The mission of the Thorpe Digital Center is to:

• Provide expert assistance for projects integrating video, audio, images and text;
• Foster a collaborative environment for students and faculty to create original content;
• Partner with Information Technology, the Mellon Center, faculty and students to create Illinois Wesleyan University digital collections;
• Support campus, department and library media and digital resources and services;
• Ensure interoperability and integration with external systems.

Adopted August 2005

The Thorpe Digital Center is located on the third floor of The Ames Library and provides the following services:

• Poster Printing - The Thorpe Digital Center provides a poster printer for students, faculty and staff to print quality color posters for academic use, i.e., classroom presentations, poster sessions and conferences.  For more information, please see the guidelines and design guide.
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• Digital Collections - The TDC provides assistance in creating digital collections to support teaching and learning.
  • CONTENTdm Collections - Share your images in the class or publish world wide
  • ARTstor - Images
  • Comparison chart of IWU Digital Systems
    
• Digital Projects - The TDC supports faculty and students wishing to create and deliver images, sound, video and text in digital formats
  • Assigning Projects for classroom presentation
  • Available equipment and services
    
• Equipment
  • Check-out laptops - students and faculty
  • Check-out media/digital equipment - digital cameras, camcorders, projectors, etc. for use by students and faculty
    
• Reservations
  • Reserving media/digital equipment - Reserve media/digital equipment for classroom use
  • Reserving rooms
  • Reserving video for classroom presentation
    
• Contact Information
  • Suzanne Wilson - Library Technology and Resources Director - 556-3144
  • Michael Limacher - Media Coordinator - 556-3323
  • Brian Sheehan - Computer Support Assistant - 556-1336