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Students find multimedia programs helpful
By Maria Yankova
On March 8, 2012
The E.H. Butler library is now providing students with another place to work on video or audio
projects that require specialized multimedia software.
Room 110B in the Study Quad now offers four new iMacs equipped with Final Cut Pro X, iLife,
Adobe CS 5 and Dreamweaver.
Bishop Hall has a multimedia lab as well, but it's dedicated to communication majors only.
Room 110 B is the only multimedia lab on campus that's available to any student, regardless of
major, said Mark McBride, coordinator of library instruction.
Macs are the only computers on campus that offer access to video and audio editing programs,
and the four new Macs are the only ones that have the latest version of Final Cut Pro.
"We had a lot of students come to us and complain that there was no place to go and do video
editing and that there wasn't a facility designed just for multimedia work, so we put this together
in hopes of correcting that issue," McBride said.
Some students who have already used the new lab find it very beneficial to have the multimedia
software available at their own convenience.
"It's nice to reserve this room because you're guaranteed to have a Mac," said Stephanie Green,
a senior majoring in public communication. "Usually you have to fight out there."
Other students majoring in public communication also find it extremely important to have access
to the multimedia programs in a quiet and isolated environment.
"It definitely helps to have them on campus, because I don't have them at home and a lot of
communication projects involve graphic design," junior Dana Szymkowiak said.
"Trying to get work done quietly is kind of hard," said Clint Zimmerman, a biology
major. "Places like the Quiet Quad are not usually quiet to begin with."
Students interested in using the lab may reserve it on the library's website,
www.library.buffalostate.edu.
The library staff has also decided to purchase media:scape to be installed in room 110 A, located
right next to 110 B. It allows for up to six devices, such laptops and cell phones, to be connected
at the same time. Each of the participants can share their screen with the rest of group on a bigger
LED screen.
Media:scape was in room 110 B last semester on a 30-day loan, but because of the positive
feedback provided by students it will be back permanently in the next few weeks, McBride said.
"When we took it out of the library, the students came looking for it," he said. "Many of them
filled out a survey with their positive feedback, which has motivated the library staff to purchase
it."
In addition to the new labs, McBride said the Reference Desk, the Computer Help Desk and the
Equipment Loan Desk have been merged into one single location so students don't have to go all
the way around the library trying to find somebody.
The Information Commons is also now called the Creativity Commons, and the library staff is
hoping to create a full-service café there in the next year or so. They are also looking to provide
new furniture to the area to make it more comfortable and based on 21st-century collaborative
learning, McBride said.
"That's just the nature of the way the world is right now," he said. "Everything's constantly
changing. And we're just trying to do our best to keep up with it."
Maria Yankova cane be reached by email at yankova.record@live.com.
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