Media Services Policies

Introduction:

The purpose and intent of the Department of Media Services, Nelson Poynter Library, is to provide media support for classroom instruction and to serve varied non-instructional needs of USF St. Petersburg. This includes development and support of media resources, services, systems, facilities, and equipment in accordance with the missions of USF St. Petersburg and Poynter Library. The Department provides and maintains instructional media equipment in USF SP classrooms and provides additional audiovisual equipment for checkout. The Department provides equipment and technical assistance for faculty, students, and staff for the development of multimedia presentations for teaching, learning, and research. The Department supports video conferencing facilities in cooperation with Educational Outreach, USF Tampa, USF SP’s television studio facilities and production assistance, and equipment for independent satellite downlinks. The Department is the USFCard Center at USF St. Petersburg and provides identification cards and badges.

Service Priorities:

The primary responsibility of the Department is to provide services which support teaching and research at USF St. Petersburg. Service requests are accepted on a priority basis as follows:

A. Scheduled credit classroom activities (E&G supported) and/or administrative services directly related to instruction.
B. Scheduled classroom activities, grant or other non-E&G supported.
C. Other educational programs, including grants and research programs.
D. Administrative services not directly related to instruction.
E. Student projects.
F. Campus activities sponsored by campus organizations.
G. Governmental and non-profit agencies.
H. Activities, involving USF SP personnel or students, not directly part of educational programs.

Charge/No Charge:

Services are provided at no cost to the requesting department when used by a faculty member in a regularly scheduled course, during actual class hours, as listed in the Registrar’s Schedule of Classes. Charges are assessed on all services held outside the classroom and those not directly related to scheduled classroom activities or related administrative services.