Is This Thing On?Providing Access to Audio/Visual Equipment in an Academic Library

VRA Local: Nashville

October 17th, 2014

Jodi Hoover, Digital Media Librarian

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

UMBC Library Media Collection• 8,000 DVDs• 7,000 CDs• 4,000 VHS• 40,000 Digital Images• 100,000 Slides

Student Production LabProduction needs go beyond the basics offered in open computer labs. While some limited out-of-class access to production facilities are currently available in the International Media Center, the planned relocation of the center to the library raises the question whether even this limited capacity will be retained.

To fully support digital literacies and visual assignments we recommend students have access to the following facilities:

• sound booths equipped for recording high-quality audio • small studio space for video recording one-two individuals • high-end editing facility - a dedicated, professional quality editing environment • optimized for the creation of advanced video projects.• iPads• “Genius Bar” staffing - (Two RAs $25,000 for 20 hr. each or a single FT staff person

Total: $50,000)• large capacity digital storage opportunities for digital productions (10 TB+)

Recommendations on Enhancements for Digital Learning, Teaching and Research from the New Media Studio Advisory Board, November 8, 2012

Equipment in the Digital Media Lab (DML)• 4 iMac workstations with 27-inch displays

• Adobe Creative Suite• Final Cut Pro• Audacity

• 2 Zoom H4n Audio Recorders• 2 Sony Lavalier Microphones• 1 Rode NT1-A Condenser Microphone & Stand• 1 Panasonic AG-HMC40 AVCCAM HD Camcorder• Lowel Tota/Omni Core 44 Light Kit• Epson Expression 11000XL Scanner

Digital Media Lab• Worked with nearly 150 students/faculty/staff last year

• Recording presentations• Recording music• Scanning Sheet music• Stop-motion animation

Equipment Loan• 16 pieces of equipment circulated over 400 times in one semester• We added 6 more DSLR cameras, 3 more tripods and started checking out SD

cards separately

Campus Visibility• Joined UMBC Digital Storytelling Community of Practice group• Spoken with Faculty groups & Student Government groups about the

projects• Realized faculty wanted to work on Digital Storytelling projects with

hundreds of students at a time.

Promote and advocate• Elevator speech for what we are doing

and what we could do. • Continue to find ways to promote w/

faculty & students

Presentation Practice Space• Should be open by Spring 2015

Offer media related copyright education