The Audiovisual Collection contains both online resources and multimedia items to borrow. The Library provides facilities for you to watch DVDs and videos, listen to sound recordings, and view microfilms and microfiches.
You can also watch live streaming and recorded TV programs online through eTV.
You can access the Collection during normal Library opening hours.
DVDs from AV collection can be viewed on students’ laptops or Library student computers. Headphones are available to be borrowed from all the Campus libraries.
To request material at Central Library please ask at the Closed Reserve desk on level 2.
The Central Library has dedicated AV viewing and listening facilities on Level 9. The level 9 Group Viewing Room is available for groups of three to twelve people for watching DVDs and videos.
Karori and Te Aro Libraries have viewing and listening equipment. To use the equipment please ask at the desk.
The Audiovisual Collection contains several types of material, and the Library provides associated viewing equipment for all of them.
The following collections include both live streaming and recorded content to watch and listen online:
The Audiovisual Collection has a large collection of video material. Up to two people may watch a videorecording using the individual viewing stations; groups of three or higher must book and use the Group Viewing Room at the Central Library. Karori and Te Aro have VHS and DVD players available on demand.
The Audiovisual Collection has a number of listening stations for sound recordings at the Kelburn Campus library. All campuses have headphones available for loan. Karori has a cassette player available, please ask at the desk.
Microfilms and microfiches—collectively “microforms”—store reduced-size copies of print documents on film. Special equipment is needed to view them. The Audiovisual Collection has a microform reader/scanner/printer, which you can use to print copies of microform pages, save them to a memory stick or your H: Drive. This is located at Kelburn.
The Library's video games collection, partially owned by the School of Design, can be found by call number 'Game' in the Library catalogue. This is a small collection with games for the PS3 and Wii consoles. The Library owns only the games and not consoles. The games are available to all students and staff when there are no game-related classes in session. At that time they can be borrowed for one week, with no renewal. The collection is located at the Architecture and Design library on the Te Aro campus.
Yes. To reserve material and a viewer please use the online room booking system.
If you are a teaching staff member and you need something from the Audiovisual Collection for a class, you can fill out the online booking form to have it held for you on a certain date.
Audiovisual Collection resources may not be taken out of the Library, with the following exceptions:
No. This is prohibited by the Copyright Act 1994.
There is however one exception: any programme recorded off air under the university’s Screenrights licence may be copied by any staff member or student provided it is for university teaching or study related purposes and provided the copy is labelled in accordance with the Screenrights license (see “do we need to label copies?” the Screenrights website).
If you are an teaching staff member and you need a programme recorded for teaching purposes, the Library can record it for you.
We can record television or sky programmes from these channels:
Free-to-air and Freeview:
Sky Television:
All recordings are made to DVD.
If you would like to request a recording, please fill out the recording request form.
All printing and copying of Audiovisual Collection material is subject to the Copyright Act 1994.
If you think the Library should purchase an item, you can send a recommendation to the Collection Management team, who will evaluate it and decide whether it can be purchased. The Library's Collection Development and Management Policy guides all purchase decisions.
Make a purchase recommendation
You can also contact your subject librarian directly to recommend an item for purchase.
Purchase recommendations are welcome from all members of the University community.
Please fill out the online booking form, then submit an intersite request for the material you require. It will be sent to you through the intersite system.
