Borrowing Videos, Audio Recordings & Reserve Scores
The Avery Fisher Center (AFC) has collections of videos, music recordings, and reserve scores available for loan to students, faculty, and staff.
Visit our Collections Access page for details about how to access physical materials, online resources, and collections-related services.
Physical Materials
All AFC physical materials are listed in the online catalog. Use the “Resource Type” filter in the catalog to narrow your search results to Audio, Videos, or Scores. The online catalog is also the portal for our digital streaming collections of recorded music and video. These are available 24/7 to all users with an nyu.edu login.
Physical materials located onsite in the AFC are available for check-out on a first come-first serve basis during our public hours, up to 15 minutes before closing.
Physical materials located offsite must be requested for delivery.
To borrow an onsite item, find the call number in BobCat of the item you wish to check out, then bring that number to the AFC service desk on Floor 7 of Bobst Library. If you cannot find what you are looking for in the catalog, ask our staff for assistance, either in person at the service desk or by email at afc-admin-group@nyu.edu.
Large portions of the AFC’s collections are currently housed offsite. Borrowers with active nyu.edu accounts should request these online via the online catalog.
Offsite DVDs and CDs are eligible for locker delivery. VHS tapes and vinyl discs must be retrieved at the AFC service desk.
Video and Audio for Course Reserves
Access to our reserve DVDs, CDs, and other physical media is available for eligible users. For distance learning, our guides to audio and video databases provide links to a host of online resources, including streaming film and music collections from Kanopy, Swank Digital Campus, Alexander Street, and many others.
Faculty who wish to place videos, audio recordings, or music scores on reserve for courses should use the online request procedure.
Loan Periods
For NYU users all DVDs, CDs, LPs, and other media, loans are:
- Due 10 days from checkout date
- Eligible for renewal
- Limited to 10 items
For questions regarding loan periods for non NYU users please contact us by email at afc-admin-group@nyu.edu.
Late Fines
After 10 days overdue items will be billed as lost, and users will have an AFC block put on their library account.
- For lost items you will be charged the cost of replacement.
- Please speak with a full-time staff member for further details.
A courtesy email notice is sent 3 days before the due date, after which daily reminders are sent after an item is overdue.