The Digital Media Center is in its infancy at Gettysburg College. It was made possible by a grant and a lot of planning and hard work by quite a few people on staff. It is located in the Library, in the basement where the members of the Instructional Technology and Training Department of the Information Technology Division reside.
Students, faculty, and staff now have the ability to perform tasks such as scanning, poster printing, and media conversion themselves at the self-service stations available. There is also a team of trained student workers that man the Student Helpdesk nearby to offer basic support for this equipment. These student workers also handle the signing in/out of loaner AV equipment available for academic use on campus.
Being involved in the entire planning process and named its coordinator, I would merely like to talk with anyone from other institutions about any phase of a Digital Center: planning one, running one, what has or has not worked for others, etc.
