Lending Policy

Please contact Beatriz Riefkohl Muñiz at riefkohl@email.unc.edu if you have any questions.

Appointments can be made to arrange to pick up and drop off films by emailing la_films@unc.edu and copying riefkohl@email.unc.edu and joshuett@email.unc.edu

How To Borrow Materials

All borrowers must fill out a Lending Agreement. Please download, fill out, and return the Film Library Lending Agreement as an email attachment to la_films@unc.edu and copying riefkohl@email.unc.edu and joshuett@email.unc.edu.

  1. Once we have a copy of your form, you are free to borrow from the library. Please note that anyone who wishes to take out material from the collection must fill out a form. This includes persons sent to pick up films on behalf of professors, students, friends, etc.
  2. We will periodically ask returning borrowers to update their contact information.

Requesting Materials & Use of the Collection

Reservations:

Faculty who need films for classroom instruction can make a reservation by sending an email to la_films@unc.edu and copying riefkohl@email.unc.edu and joshuett@email.unc.edu at least 10 days before the first day of the reservation. You must make your reservation via email. Calls to the Film Library phone at (919) 843-8888 may be delayed in processing. The Film Library will not be opened for walk-in borrowing. Once the reservation request is processed, borrowers will receive an email indicating that the film is ready for pick up and the due date for return.

Pick-Up: 

Films can be picked up Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm in room GEC 3203.

Return: 

Films must be returned to GEC 3203 by the due date. If additional time is necessary, please email la_films@unc.edu and copy riefkohl@email.unc.edu and joshuett@email.unc.edu.

When returning films through the mail, borrowers must package them securely and provide sufficient padding. This is to reduce the wear and tear on film cases and the films themselves.  The borrower is responsible for providing the packaging and the return shipping cost.

Shipping address for return by USPS: *Must pick a trackable form of shipment*

Latin American Film Collection
Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
CB #3205
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3205

Shipping address for return by FedEx:

Latin American Film Collection
Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Fed Ex Global Education Center, Suite 3200
301 Pittsboro St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3205

Borrower’s Responsibility

  1. Materials, while in the possession of the borrower, are the responsibility of the borrower. The cost of replacing any lost or damaged films, resulting from the negligence of the borrower, will be charged to the borrower.
  2. If returning films through the mail, borrowers must package them securely and provide sufficient padding. This is to reduce the wear and tear on film cases and the films themselves.
  3. Borrowers must return materials on time.

Please note that Latin American films are not rated and in some instances may contain inappropriate language/images for children. For more information, please see this list of videos appropriate for children.

 

Latin American Film Collection
Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
3218 Fed Ex Global Education Center
301 Pittsboro St. CB #3205
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3205
Phone: (919)843-8888. Fax: (919)962-0398. E-mail: la_films@unc.edu.