Meriam Library has technology available for students and staff to rent. Photo taken by Julian Mendoza.
The Meriam Library is offering students and faculty a wide variety of technological resources through its Innovation Lab.
Chico State’s library serves the university’s 16,000 full-time students, faculty and the community of Chico. It is the largest library in the state north of Sacramento. With four floors to encourage academic improvements, curiosity and learning, the library offers what they’re calling “technology lending items.”
To check out items, individuals must be a Chico State student or faculty member with a valid Wildcat ID card. The checkout counter is on the second floor of the library in the Innovation Lab. When checking out, borrowers will be provided an equipment slip with the length of the loan of the item they chose and a due date for the return of that item.
Any items that are overdue – except adapters, chargers and cables – will add a fine of $10 a day. If items are lost or damaged, they will be charged a fee of the full replacement value, according to the website.
Technology available to check out includes:
Photography and video equipment:
Camera tripods
Adjustable portable light stand
Browning trail camera
Canon and Sony cameras
GoPros
Green screens
JOBY GorillaPod
Logitech webcam
Photography softbox studio lighting kit
Portable photography studio
Ring light kit
Camcorders
Thermal imaging camera
Conferencing cameras
Wescott reflector for photography
Audio Equipment:
Bluetooth audio headphones
Sennheiser headphones
Logitech USB wired headset
Logitech USB SnowBall microphone
LOVO Lavalier microphone
Samson USB microphone
Shure microphones
Podcast studio kit
Tascam digital audio recorder
Speakers
Along with audio and photography equipment, the Innovation Lab offers a wide variety of resources for computers such as cables, chargers, adapters, monitors, DVD drives and players, keyboards and mouses. Laptops are also available to check out for short loans – seven days – or long loans which are a whole semester.
There are resources for presentations and meetings such as presentation remotes, projectors, projector screens and teleprompters. The library also has technology for gaming such as the Meta Quest 2 VR headset and Nintendo Switches.
The Innovation Lab is on the second floor of Meriam Library and open from
7:45 a.m.-9:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday
7:45 a.m.-5:45 p.m. on Friday
Noon-4:45 p.m. on Saturday
Noon-9:45 p.m. on Sunday.