Media Distribution and Support ("Distribution") provides faculty with formatted media and technical equipment to meet their classroom and other instructional purposes. The university media collection includes over 20,000 videotapes, DVDs, laserdiscs, CD-ROMs, films, and multimedia kits. Academic Technology acquires these materials based on faculty input and provides a web catalog of all holdings on our Media Catalog Page. This is the major university collection, though separate film and video archives exist in the university Library. The Library's Media Access Center, built and maintained by the Library and AT, provides students and faculty with access to both digital and analog video and computer tools, and with a cable television connection to all types of media held by the unit.
Equipment provided by AT to faculty in support of classroom instruction includes laptop computers, video projectors, multimedia integrated carts, slide projectors, audio and videotape recorders, video presentation carts, student response systems (clickers), and digital cameras. A brief listing of available equipment can be found on our Audiovisual Equipment page. AT distributes and maintains media and equipment either over the counter, through requested delivery & pick up, or via Cablecast.
Although the Library provides the core technological services for students, AT also works with students by advising them at the distribution counter, answering their technical questions, and showing them various types of equipment. AT also shows students how to set up the equipment they want to use for their presentations. AT provides a valuable service to students when advising them to bring in their laptops to determine their compatibility with our LCD projectors and troubleshooting their problems before their presentations.
