Media Design Lab: Policies

The Media Design Lab is available to currently enrolled UNC Asheville students, faculty, and staff on a first-come, first-served basis.

Food and drink are not allowed at the computers, however you may use the tables in the center of the lab and nearby areas.

Lab computers may be erased. Be sure to ask the lab assistant if you need to save your files on the lab's storage drives so you can come back to it next time. Another option is Google Drive, which provides free unlimited space for all UNC Asheville email accounts. The lab is not responsible for lost data files.

​Downloading software is not allowed. If there is something you need that isn’t already provided at your workstation, speak with the lab assistant.

For general computing activities such as word processing, web browsing or email, students are encouraged to use the computers located on the library's main level.

When leaving the lab for any amount of time, please let the lab attendant know. We will hold your workstation for 15 minutes before turning it over to someone else who needs it. Be sure to save all your work before leaving your workstation unattended.

• You may contact the copyright holder for permission to duplicate. Permission is granted on a case-by-case basis and must be obtained in writing.
• A faculty member needing a DVD copy of a program may contact their department’s bibliographer who can purchase a copy and place it in Ramsey Library’s collection for checkout. Each department is allotted money for this purpose.
• Faculty members may place media on reserve at the Ramsey Library circulation desk.
• Fair Use allows certain leeway in the duplication of a portion of a copyrighted work. Click here for Ramsey Library's explanation of copyright and fair use.
• UNC Asheville students, faculty and staff have free access to view a wide selection of films offered through the Kanopy media streaming service. Visit: https://unca.kanopy.com

CONTACT
mediadesignlab@unca.edu

828.251.6659