The Equipment Checkout Office, or ECHO for short (room 2144), provides Stamps students, faculty, and staff with a wide variety of resources at no cost to the user. ECHO focuses primarily on offering audio/visual equipment, but it also provides a range of drawing and animation tools. Users may borrow resources on the spot or place a reservation online ahead of time. Reservations for the Photo/Video Studio are made through ECHO, too.

Studio Coordinator: Matthew Pritchard, mpritch@umich.edu.

ECHO Online Reservation Portal

ECHO Borrower Agreement Form A filled out Borrower Agreement Form is required before you may submit a reservation.

Contact Matthew Pritchard, mpritch@umich.edu if you still have ECHO equipment from the Winter 2020 semester.

New Reservation Protocols

Due to COVID-19 safety concerns, ECHO has transitioned to a contactless checkout process. Here is how it works:

Reservations

All reservations should be made through the Online Portal
- Users should submit their ECHO Borrower Agreement Form ahead of time to allow for processing
Reservations can be made as much as 2 weeks in advance up until 12 NOON on your desired pickup day
- Reservations made after 12 noon may be picked up the following day
- Note that you are reserving a pickup day, not a specific time. An ECHO Assistant will send you an email when your reservation is available for you to pickup.
You may choose durations of 1, 2, or 3 days
Reservations may be scheduled Monday through Saturday
Some ECHO resources may not be available at this time, including very large resources or equipment that isn't able to be safely cleaned between users
No new reservations may be made after April 29th

Pickup

On your scheduled pickup day, an ECHO Assistant will load your reserved items into an ECHO locker, located outside Studio 1108
- Note that you are reserving a pickup day, not a specific time.
You will receive an email from the ECHO Assistant notifying you of your assigned locker and the combination to retrieve your reservation
- DO NOT come to the ECHO main office to pickup your reservation.
You can expect your reservation to be available after 4PM, but please wait to receive an email from the ECHO Assistant

Return

On your scheduled return day, deliver your items into the same assigned locker before 12 NOON
- be sure to lock the locker when you are finished
Gently wipe down the outside of your items with the provided alcohol wipes
Wipe down the locker and padlock

Important Notes

Photo/Video Studio 2006

The Photo/Video Studio has been repurposed for the semester and will be unavailable to students or classes. We apologize for the inconvenience.

All ECHO resources must be returned by April 30th

No new reservations may be made after April 29th.

If ECHO needs to close due to staff availability or quarantine

The ECHO staff will notify any pending reservations of the disruption in service. We will try to make every reasonable attempt to fill or reschedule important reservations. No new reservations will be accepted.

If you need to quarantine while you have ECHO resources in your possession

Contact Matthew Pritchard (mpritch@umich.edu) as soon as you are able. Keep your ECHO resources secure and we will coordinate their return once it is safe to do so.

If the Stamps Studios are closed to student access

Please return any ECHO resources in your possession to your assigned locker as soon as possible. Contact Matthew Pritchard (mpritch@umich.edu) if you are unable to return your items for any reason.

If you are looking to reserve ECHO resources that are not listed on the Online Portal

As stated, several resources have been removed from circulation due to COVID-19 safety concerns. Contact Matthew Pritchard (mpritch@umich.edu) to inquire about the availability of specific resources.

Please contact Matthew Pritchard (mpritch@umich.edu) if you have any questions or concerns about how these changes may impact your work.

ECHO Borrowing Policy Guide v 2.4

Please note: These policies represent standard ECHO operations. Some policies have temprarilly changed to account for COVID-19 operations.