David Kirk Digital Scholarship Commons Media Center

02/21/2018

https://news.ucsc.edu/2018/02/film-college-rankings.html

UC Santa Cruz has been ranked No. 6 in the country by College Factual for the best colleges and universities in the U.S. to study for a Film, Video & Photographic Arts degree.

03/01/2017

http://library.ucsc.edu/news/citation-matters-workshop-thursday-march-2-at-700pm

Join tutors from the Westside Writing Center to learn about how to avoid common mistakes and get practical tools for improving MLA, APA, and Chicago Manual of Style citation.

01/09/2017

New in the Digital Scholarship Commons: USB Microphones for one step audio recording. Students, faculty, and staff can now check out a Blue Yeti microphone for use in the library or at home.

Podcasting, video narration, and audio recording are now one step easier. Check out a Blue Yeti USB microphone for assignments or other projects. Plug the microphone directly into your computer (or one of the DSCcomputers) and begin recording – no additional steps or pieces required.

The Digital Scholarship Commons also has a designated Podcasting Studio. Reserve space to record an interview or work through your script without echoes.

09/22/2015

09/22/2015

Need podcast equipment for a class project or just for fun? come to the David Kirk Media Center and use our podcasting room and equipment. There are sound-absorbing panels in the room, and there is podcast recording equipment to check out from Media Center desk, including microphones and a digital audio work station.

Students, faculty, and staff will be able to create podcasts, ring tones, and record music with their own instruments and vocals. Patrons will also be able to bring their own mixes on a USB and remix it with sounds on the computer program or other sounds they create. The equipment can be used in the podcasting room or can be taken out of the library.

Patrons can do a title search for "podcasting equipment" and a list of all the equipment will show up in Cruzcat. The equipment will be bookable (in person at the Media Center desk) and will check out for 4 hours, with an overnight check out option.

A list of the equipment available:

4 C-1 Behringer Microphones with stands; includes the XLR cables
1 PreSonus AudioBox 44vsl
1 AudioBox Quick Start Guide
1 MacBook Pro with GarageBand
1 Macbook Charger
1 Sound Mixer Power Cable
1 Sound Mixer External Power Supply Cable
1 Sound Mixer USB Cable

Library staff is encouraged to check out this equipment for your own podcast-related projects!

07/30/2015

http://news.ucsc.edu/2015/07/non-citizenship.html

The phenomena of global migration, disenfranchisement, and hardships of living in territories while not holding traditional citizenship will be examined in a year-long seminar conceived by five UC Santa Cruz professors and funded with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

07/01/2015

http://news.ucsc.edu/2015/06/dead-archive-farewell.html

On July 3-5, more than 200,000 people attending the final “Fare Thee Well” shows of the Grateful Dead will be able to walk across the street from Soldier Field in Chicago to see an exhibition featuring nearly 100 items from the Grateful Dead Archive at UC Santa Cruz.

06/09/2015

Good luck to you all with your finals! Have a fabulous summer.

02/14/2014

Beginning Winter Quarter, 2014 the library is running a pilot program to lend a subset of our VHS and DVD collections to undergraduates and University staff. We will assess the pilot once it is complete and decide how to proceed from there.

Why are we doing this?

To support increased access to library resources.
To support UC-wide initiatives toward increased lending of Media Collections.
Because increased library use of any kind benefits everyone.
Because expanding lending would help many courses and paths of study.

01/07/2014

Welcome back! We hope you all had a relaxing and rejuvenating break.

We want to let you know we have resumed our normal hours:

Sunday-Thursday 10:00am - 10:30pm
Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday 11:00am - 7:00pm

Come visit us!

12/03/2013

Finals are upon us!!

The Media Center will be open for extended hours during finals week. We will keep the same hours as the rest of the McHenry Library. We will see you soon!!

Good luck with finals.