DoE faculty, staff and students may check out equipment for department business/instructional purposes.

• Equipment may be checked out for one week maximum. Longer checkouts require special arrangements through Technical Services.


• Each borrower must fill out an Equipment Checkout Form in the Tech Services Center, Rm. 2043.


• Each user is responsible for returning the equipment in original working order.  Any lost or damaged equipment will be charged to the borrower.


• All equipment is expected to be returned on or ahead of its due date/time. If you cannot return your gear on or ahead of its due date/time, you need to call the Tech Help Hotline at (949) 824-5537 as soon as possible to let us know. We can then let the person waiting for your equipment know you will be late.


• Individuals may arrange to handoff equipment to the next person without having to check it back in. The original person who checked out the gear remains responsible for it unless the person to whom they loan the gear emails education-tech-services@uci.edu to tell us they are assuming responsibility for the equipment.

Equipment may be reserved in advance by filling out an Equipment Checkout Form found in Rm. 2043 or by emailing the information needed (see below) to gse-tech-help@uci.edu.

Reservations are not guaranteed. Technical Services will check availability for requested equipment and respond to the requestor, confirming or denying the reservation request.

You must pick up your equipment within 30 minutes of your scheduled reservation pick up time. At 30 minutes past your scheduled reservation pick up time your reservation is cancelled and your gear made available to the next person needing it.

If you cannot pick up your gear within 30 minutes of your scheduled reservation pick up time, you need to call the Tech Help Hotline at (949) 824-5537 to change your reservation.

A reservation may also be made by emailing the following information to gse-tech-help@uci.edu:

Your Firstname Lastname:
Your UCInetID@uci.edu email account:
Your Phone Number:
Instructor's Firstname Lastname:
List of Requested Equipment:
Check Out Date and Time:
Check In Date and Time:

Instructions for all gear is online at manufacturers' web sites. The Tech Staff can give brief operational instructions for equipment. It is expected that the borrower will find further instructions and resources on how to use the equipment on their own.