Policies and Guidelines for the VCU Language Learning Center
Equipment:
- No equipment may be removed from the Language Learning Center without the prior approval of the Director of the LLC or the Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages. Any equipment removed from the LLC without permission which becomes damaged while away from the LLC will be repaired at the borrower's expense.
- The following equipment may be reserved in advance by faculty and removed from the LLC:
- slide projector
- VCR on rolling cart
- portable cassette recorder
A sign-up sheet is provided in the LLC
- No video or audio tapes may removed from the LLC by faculty without signing the appropriate sign-up sheet. No video or audio tapes belonging to the LLC may be removed from the LLC by students.
Video:
- No commercial videotapes will be reproduced without the written consent of the copyright holder.
- Faculty members requesting format changes must leave original tape locked in the cabinet in the LLC while the NTSC version is being used (unless permission has been granted by the copyright holder).
- Personal videotapes may be reproduced by the LLC staff. These tapes will be reproduced only when access to the VCRs is not restricted by a scheduled class in the LLC or a previous request for satellite taping.
Audio:
- No audio tapes will be reproduced without the written consent of the copyright holder. Copyright information should remain on file in the LLC.
Software:
- No software will be reproduced without the written consent of the copyright holder. Copyright information should remain on file in the LLC
Use:
- The LLC is to be used by any member of the Department of Foreign Languages. In addition, the LLC is to be used by students currently enrolled in foreign language classes. Any others wishing to use the LLC may do so only with the permission of the Director.
- Any faculty member wishing to teach in the LLC should sign up in advance on the appropriate sign up sheet.
- In the event that the LLC is full due to the scheduling of several classes, precedence will automatically be given to those classes. Walk-in traffic may then use the LLC as space becomes available.
- Instructors must accompany classes to the LLC (both the Sony Lab and the Mac Lab) except under extenuating circumstances in which case special arrangements must be made in advance with the Director of the LLC.
- No classes may be scheduled when the LLC is closed.
Printer:
- The printer is to be used by students currently enrolled in a foreign language class to print foreign language-related materials only.
- The faculty in the Department of Foreign Languages may use the printer at any time.
Privileges:
- Any student found to abuse the above guidelines and policies may be asked to leave the LLC and subsequently lose the right to use the facilities.
Approved August 1995
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