Instructional Media Collections and Services (IMCS) acquires and provides access to course-required physical and digital media, including educational and mainstream films, TV shows and documentaries, specifically for UCLA instructors, teaching assistants and students in classroom settings, and for non-UCLA academic researchers. The IMCS collection adds approximately 300-400 titles every year, generally based on instructor needs and funded by a dedicated media acquisition fund.
IMCS circulates physical media to instructors and teaching assistants for teaching in classrooms and for individual viewing in the Powell Library Media Lab, Room 270. IMCS also arranges access to digital versions for use on approved Bruin Learn/Canvas course websites. Most titles in the collection can be streamed depending on legal restrictions.
Phone: (310) 825-0755
Email: imlib@cinema.ucla.edu
Location: Powell Library, Room 46 (turn left and go downstairs from the main library entrance)
Box 951517
Campus Mail Code 151704
Office hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., excluding university holidays.
Hours are subject to change.
Search the IMCS collection catalog(opens in a new tab) by title, format, subject matter, director or other terms.
All materials from IMCS are provided free of charge to regularly scheduled UCLA classes. Requests for rentals and purchases of new media for on-campus, in-classroom use are processed upon receipt of a completed and approved Media Request Form(opens in a new tab).
Orders for classroom screenings of media should be placed three days or more in advance to avoid booking conflicts. In most cases, we are able to arrange advance screenings of either IMCS holdings or off-campus media for instructors to determine the suitability of materials for use in class.
Students and staff may view materials in the Powell Library Media Lab, Room 270, by making a request preferably three business days in advance.
UCLA Extension instructors and other organizations and individuals in the campus community may rent materials from the IMCS collection. Extension instructors’ requests must be placed through a departmental representative.
No IMCS materials may be loaned or rented to any off-campus venues.
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