ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ Feb ruary 1999 / 83 C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s news Checking o ut digital ca m eras P ro v id in g to o ls f o r W eb p u b lis h in g a n d in te ra c tiv e m u ltim e d ia by Jill Holman T h e stu d e n t a p p r o a c h e s , “C a n I r e s e r v e a digital cam era?” D o e s this m a k e y o u r e y e s w id e n a n d y o u r h e a rt s k ip a b e a t? N o n e e C h e c k in g o u t digital c a m e ra s is a g re a t serv ic e fo r y o u r p a tro n s a n d c o s ts little f o r y o u . P a ­ trons lo v e usin g th e cam eras an d it is great p u b ­ lic re la tio n s fo r th e library. At th e U n iv ersity o f O r e g o n ( U O ) S c ie n c e Library, w e h a v e a n In fo rm a tio n T e c h n o lo g y C e n te r (IT C ). T h e S c ie n c e IT C o ffe rs X -te rm i­ n als a n d M acs a lo n g w ith scan n ers, digital c a m ­ e ra s , a n d s o p h is tic a te d m u ltim ed ia a n d W e b p u b lish in g s o ftw a r e .1 A c a m p u s -w id e e d u c a ­ tio n a l te c h n o lo g y f e e fu n d s th e ITC a n d o th e r lab s a n d initiatives.2 T h e g o a l is stu d en t a c c e s s to te c h n o lo g y , th o u g h a n y p e r s o n w ith U O id e n tifica tio n c a n u s e th e facilities. T h e ITC n ic h e is W e b p u b lish in g , m u ltim e­ dia, graphics, m od elin g, statistics, an d program ­ m ing. T h e digital ca m e ra s a re a n im portan t part o f that s erv ic e, b e in g e sp e c ia lly w ell-su ited fo r W e b p u b lish in g . P e o p le u s e th e c a m e r a s to d o c u m e n t th e ir s c ie n tific e x p e r im e n ts , la b g r o u p ac tiv itie s, a n d field w o rk . T h e ITC w a s th e first lab o n cam p u s to c h e c k o u t digital c a m ­ eras an d c o n tin u e s to le n d th e n e w e s t ca m e ra s to th e w idest p o p u latio n . W h ile o th e rs o n c a m ­ pus have b egu n to pu rch ase digital cam eras, they re s trict a c c e s s to p e o p le in th e ir d e p a rtm e n ts a n d lab s, m inim izin g a c c e s s fo r un derg rad u ate s tu d en ts. T h e S c ie n c e L ib rary E le c tr o n ic S er­ v ic e s Librarian su p erv ises th e S c ie n c e ITC. S h e m ak es pu rch ases b a sed o n review s an d requests b y p a tro n s a n d stu d en t assistan ts w h o s ta ff th e ITC . S h e is th e m a in c o n ta c t fo r th e c a m e ra s , d ! th o u g h all r e fe r e n c e librarian s h e lp w ith them . T h e c h e c k o u t p r o c e s s At th e U O S c ie n c e Library, w e tra c k re s e rv a ­ tion s w ith W e b E v e n t 3 .0, a W e b -a c c e s s ib le c a l­ e n d a r p ro g ra m . T h is a llo w s a n y o f th e lib ra r­ ia n s to c h e c k a n d m o d ify th e c a le n d a r fro m v a rio u s lo c a tio n s (e .g ., th e r e fe r e n c e d e s k an d e a c h lib r a ria n ’s o ffic e ). R e c o rd in g th e ty p e o f c a m e ra , p e rs o n ’s n am e, a n d p h o n e n u m b e r al­ low s us to sch ed u le th e cam eras an d co n tact th e p e rs o n in c a s e o f p ro b lem . T h e c h e c k o u t p ro c e ss is sim p le. T h e p atron c o m p le te s a s ig n o u t form , re c o rd in g h is o r h e r n am e, university ID , p h o n e n u m b er, status, and departm ent. T h e patron reads th e p o licies abou t fin es an d rep lacem en t costs a n d signs a n d dates th e b o tto m .3 W h ile th e p a tro n c o m p le te s th e p a p e rw o r k , th e lib rarian p la c e s fre sh b a tte ries in to th e c a m e r a a n d g a th e rs th e a p p r o p ria te c o m p o n e n ts : c a b le , AC a d a p te r, so ftw a r e , e x ­ tra b a tte rie s , a n d a n in fo rm a tiv e h an d o u t. T h e lib rarian c o n d u c ts a s h o rt tra in in g s e s ­ s io n w h e r e h e o r s h e e x p la in s h o w to ta k e p ic­ tu res, h o w to u s e th e fe a tu r e s o f th e c a m e ra , a n d h o w to d o w n lo a d th e p ictu re s. T h e tw o p e o p le a g r e e o n a d u e d a te a n d tim e. (U su ally w e c h e c k cam eras ou t in th e aftern o o n an d they a re d u e b y n o o n th e n e x t day; Friday aftern o o n p a tro n s k e e p th e c a m e r a s u n til M o n d a y .) Fi­ n a lly , w e c h e c k o u t th e b a r c o d e d c a m e r a A b o u t th e auth o r J ill H olm an is e le c tro n ic se rv ice s a n d scie n ce re fe re n c e lib ra ria n a t th e U n iv e rsity o f O reg o n , e-m ail: holm an@ d a rk w in g .u o reg o n .ed u 8 4 / C&RL News ■ February 1999 th ro u g h o u r In n o v a tiv e In te rfa ce s , In c. library system , w h e re th e cam eras are designated as re­ s e r v e item s. T h is w ill a llo w u s to b ill to th e p a tr o n ’s a c c o u n t in c a s e o f lo ss o r d a m a g e , w h ic h w e h a v e n o t h a d to do. D u rin g th e lo a n p e rio d , p a tro n s ta k e p ic ­ tu res a n d d o w n lo a d th em . T h e y c a n alter th eir im a g e s in th e ITC o r e ls e w h e re u sin g so ftw are s u c h a s P h o to s h o p , G r a p h ic C o n v e r to r , o r P a in tS h o p P ro . M o st o fte n th e y u s e th e digital im a g e s in W e b p u b lish in g o r th e y a ls o c a n in ­ corp o rate th em into print publications. W e hav e h a d v e ry fe w re p a irs (a ja m m e d tra sh b u tto n o n th e Q u ic k ta k e 1 0 0 a n d a b r o k e n c a b le o n th e Q u ic k ta k e 2 0 0 ). All arou n d , this h as b e e n a su ccessfu l an d p o p u lar service. T h e c a m e r a s W e first p u rc h a s e d th e A p p le Q u ic k ta k e (Q T ) 1 0 0 in 1 9 9 4 an d a d d e d th e Q T 1 5 0 th e fo llo w ­ in g year. T h e s e cam eras w e re p o p u lar an d easy to u s e . (S e e T a b le 1 fo r a su m m a ry o f ca m e ra d e ta ils .) B y 1 9 9 7 , te c h n o lo g y w a s b o u n d in g a h e a d a n d fo r a b o u t th e sa m e p ric e as o u r p re ­ v io u s p u r c h a s e s , w e c o u ld b u y th e fa v o ra b ly r e v ie w e d Q T 2 0 0 . T a b le 1. C a m e ra C o m p a ris o n E p s o n K o d a k A p p le A p p le A p p le M o d e l P P C 6 0 0 D C 2 1 0 Q T 2 0 0 Q T 1 5 0 Q T 1 0 0 D a te 1 9 9 8 1 9 9 8 1 9 9 7 1 9 9 4P u r c h a s e d 1 9 9 5 C o s t $ 5 0 0 $ 8 0 0 $ 6 0 0 $ 6 5 0 $ 6 5 0 T o p 1 0 2 4 x 7 6 8 1 1 5 2 x 8 6 4 6 4 0 x 4 8 0 6 4 0 x 4 8 0 6 4 0 x 4 8 0R e s o lu ti o n L C D Yes Yes Yes N o N o I m a g e s S to r e d 7 - 5 0 8 - 4 4 2 0 - 3 0 1 6 - 3 2 8 - 3 2(best quality \worst quality) Z o o m Yes Yes N o N o N o (Note that prices are for the cameras alone and are higher with add-ons, such as extra cables, batteries, cases, etc.) T h is c a m e ra fe a ­ tu r e s a liv e LCD s creen and a closer fo c a l d is ta n c e (3 .5 in c h e s as o p p o s e d to 4 f e e t fo r th e Q T 1 0 0 / 1 5 0 ). T h e o n e n e g a tiv e a s ­ p e c t o f th e Q T 2 0 0 is its in com p atib il­ ity w ith PC s; th e o t h e r c a m e r a s w o r k w ith b o t h M a c s a n d P C s . T h is is n o t a h u g e o b s ta c le s in c e p a ­ tro n s c a n d o w n ­ lo a d im ag es in th e ITC a n d sa v e th e m in to PC co m p a tib le form ats. In 1 9 9 8 , w e d e c id e d to e n te r th e re a lm o f h ig h e r reso lu tio n cam eras. K o d a k ’s D C 2 1 0 can r e c o r d 1 1 5 2 x 8 6 4 p ictu re s a n d o ffe rs a z o o m le n s a n d an ti-red -ey e feature. It ta k e s s p e cta c u ­ larly c le a r p ictu res a n d re c e iv e d g lo w in g a c c o ­ la d e s . A M a c w o r ld re v ie w e r sa id , “K o d a k ’s D C 210 w in s han d s d o w n . . . a m o n g all 2 6 c o n ­ su m er m o d els I’v e u sed in th e past fo u r years.”4 E p so n ’s P h o to P C 6 0 0 w as o u r n e x t acq u isitio n ; th e p ic tu re q u a lity is a lm o s t as g o o d a s th e D C 2 1 0 a n d it is e v e n e a s ie r to u se. W h o is u s i n g t h e c a m e r a s ? S in ce late 1 9 9 4 , w e ’v e c h e c k e d o u t digital c a m ­ e ra s 5 0 2 tim es. N ot c o u n tin g th e tw o n e w e s t c a m e r a s th at ju st arriv ed , o u r c o s t h a s b e e n a b o u t $ 4 p e r c h e c k o u t ($ 2 ,000/ 495 c h e ck o u ts). T h e p r ic e o f d ig ital c a m e r a s h a s b e e n h ig h e n o u g h to p rev en t m an y individuals fro m pur­ c h a s in g th e m ; w h a t a fa b u lo u s s e r v ic e fo r o u r p a tro n s to b e a b le to u s e s o m e th in g th e y c a n ­ n o t affo rd to b u y th em selv es! D u rin g th e la st a c a d e m ic y e a r (Ju ly 1 9 9 7 - J u n e 1 9 9 8 ), w e tr a c k e d m o r e d e ta ils fro m th e c h e c k o u t data. U s e h a s s k y r o c k e te d ; th e 2 4 2 c h e ck o u ts from th e last y e a r are alm ost as m an y as th e to ta l 2 6 0 fo r th e th r e e p re v io u s y e a rs. U n d ergrad u ates c h e c k e d o u t th e c a m e ra s 61 % o f th e time, gradu ate studen ts 23% , faculty 10%, a n d s ta ff 6% . A m o n g th e 2 4 2 c h e c k o u ts during this tim e p e rio d , th e re w e r e 144 u n iq u e u sers; 4 2 w e re re p e a t u sers. T h e c h e c k o u t p atterns o f th e rep eat users follow ed co m m o n sen se— m ost p e o p le c h e c k e d o u t c a m e r a s ju st a fe w tim es a n d a fe w p e o p le u s e d c a m e r a s m a n y tim e s .5 P a ­ tro n s c h e c k e d o u t t h e Q T 2 0 0 a n d th e Q T 1 5 0 a b o u t th e s a m e a m o u n t ( 4 1 % a n d 4 0 % ) ; t h e o l d Q T 1 0 0 w e n t o u t o n l y 19 % o f th e tim e. T h e c a m e r a s c ir c u la t e t o a n y U O s tu d en t, f a c ­ u lty m e m b e r , o r s ta ff p e r s o n . B e ­ c a u s e o f a la c k o f e q u ip m e n t a v a il­ a b le in th e S c h o o l o f A rc h ite c tu re a n d A llied Arts (AAA) a n d th e ir p ro x im ity ( o n e b u ild in g o v er), w e h a v e a s iz a b le AAA c lie n te le . O f th e 1 7 4 p e o p le w h o e n te r e d th e ir d e p a rtm e n ta l a ffilia tio n s o n th e s ig n o u t fo rm , 2 5 % w e r e fro m AAA. P a tro n s fro m th e S o cia l S c ie n c e s c o m p o s e d 10% o f o u r c h e c k out, an d th o se in th e H um anities 5% . W e a ls o h a v e h a d 1 0 % u s e b y c o m p u te r s u p p o rt staff o n cam pus and 6 % u se b y p eo p le w h o w ork in th e O ffic e o f M u lticu ltu ral A ffairs a n d th e C&RL News ■ Feb ru ary 1999 / 85 O ffic e o f I n te r n a tio n a l E d u c a tio n a n d E x ­ change. It is n o s u r p r is e th a t t h e la r g e s t g r o u p , 4 4 % o f p a tr o n s , w e r e p e o p le in th e s c ie n c e s . O f t h e s e 7 9 c h e c k o u t s , 2 8 % w e r e fr o m t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m p u t e r a n d I n f o r m a t io n S c i e n c e , 1 7 % fr o m E x e r c is e a n d M o v e m e n t S c i e n c e , 1 6 % fr o m P h y s ic s , 1 1 % fr o m G e o l ­ o g y , a n d 1 0 % fr o m C h e m is tr y . T h e o t h e r 1 8 % w e r e a s s o r t e d c h e c k o u t s fr o m 7 o t h e r s c i e n c e d e p a r tm e n ts . T h e s ta tu s b r e a k d o w n o f th e tw o la r g e s t g r o u p s , S c ie n c e s a n d Arts, is v e ry d iffe re n t. U n d erg ra d s c o m p o s e n e a rly a ll o f t h e A rts u s a g e w h e r e a s t h e S c i e n c e s c h e c k o u t s a r e r o u g h ly 3 0 % g r a d u a t e s tu ­ d e n t s , 2 0 % f a c u l t y , 1 0 % s t a f f , a n d 4 0 % u n d e r g r a d s . P e r h a p s s c i e n c e f a c u l t y a n d g r a d u a te s tu d e n ts h a v e b e e n m o r e a w a r e o f t h e c a m e r a s b y c o m i n g in t o t h e S c i e n c e Li­ b ra ry o r p e r h a p s th e y a r e s im p ly m o r e t e c h ­ n o l o g i c a l l y o r i e n t e d t h a n t h e AAA fa c u lty . M a y b e t h e AAA s tu d e n ts e x p e r im e n t w ith t h e c a m e r a s a s t h e v a n g u a r d a n d w ill ig n ite t h e in t e r e s t o f t h e i r f a c u lty s o o n . U s a g e p a tte rn s a r e n o t su rp risin g . U sa g e bu ilds th ro u g h ou t th e y e a r an d d ec lin e s during m o n th s b e g in n in g an d e n d in g a c a d e m ic term s. T h e r e is a p e a k in O c to b e r - N o v e m b e r fo r fall term . F e b r u a ry a n d M ay h a v e th e h ig h e s t u s e , fo rm in g th e p e a k s o f a c tiv ity f o r w in te r an d sp rin g term s. P e o p le fro m th e Arts b a re ly u se d th e c a m e r a s at th e b e g in n in g o f th e y e a r a n d gradu ally in c re a se d th ro u g h sp rin g term , w h ile S cie n c e s patron s u sed th e cam eras m o re con sis­ te n tly th ro u g h o u t th e y e a r. W e h a v e h a n d o u ts a v ailab le a n d in fo rm atio n o n o u r W e b site, b u t largely w e h a v e n o t ad v ertised th e digital c a m ­ e ra s . It a p p e a r s th at w o r d -o f-m o u th is a v a lu ­ a b le w ay in w h ic h AAA p atro n s b e c a m e aw a re o f th e cam eras. W h y c h e c k o u t d i g i t a l c a m e r a s ? S o m e l i b r a r i a n s m a y q u e s t i o n w h e t h e r c h e c k in g o u t d ig ital c a m e r a s is a lib ra ry fu n c ­ tio n . It s e e m s c l e a r th a t i n f o r m a t io n t e c h ­ n o l o g y is i n c r e a s i n g ly im p o r t a n t t o lib r a r ­ ie s . W e b u ild e l e c t r o n i c c la s s r o o m s , s t o c k o u r r e f e r e n c e a r e a s w ith m a c h in e s , a n d a d d c o m p u te r la b s w h e r e w e c a n fit th e m . P r e v i­ o u s ly p r o v id in g b i b li o g r a p h i c a c c e s s t o o ls , I n t e r n e t s e a r c h e n g in e s , a n d w o r d p r o c e s s ­ in g w a s a d e q u a te , n o w W e b p u b lis h in g a n d in te r a c tiv e m u ltim e d ia p r e s e n ta tio n s p r e s e n t n e w o p p o r tu n itie s f o r t e a c h in g a n d le a rn in g . C h e c k in g o u t d i g it a l c a m e r a s is e a s y a n d c h e a p a n d a g r e a t b o o s t f o r li b r a r y p u b l ic r e l a t i o n s d u e t o it s p o p u l a r i t y . P ro fe ss o rs c a n d e s ig n m o d e ls to e x p la in th e o ­ r ie s , p r o v id e illu s tr a tiv e e x a m p l e s , a n d c r e ­ a t e in t e r a c tiv e tu to r ia ls s o th a t s tu d e n ts c a n m o v e t h r o u g h m a te r ia l a t t h e i r o w n p a c e . S tu d e n ts c a n c r e a t e d y n a m ic s it e s s h o w in g t h e ir m a s te r y o f th e m a te r ia l a n d h e lp in g to t e a c h o th e r s . O n c a m p u s e s all o v e r th e c o u n tr y , lib r a r­ ies an d com p u tin g cen ters are collab o ratin g and e v e n u n ify in g in to sin g le s e r v ic e c e n te rs. W h o s h o u ld d o w hat? T h e lin e is d raw n in d iffe re n t p la c e s o n d iffe r e n t c a m p u s e s . At th e U O , th e lib rary h a s ta k e n a s tro n g le a d e rs h ip r o le w ith in fo rm a tio n te c h n o lo g y . Librarian s te a c h W e b p u b lis h in g w o r k s h o p s in o u r In fo r m a tio n T e c h n o lo g y c u rr ic u lu m . In a d d itio n , M ed ia S e r v ic e s , w h ic h is r e s p o n s ib le fo r a ll A V s u p ­ p o r t f o r c la s s r o o m u s e , is h o u s e d w ith in th e m a in lib ra ry . T h e C o m p u tin g C e n te r t e a c h e s s tu d e n ts h o w to u s e p ro d u c tiv ity s o ftw a r e , s u c h as w o rd p ro ce ssin g a n d sp read sh eets, an d m a in ta in s a n d u p g r a d e s o u r a w a r d -w in n in g c a m p u s n e tw o rk . It s e e m s th a t t h e s c i e n c e s a r e o f t e n th e first to a d o p t n e w t e c h n o lo g ie s . B e i n g s o in ­ v o lv e d w ith g r a n ts , s c ie n tis ts o f t e n h a v e th e m o n e y t o b u y n e w t e c h n o l o g ie s a n d d u e to tig h t a p p lic a t io n d e a d lin e s a n d to u g h c o m ­ p e t i t io n , s c i e n t i s t s o f t e n n e e d to s a v e tim e a n d i m p r o v e q u a lit y w h e r e v e r p o s s i b le . It f o ll o w s n a tu r a lly th a t t h e S c i e n c e L ib r a ry , in o r d e r t o s e r v e o u r c o m m u n ity , w o u ld b e e a r ly a d o p t e r s f o r in s tr u c tio n a l t e c h n o lo g y . W e c h o s e to f o c u s t h e IT C o n W e b p u b lis h ­ in g a n d m u ltim e d ia to s e r v e th e n e e d s o f th e s c i e n c e c o m m u n ity . T h e y a r e c la m o r in g f o r t h e s e t o o l s t o im p r o v e h o w t h e y t e a c h a n d s h a re k n o w le d g e . M a n y s c ie n c e fa c u lty b u ild a n d u s e W e b s it e s a s a m a jo r in s tr u c t io n a l r e s o u r c e a n d in c r e a s in g ly s tu d e n ts m u st c r e ­ a te W e b s ite s in s te a d o f w ritin g te rm p a p e r s . G r a d u a te s tu d e n ts a r e p lu n g in g in t o m u lti- m e d ia to b e tte r m o d e l th e ir fin d in g s. In c r e a s ­ in g ly , fa c u lty c a n s h a r e t h e s e n e w m u ltim e ­ d i a m o d e l s v i a e l e c t r o n i c j o u r n a l s . C o n t in u e d o n p . 9 2 92 / C&RL News ■ February 1999 S h e id e n tifie d th e c h a lle n g e as o n e o f “… h o w w e w ill m o v e in to this n e w e n v iro n ­ m en t, ch an g in g th e rules an d ch an g in g th e very n a tu re o f w h a t it m e a n s to b e a n a c a d e m ic li­ brary.” Sh e identified this n e w m ean in g in terms o f th e sh iftin g r o le o f th e in stitu tio n o f h ig h e r e d u c a tio n fro m th at o f s o le p ro v id e r o f e d u c a ­ tion al c o n te n t to o n e o f g u id a n ce to stu d en ts in th eir effo rts to a s se m b le “. . . le arn in g o p p o rtu ­ n ities, a v a ila b le a t a d is ta n c e fro m a v a rie ty o f in stitu tions,” in to a c o h e re n t ed u c a tio n a l e x p e ­ rien ce. 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T h e n e w lib rary b u ild in g a t P e k in g U n iversity is stu n n in g , a n d this c o n fe r e n c e , d es ig n e d to c e le b ra te th e c e n - te n n ial o f th e u n iv ersity an d to c o m m e m o r a te th e o p e n in g o f th e b u ild in g , w a s a m o s t fitting effo rt. Z h u Q ia n g , w a s th e p rim ary in dividu al r e s p o n s ib le fo r w h a t w e in th e U n ited S tates call “lo c a l a rr a n g e m e n ts.” Z hu an d his staff did a truly rem a rk a b le jo b , a n d th e ir e ffo rts s h o w e d c le a r ly th r o u g h o u t t h e e n tir e c o n d u c t o f th e c o n f e r e n c e . ■ In te r n e t R e s o u r c e s c o n tin u e d f r o m p . 8 1 • A LA , A C R L I n s t it u t e f o r I n f o r m a ti o n L i t e r a c y (IIL, fo rm erly N ILI). F o r m e d in 1 9 9 7 u n d e r C erise O b e r m a n ’s d irection , th e IIL aim s to train instruction librarians, p ro v id e p ro g ram ­ m in g fo r lib rary ad m in istrato rs o n in fo rm atio n lite ra c y iss u e s , a n d s u p p o rt ACRL a n d th e Na­ tio n a l F o r u m o n In fo rm a tio n L itera cy in v a ri­ o u s h ig h e r e d u c a tio n initiatives. T h is s ite p ro v id e s in fo rm a tio n o n IIL p r o ­ g ram s a n d lin ks to re la te d sites o n in fo rm atio n lite ra cy . O f s p e c ia l in te re s t is a p a g e o n th e im p o rta n t u p c o m in g IIL Im m e rs io n P ro g ram , a c o m p r e h e n s iv e fo u r-a n d -a -h a lf-d a y institute fo r in s tru c tio n lib ra ria n s to b e h e ld a t SU N Y P la ttsb u rg h in J u ly 1 9 9 9 . Last u p d ate: N o v em ­ b e r 1 9 , 1 9 9 8 . A ccess: http://www.ala.org/acrl/ nili/nilih p.h tm l. N o t e s 1. go p h er:/ / ala1.a la .o rg :70/ 00/ alag o p h iv / 5 0 4 l7 0 0 7 .d o c u m e n t. 2. 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