How It Works

Equipment is available for Barnard College & Columbia University-affiliated students, faculty, and staff for projects related to curriculum/college events.

Restrictions:

• Course reserved equipment is only available for students currently enrolled in Barnard academic courses.
• Patrons can only check out 1 camera per reservation.
• Patrons can only check out 1 light kit per reservation. 
• For all other equipment, patrons can only check out a maximum of 2 of any one item.

• Standard checkout periods are 3 days including the day of check out. (i.e. a Monday checkout will be due on Wednesday.)
  • Equipment picked up on Thursday or Friday is due on the following Monday.
• You may have only one standing reservation or checkout at a time. Reservations can only be made one week in advance.
• Renewals are subject to equipment availability and demand. To request a renewal, please email imats@barnard.edu before the equipment is due. 

1. Go to our Make A Request page.
2. New IMATS patrons must fill out a Patron Registration Form.
3. Check out equipment on the Patron Portal. Reservations MUST be completed 24 hours in advance of the desired pick-up time.
4. Budget at least 15 minutes for both the checkout and return process.

NOTE: If you do not pick up your equipment on the scheduled pick-up date, your reservation will be canceled.

• For every day equipment is late, a patron will be restricted from checkouts for one week. (i.e. equipment that is 2 days overdue will result in being restricted from checkouts for 2 weeks.)
• If overdue equipment exceeds seven days, patrons will be banned from checkouts for the remainder of the semester.
• Strict late fines will also be enforced and can go up to $50 dollars per piece of equipment per day in addition to being restricted from checking out equipment.
• If an item is damaged or lost, the patron must reimburse the college for its full replacement value/repair cost.

NOTE: If you have not finished your project within the allotted checkout time, please email imats@barnard.edu before the equipment is due to request a renewal. Checkouts can be renewed one time each, for a period of up to 3 business days. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to renew a checkout, as the equipment may be reserved for another community member. We cannot renew late checkouts.