[Web4lib] "Media" Lab

[Amy Ostrom]

Dear Marc (and other Web4Libbers):

I enjoyed what the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College Library had to
offer its students.  It had a couple machines devoted to media production
and about a hundred other computers for general use.  The staff were also
students hired with technical abilities.  You can see the main page at:
http://college.library.wisc.edu/cmc/

A list of the software available at:
http://www.doit.wisc.edu/computerlabs/detail.asp?LabID=6#software

And a list of the hardware available at:
http://college.library.wisc.edu/cmc/pages_computer/hardware.html

The four or so computers in the media lab were used frequently, and this
isn't the only "media" infolab on the campus.  Hope that helps!


-- 

In peace,

Amy M Ostrom
Web Interface Designer
amostrom at gmail.com

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.
>
> -------------
> Marc W. Davis
> Systems Administration Associate
> Cowles Library
> Drake University
> (515) 271- 1934
>
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