A.S MEDIA CENTER
We are a fully student-funded creative space open to UCSB undergraduate and graduate students with the tools, equipment, and guidance to bring your ideas to life.
Our Space
Students can check out cameras, use editing software, and reserve studio space with lights and backdrops — all with support from our staff.
Workshops
We also host weekly workshops where staff and students teach hands-on media skills to help you grow creatively and professionally.
Go to the gear lessons tab under equipment to see some suggestions for how you might set up at home to produce professional quality visual and audio content and video tutorials for our entire inventory.
If you have media skills you’d like to share by teaching a future online workshop contact the center at: media.center@as.ucsb.edu.
The Media Center photo studio, computer lab, and the Annex lawn are now available for meetings. Indoor meetings are limited to 12 people. The spaces are also available for use by SEAL-registered campus organizations, but A.S. groups take precedence. Email media.center@as.ucsb.edu to make reservations.
To check out equipment email media.center@as.ucsb.edu, call (805) 893-5422, or visit in person. The loan period is 3 working days (over the weekend, Friday-Tuesday). Equipment must be checked in by 11AM the day it’s due. This is a hard deadline! Because of high demand, it’s strongly recommended that you reserve the equipment ahead of time. Your BARC account will be charged for any lost or broken equipment.
Because of the high demand for equipment and that late returns often irreparably inconvenience your fellow students’ productions, we treat late returns very seriously. Notify the A.S. Media Center by emailing media.center@as.ucsb.edu or calling 805-893-5422 as soon as possible if you cannot return your equipment on time. Deadlines for equipment return can be extended but only when the request does not affect the scheduling needs of another student. Deadline extensions must be requested with a minimum of two hours ahead of the scheduled return time.
A student returning late may have their checkout privileges temporarily suspended at the discretion of a staff member. Subsequent late returns may result in long-term loss of checkout privileges up to and including the remainder of the quarter or permanently if staff deem it necessary. Failure to contact the A.S. Media Center about late equipment will result in a suspension of rental privileges for two weeks and the acquisition of a late fee of $2/hour capped at $50.
To check out equipment email media.center@as.ucsb.edu, call (805) 893-5422, or visit in person. The loan period is 3 working days (over the weekend, Friday-Tuesday). Equipment must be checked in by 11AM the day it’s due. This is a hard deadline! Because of high demand, it’s strongly recommended that you reserve the equipment ahead of time. Your BARC account will be charged for any lost or broken equipment.
Because of the high demand for equipment and that late returns often irreparably inconvenience your fellow students’ productions, we treat late returns very seriously. Notify the A.S. Media Center by emailing media.center@as.ucsb.edu or calling 805-893-5422 as soon as possible if you cannot return your equipment on time. Deadlines for equipment return can be extended but only when the request does not affect the scheduling needs of another student. Deadline extensions must be requested with a minimum of two hours ahead of the scheduled return time.
A student returning late may have their checkout privileges temporarily suspended at the discretion of a staff member. Subsequent late returns may result in long-term loss of checkout privileges up to and including the remainder of the quarter or permanently if staff deem it necessary. Failure to contact the A.S. Media Center about late equipment will result in a suspension of rental privileges for two weeks and the acquisition of a late fee of $2/hour capped at $50.
Go to the gear lessons tab under equipment to see some suggestions for how you might set up at home to produce professional quality visual and audio content and video tutorials for our entire inventory.
If you have media skills you’d like to share by teaching a future online workshop contact the center at: media.center@as.ucsb.edu.
The Media Center photo studio, computer lab, and the Annex lawn are now available for meetings. Indoor meetings are limited to 12 people. The spaces are also available for use by SEAL-registered campus organizations, but A.S. groups take precedence. Email media.center@as.ucsb.edu to make reservations.