The DML will allow patrons to place holds on select models of equipment between March 3–May 16, 2025. This is a pilot program intended to collect data and usage insights and it may or may not be repeated in the future.
Step-by-Step Process
- Click the link of the item you want to request (see below).
- Note: you are limited to one hold request per category. Staff will delete duplicate requests.
- Sign in with your myUMBC credentials and click Request from UMBC. Follow the prompts and submit the request.
- Wait for an email (to your UMBC address) that tells you it's here.
- Take your campus card to the Circulation desk and pick it up.
Policies
- You must pick up the hold at the Circulation desk within one (1) calendar day of receiving the email (weekends included)
- You may not have simultaneous loans and requests of DML equipment
- You may loan or request only one item per category
- Regular DML loan policies apply
- Free to borrow
- Seven-day loan with no renewals
- Late fines of $5 per item
- Limited to one of each category (e.g., one camera model at a time)
- Responsible for all equipment and accessories and subject to lost/replacement charges
Equipment Available to Request
Click on the model, sign in with myUMBC credentials, and then select "Request from UMBC."
These items will be available on a first-come, first-served basis if there are no hold requests.
You can see live availability numbers at the DML website by clicking on Equipment that can be checked out.
Please direct questions to the Circulation department at circlib-group@umbc.edu.
