The Instructional Technology group is proud to acknowledge our part in both of the front page stories in today’s edition of The Trail.

The Trail’s Best of Special Edition has awarded Best Event of the year to the visit of Senator Hillary Clinton, who spoke at the UPS Field House on February 8th. IT Staff member Walter Andrews was an instrumental part of the negotiations to bring Senator Clinton to campus and coordinated the audio-visual media needs for the event. Bravo, Walter!

We are also proud of our connection with the Trail’s other front page Best of the 2007-2008 academic year: Best Place to Have Sex on Campus. Though the number one item was the baseball dugout, the Media Carrels in the Library followed up.

The Media Services arm of Instructional Technology purchase and maintain the media equipment in these carrels and we are gratified to know students have found multiple uses for them. If there is anything we can do to make this equipment more conducive for widespread use, please send us some Feedback.

A screen can be used for any projected image (from a data projector, slide projector or overhead projector).

Currently we have 6 screens in our inventory:

• 3 @ 60 inches
• 2 @ 70 inches
• 1 @ 84 inches

Check-out period:

One day for students, three for faculty.

There are currently four different kinds of microphone available in our inventory for circulation.

Microphone for Cassette Recorder

This microphone is to be used with the tabletop cassette recorder. Currently we have 2 copies of this type of microphone.

Hand Held Microphone

This microphone has a three-pin connection to use with a microphone cable. There is also a holder so that you can connect the microphone to a microphone stand. Currently we have 6 hand held microphones in our inventory.

Lavaliere Microphone

This microphone has a three-pin connection to use with a microphone cable. It has a lapel pin in addition to having a string to hang the microphone around your neck. Currently we have 3 lavaliere microphones in our inventory.

Sound Grabber

This microphone is to be used with computers, tabletop cassette recorders, etc. Currently we have 2 sound grabbers in our inventory.

We currently have three adapters in our inventory for circulation: one Mac DVI to VGA 15 pin, and two Mac USB to VGA 15 pin.

Check-out period:

One day for students and faculty.

Digital camcorders are camcorders that use Mini DV tapes and record digitally. (Mini DV tapes can be purchased at any drugstore).

Currently we have 5 digital camcorders in our inventory for circulation:

• 2 - Canon Elura 90 w/ external mic input (shown above)
• 3 - Canon ZR-850

Each digital camcorder comes with instructions, two battery packs, a battery charger, and an A/V cable.