Equipment Checkout
Taubman College has circulating equipment available for loan. The equipment checkout desk loans out equipment for Taubman College faculty, staff, and students only. Some pieces of equipment are only available with a faculty/staff login. Faculty may reserve these and have a student pick up the reserved equipment on their behalf. Please note there are no equipment reservations on weekends.
You can find additional information on the equipment checkout policy document.
Updates – March 2026
New look and improved functionality to the Taubman Equipment Website:
- Images present for all equipment
- Ability to create a cart of multiple items
- Reminder notifications sent out for Pick-up and Drop-off times
- Single reservation page for students, faculty, and staff
To get started, please see the instructions for Making A Reservation in Equipment Checkout.
Please note that any use of the old link will forward to the new website for a limited time, but please update bookmarks or other saved links to avoid a gap in service.
If you have any issues, please reach out to taubmanequipmentloans@umich.edu or stop by the Printing Lab.
Multi-Media Carts
There are 9 Multi-Media Carts available to faculty and students 24/7. Three are 60″ LCD displays, and 8 are 55″ displays. There are VGA and DVI cables and adapters for displays with those inputs, and HDMI cables and adapters for the OLED displays, to connect your laptop and project your animations, tutorial, drawings, maps, etc. The 60″ displays have remotes; the 55″ displays use controls (button, mini-joystick) built into the display.
Computer Lab Space for Students
The College’s 20 Computer Lab computers are accessible in person or remotely 24/7 when not otherwise scheduled for classes and training sessions. Use this calendar to reserve time for remote use; machines are listed with the more powerful machines on the left.
To connect remotely:
1) Download, install, and launch the University VPN client (https://its.umich.edu/enterprise/wifi-networks/vpn/getting-started);
2) Launch the Microsoft Remote Desktop client (available for Windows in the Windows Accessory folder – “Remote Desktop Connection”) and Mac (freely downloadable from the Mac App store — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop-10/id1295203466?mt=12);
3) Enter, as the host name, the name of the machine you reserved on the calendar (also found in the email confirmation received after making a reservation) and append “adsroot.itcs.umich.edu” (ex. M-4SPT1G3.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu);
4) Login with a “UMROOT\” prefix to your uniqname (e.g. UMROOT\youruniquename)