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: Epson Stylus Pro 11880With 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 [...]
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 [...]
Just a quick reminder to all that the Media Services office will be closed for the duration of Spring Break. Those individuals that require access to equipment during this time should make sure that their reservation (and check out of the reserved equipment) is for Thursday March 20. Equipment checked out on Thursday [...]
Tis the season (for events). Spring Semester is known (at least in our office) for a high volume of Department and Organization events ranging from guest lecture series, to conferences (Building Bridges, Mayday! etc). Most of these events will require assistance from Media Services in some form or another, so we are working [...]
In the past, equipment check in and out occurred at the same time which had some advantages, but as we have seen an increase in use of this service the inherent disadvantages became apparent. The biggest issue was that individuals that had an item reserved were coming in wanting the item right at the beginning [...]
The Media Services Virtual Office is an online tool that was developed by Media Services employees to manage many of the services we provide. VirtualOffice can also be used by students, faculty and employees of the College to reserve available equipment, submit large format printing requests, and much more. Any person with a Gustavus username [...]
Welcome to the new Media Services Blog. This has been something asked about (”why doesn’t Media Services have a blog like the rest of the GTS areas?”) by our staff, and Gustavus community members alike for some time, so a special thanks to the wonderful Web Team that helped make this happen. We are new [...]