Click on BROWSE button on the advanced search interface
         
       • Select Browse by Series Title and type in "DMC EQUIPMENT", select DMC EQUIPMENT on the search result.
         
       • You will see a complete list of DMC equipment that you can browse over.
         
2. Reserve Your Item
   • Select your equipment from the listing and sign in using your Rice NetID.
   • Click the Request Item box
     
   • Reservation is up to one month in advance and 7 days at a time.
   •  Under Start Date, choose the date you would like to begin your reservation from the calendar’s pop up window
   • Choose the time of day by using the Hour and Minute drop down boxes
   • Similarly choose the date that your reservation will end under the End Date section
     
   • Note: Your reservation will not go through if the length of the reservation exceeds the limit of allotted time set for that item or if there is a conflict of availability with another request on that item
   • Click Send Request.
     • You will see a message in green like below indicating your reservation has been fulfilled. 
     • Or you will see a message in red like below indicating your reservation failed. 
   • Under your library account, go to My Requests, you can view all your equipment reservations and cancel any reservations.
3. Check Availability
   •  Select Check Availability
      
     
   • If the item is unavailable, there will be red boxes highlighting when the equipment has already been reserved
   • If the item is unavailable for the whole day, there will simply be a box at the top labeled Unavailable 00:00-23:59

               Note: You can not select a reservation date and time on this Check Availability calendar. The calendar allows you to view the equipment status. It does not let you choose a date or time for reservation. 

Tips and tricks

• If the calendar buttons are missing from the Request Item window, make the browser window bigger to bring back the calendar buttons so that you can select a reservation date.