Media equipment is available at Walter Library for free two-day checkouts for UMN students, staff and faculty. You will find cameras, tripods, microphones, hard drives, and DSLRs, everything you need to make a great video or podcast.
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Canon Vixia HD camcorder
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Tripod
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Canon Rebel DSLR camera
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Zoom H2n digital audio recorder
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Tascam DR-05 digital audio recorder
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External hard drive
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Blue Snowball microphone
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Blue Snowflake microphone
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Pickup locations
Walter Library - basement
Pickups must be made during Walter Library open hours.
Additional media equipment
This equipment is available to check out on a first come, first served basis.
- Magrath Library Media Production Equipment & Software
- Three external hard drives - Health Sciences Library
Recording spaces
Software and production computers
Walter, Wilson, Magrath, and the Health Sciences Libraries have media production iMac computers to edit your class projects.
Software
- iMovie
- Audacity
- Final Cut Pro with Motion and Compressor
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- GarageBand
- Screenflow
- Adobe After Effects
- Software at Other Campus Computer Labs
External hard drives
An external hard drive is needed to save your video projects on if you use a library production computer. Hard drives are available to check out at Walter, Wilson, Magrath, and Health Sciences Libraries. To transfer an iMovie or Final Cut Pro project to an external hard drive, use the following instructions:
- Transfer iMovie projects to an external hard drive
- Transfer Final Cut Pro projects to an external hard drive
Locations
Basement level Walter Library
Ground floor Magrath Library
Phillips-Wangensteen Building Health Sciences Library