DMLs in Mississppi: Part 1

What would a blog about digital media labs be if I didn't at least try to find some in my home state?

I'm a former Mississippi State University student and frequent library user so it was not a question of when I would mention their multimedia center (same as a digital media lab so don't judge), but if I would gush over it like the true "anything bulldog" fan that I am.   It is cool to have their lab close to home and neighboring cities as well as being usable by the community who are loyal to MSU without apologies.  I promise not to gush too much, but I have to brag a little, right?  Here goes...

Mississippi State University's Instructional Multimedia Center (IMC) is a state-of-the-art room within the Mitchell Memorial Library.  Their mission "...supports teaching, learning, and research at Mississippi State University [...and] can lend you equipment or media, help you design and create projects and presentations, teach you software skills, and more" (Libraries and Centers).  I think this part alone is worth sharing simply because they are willing to help you with so many parts of the creative process.  In another section of the library, they even allow you to rent equipment such as camcorders, digital cameras, and tablets.  Some of the hardware available for immediate use in the lab space are: 28 PCs, (2) 21.5' iMacs and (2) Mac Minis, (4) Music Composition Stations, and (3) Digital Video PC Capture Stations.  The software they have available for these different pieces of hardware are way too many to list here, but you can browse through them here.  

So as you can see, Mississippi State's Instructional Media Center is really top-notch when it comes to preparing students, faculty, or even the community to meet the demands of this digital world with up-to-date hardware and so many different software types that will make even the novice creator/designer feel comfortable to let their creative wings soar.  Those bulldogs aren't just excelling on the football field, in basketball, or even from the baseball dugout...they are showing Mississippi how a media lab/center should be done and done well! 

All of the bragging in this blog post was strictly stated from the author's own personal feelings and not those of Mississippi State University who most certainly did not pay the author to boast of how amazingly awesome their media lab is.  But, I'm sure they wouldn't disagree! ^-*

Picture taken from within the Mississippi State University Mitchell Memorial Library (photo courtesy: Nicole Minor)

References

Libraries and Centers: Instructional Media Center.  (2015).  Retrieved from http://lib.msstate.edu/imc.