Media

• Dry Mounting - Use a dry mount press to create professional presentations of posters, signs, graphs, etc.
• Ellison Shape Maker - Especially useful for education students, create die cut letters and shapes for bulletin boards, presentations and posters. Please provide your own paper.
• Laminating - Laminate materials for preservation and visual enhancement. Cost is $0.25 per foot.
• Lettering Machines - Create type on tape for labels, posters, charts and signs. A variety of styles and sizes are available.
• Multimedia Presentations - Create multimedia presentations using Powerpoint, or upload an existing presentation from a disk. To use this service, contact the center well in advance of your presentation to allow time for consultation, creation and troubleshooting.
• Overhead Transparencies - Supplies and equipment available to produce black-on-clear or color transparencies.
• Video Dubbing - Limited off-air taping and video tape duplication are provided with strict attention to copyright laws. For information regarding copyright provisions, contact the media coordinator at (616) 632-2131.
• Faxing - Outgoing and Incoming (616-732-4589) facsimile services during open hours. Please call for pricing per page.

• Graphics - The Media Center provides customized graphics, charts and signs for campus related presentations and events. For more information, visit the Graphic Design page.
• Workshops - The Media Center offers workshops to familiarize faculty and staff with the center and its various presentation and media equipment. To arrange a workshop contact the media coordinator at (616) 632-2132. Please make these requests well in advance of the desired workshop date.
• AV Software Orders - All requests for AV software should be made directly to Francine Paolini, Library Co-Director. Please submit your wish list as far in advance as possible. AV catalogs are in the center and may be referenced for assistance in identifying appropriate titles. A list of current AV holdings is also available.
• Supplies - The Media Center will provide, free of charge, the supplies necessary to use our equipment and services. Exceptions are as follows: Lamination is completed at a cost of $0.25 per foot. Video/Audio discs: DVD-roms, $2.50; CD-roms, $1. Lettering and transparencies for non-campus related events will be charged, fees are dependent upon amount of consumable supplies used.

1. Always plan as far ahead as possible.
2. All equipment is loaned on a first-come, first-served basis.
3. Booking requirement: name of borrower, date and time the equipment is needed, and the location where the equipment will be used.
4. Faculty permission is required for students to reserve equipment. In some instances, a release form must be completed upon pickup of equipment.
5. Equipment that may become damaged or lost due to user negligence, is the responsibility of the user.
6. Users are encouraged to supply their own audio and video tapes.

The ITS department has learned from our vendors that the VCR/DVD combo units included on our T.A.P. carts are no longer available. Therefore, during the summer 2011 equipment refresh process, all campus T.A.P. carts will be fitted with conventional DVD players.

Instructors are encouraged to replace VHS course materials to a digital format that T.A.P. carts can accommodate. The media staff in the Grace Hauenstein Library can assist in this process. Please note, however, that copyright issues may prevent the transfer of some VHS media to a digital format.