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Join usonSaturday, June 2, from 10 a . m . to 2 p.m. for the
official opening of o u r n e w Digital Media Lab!
Located on the Library's second floor, in the former Computer
Lab, the renovated Digital Media Lab is an open workspace
with technology for creating digital media projects, provid‑
ing users access to programs and technology they might n o t
have at home.
“We wanted the space to be open and available to patrons
beyond programming or classes,” Library Assistant Jennifer
Eilers says. “There’s alot of talk about Maker Spaces, but What
we wanted m o s t was a place for patrons to work on projects
that were inspired or started in the classes wewere teaching.”
At the same time, Eilers said, the old space was locked in the
outdated teaching style, where students face the front and
the teacher teaches.
“We hoped to change the space from a rigid, fixed formal
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classroom arrangement to an open, flex‑
ible space that would accommodate a
variety of uses at the same time aswell
asoffer more space for largerprograms,”
Library Director Susan Craig says. “The
renovation nearly doubled the room’s
capacity.”
The Digital Media Lab’s n e w seating
and laptop computers allows users to
spread o u t and work together, whether
it’s during a Library Class, aMinecraft
session, or individual projects during
open Lab hours.
The technology and resources in the
Lab support the creation of projects
such asphoto books with edited family
pictures; digitizing old photos or family
memorabilia; making movies with t r a n ‑
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sitions, credits, and soundtrack; logo ware that is very expensive. We can’t put
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or graphic designs; cards, calendars or it on all of the Library's computers, but
Meredith Hines‐Doch’rermon,
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other printable items; and transferring we could make it available to individu‑
Moro Cole, GRAPHIC DESiGNER VHS home movies to digital storage. als if they became members of the Lab.”

LIBRARY Adobe Creative Cloud suite software ‑ Library patrons With a valid Library
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which includes Photoshop, Illustrator, Card become a Lab member by c o m ‑
Joy Semel
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and InDesign‐ is among the programs pleting a 15 to 20 minute orienta‑
Monique Washington available, aswell asa large format scan‑ tion. Several orientations Will be held
VICE-PRESVDENT ner for photos and slides, a color printer, throughout the day of the grand open‑
Janet Freeman
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and portable photo scanners. ing, along with tutorials on using the
Dione Baker Lab’s equipment.
John Beasley “We wanted to have a space for people
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The n e w Digital Media Lab’s state‐of‑
the‐art technology equipment and soft‑
ware arepossible thanks to gifts from
the Roy]. Carver Charitable Trust, and
the Iowa City Public Library Friends
Foundation.
The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust
awarded $45,000 to enable you to cre‑
ate amazing videos, scan your treasured
photos, and have access to equipment
and programs which might be t o o ex‑
pensive to purchase for home use.
The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust is
committed to improving communities
through public library grants and has
awarded millions of dollars in support
of projects like the Digital Media Lab.
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