Archive for 2008
Office Closed, plan ahead. . .
This is a general announcement that the Media Services Office will be closed starting Friday, December 19th and re-opening Monday, January 5th. As such, please plan ahead with any needs you may have. With the end of the semester on hand and student workers starting to depart after they are finished with finals, we would recommend [...]
Thanksgiving break and equipment check-out
Media Services will be closed during Thanksgiving break. We will close at 4:30pm on Tuesday the 25th and remain closed until the following Monday morning. All equipment checked out on Tuesday before Thanksgiving will be due back the following Monday when Media Services reopens. Thank you for your cooperation. Have a good break!
Media Services billing process
A recent number of phone calls with questions about how billing for services works with Media Services has prompted a bit of explanation of what is going on. First off, Media Services is one of a few departments on campus that does not use the traditional Interdepartmental Invoice system in which an invoice is sent over to the department [...]
Large format printing overload. . . expect delays
This is a general heads up that Media Services is experiencing a higher than usual number of requests for large format prints. As the Gustavus Community prepares for the upcoming combined festivities of The Presidential Inauguration, Home Coming, Reunions, Family Weekend, and the Nobel Conference there are greater than usual large requests happening simultaneously in addition to [...]
gac.edu or gustavus.edu?
There is no doubt that community members are familiar with both the gustavus.edu and gac.edu domains. The gac.edu is most commonly used on campus because it is shorter and was established first. At the same time, Gustavus would like to be known as “Gustavus” and not “GAC” to the outside world, so both exist. Appropriate [...]
Training Schedule
In preparation for the upcoming school year, Media Services will be training returning student staff starting Wednesday (Aug. 27th) and ending Saturday. These training sessions will run the entire business day, and the staff will be unavailable during this time. Please email needs to mediaservices@gustavus.edu and we will respond as soon as we can, but please [...]
Media Services VirtualOffice 6
With summer “break” ending in a month, Media Services is still hard at work on VirtualOffice 6, the successor to our current version. After using version 5 for over a year and collecting some much-appreciated feedback from students, faculty, and staff on campus, we have learned a great deal about how VirtualOffice helps everyone using [...]
Introducing: Shrink-Wraped Posters
In response to multiple requests for an inexpensive way to protect large format posters and banners, Media Services will be shrink wrapping all posters and banners printed as of July 2008. Shrink wrap packaging will be used on all media except foam mounted posters. No changes to pricing have been made and is included in the original [...]
Introducing: Epson Stylus Pro 11880
With the frequent failure of the six year old (that’s how long we had it after purchasing it used) Encad 750 large format printer, a new large format printer has been added to replace our oldest large format printer. The Encad 750 has been replaced with a Epson Stylus Pro 11880. This new 64″ large [...]
Summer office hours
Media Services will have the following summer walk-in hours starting Monday, June 2: Monday-Friday: 9am-12pm, and 1pm-4pm Saturday and Sunday: Closed During these times, a student staff member will be available to assist with requests. We ask that you please plan ahead (yes we are around other times of the day, but these hours help facilitate staff [...]