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The service is open to any educator at any public or private elementary school, middle school, high school, college or university in the United States. Lending materials to individual students or student organizations requires the sponsorship of a faculty member. Contact the LARC if you have any questions about your eligibility for this service.

Materials may only be used in individual classrooms. They may not be used in any public setting, even if no admission is charged. This includes campus film festivals or displays. You may be subject to prosecution for copyright violation if you use these materials in a public situation. Many publishers and distributors have become extremely protective of their copyrights, and the LARC cannot be held responsible for any legal repercussions.  

Five Basic Regulations

1) All users must have a completed and signed User's Agreement on file. Absolutely no materials will be shipped before a user has completed and signed a lending library User's Agreement.  If you would prefer to have us fax or mail the form to you instead of printing it off this site, please contact our office. 

2) You must reserve materials at least three full weeks in advance of the day you plan to use them. Your request must be received in the LARC office at least 21 days before your planned show date. Be certain to fill out the form completely; any orders which do not contain all of the necessary information, including a specific date on which you plan to use the materials, will not be processed. If any item you request is not available, you will be informed in writing at least three days before your scheduled show date. Please note that we will inform you only if items are unavailable; our limited staff makes it impossible for us to contact you to confirm requests. We do encourage our users to contact us by email or telephone to confirm their requests if they wish. 

3) All users are limited to a total of ten items per semester. We consider January 1 - June 15 as the spring semester, June 15 ­ August 15 as the summer semester, and August 15 - December 31 as the fall semester. Special consideration is given to schools on trimester or quarter schedules. The lending library operates on a limited basis during the summer and with modified policies, please see the Summer Borrowing section below.

4) All items must be returned immediately following their scheduled show date. Any item not received in the LARC office within five days of its due date will be considered overdue. The borrower is responsible for allowing sufficient time for return shipment. 

5) The borrower will be held responsible for lost, damaged, or materials not returned. For this reason, you must insure all U.S. Mail returns for at least $200.00 per item. Keep all insurance or UPS receipts for at least 90 days as proof of shipment.

Additional Information

It is always a good idea to make reservations as far in advance as possible.  At the same time, please refrain from making changes in your planned schedule of show dates. While we can easily accommodate additions or cancellations, changes in the date may result in new scheduling conflicts.

These procedures are the result of a great deal of consideration and are intended to allow us to provide this service as efficiently as possible to a very large national clientele in spite of our very small staff. Please call or write us if you need any further information. 

For more detailed information about the borrowing process, please click on the appropriate link to the right.

Latin American Resource Center
Tulane University
100 Jones Hall
New Orleans LA 70118

ph: (504) 862-3143;  fx:(504) 865-6719; crcrts@tulane.edu

Monday, September 4, 2004
02:44:10 PM