Please be assured that PATINS Lending Library follows the strictest protocol for cleaning and disinfecting all loan requests per the CDC guidleines before shipping to Indiana LEA stakeholders.
Please be extra mindful of proper hand hygiene and device cleaning while handling loans and transferring devices and items to students.
Please contact Lending Library Staff with all questions regarding loans and shipping policies.
Loan Evaluation/Returns
All safety precautions will be used when checking in loans per CDC guidelines.
Please contact Lending Library Staff with all questions regarding loans and shipping policies.
A short evaluation is required for each item borrowed from the PATINS Lending Library. The information you provide helps us offer better recommendations about equipment for future users and also to justify the time, effort and resources needed to maintain the Lending Library. You will find the evaluation using the link or QR code below.
Lending Library Loan Evaluation Form 
We are pleased to provide the PATINS Lending Library, a no-cost service, that loans assistive technology devices (see definition below), software, resource materials, etc., to school personnel at Indiana's Local Education Agencies (LEA). Training and/or technical assistance may be requested to accompany any of the items available for loan. These items are shipped directly to your school. They are used for the purpose of preview and/or trial periods with students. Items are loaned for a six-week evaluation period. If you do not see an item that you would like to borrow in our catalog, please let us know.
Assistive Technology (AT): means any: (1) item; (2) piece of equipment; or (3) product system; whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a student with a disability. The term does not include a medical device that is surgically implanted or the replacement of such device.
