Digital Collaboration Studio

The Creative Media Lab is a suite of equipment intended for digital projects and content creation available for all UMKC faculty, staff, and students. Aiming to provide UMKC patrons with access to high-quality equipment for media creation, the Creative Media Lab is focused on photography, videography, and audio creation. This suite of equipment is continually evolving to include more state-of-the-art tools. 

Digital Scholarship Services staff are trained to assist patrons with reserving and checking out technology in the Creative Media Lab, but cannot assist patrons with more than basic use. Below are the equipment user manuals as well as blog posts, and video tutorials for further assistance, but we encourage patrons to do their research before, during, and after use of their equipment kit. 

• Equipment from the DCS is available to those with a valid UMKC ID.
• Items must be reserved in LibCal at least 24 hours, but no more than 14 days in advance.
• All items will be checked out for a maximum of 3 days.
• All items are not allowed to be renewed.
• Patrons are limited to reserving one visual kit and one audio kit (not including additional accessories) at any given time. 
  • For example, a patron can check out a camera kit, a podcast kit, and additionally a tripod and/or lighting equipment.  
  • Patrons cannot have pending reservations beyond the above limit at the time of equipment checkout. 
• All items must be returned to the DCS service desk prior to studio closure for the day.
  • Patrons will be fined if returned to book drops or other service desks.
• Staff will confirm that all items are in the kit before checking in.
  • If items are missing, patrons must return them before it is checked-in from their account (incurring any corresponding late fees as necessary). 
• If items are damaged, patrons will be charged the full replacement cost of the equipment.
  • Some items have a high replacement cost, due to the market price and availability of the type of equipment.