[Web4lib] "Media" Lab

[John Fink]

Marc,

Here's a page about our media lab --
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/computing/cim-guidelines.php.  It sounds right
about in line with what you're trying to do.  As for personnel, there are
three staff people (one librarian, two classified staff) who are involved
with lab operations and management, although two of them have significant
duties outside of the lab.

If you're interested in the student staff numbers, let me know and I'll try
to find them out.  I myself am not involved in the day-to-day operations of
the lab, but from what I can see it's a very significant resource for our
students -- particularly our large format poster printers which can get a
phenomenal amount of patron activity.

jf

On 10/24/06, Marc W. Davis <marc.davis at drake.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
>    There is some [vague at best] discussion going on here about adding
> a "media" lab into our InfoCommons mix. This is a very unformed
> notion as yet unsupported by any real needs assessment or user
> survey. What I'm hearing ranges from CD/DVD burning to video
> production, with stops along the way for podcasting, flash, html,
> scanning, conferencing, and who knows what else. Up until now, the
> InfoCommons has been framed as a fairly standard library computer lab
> -- databases, office apps, miscellaneous course-specific plugins.
>
>    I'd like to find out what sort of software, infrastructure,
> personneland capabilities more advanced installations provide to
> users (both students and faculty) and suggestions as to "model" sites
> or good resources to begin with in examining how we can expand our
> services.
>
>    Thanks for your time and attention.
>
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> Marc W. Davis
> Systems Administration Associate
> Cowles Library
> Drake University
> (515) 271- 1934
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