Earlier this week, a patron came to the desk with a question about where she might go to scan some slides. The Fine Arts Library was my first thought -- but when I checked the HCL equipment page, I could find no mention of slide-reproduction facilities. Mary Clare confirmed that Fine Arts does not offer this service.
The Technology Showcase does, however. The Showcase is actually a small multimedia facility, located on the 2nd floor of the Science Center (Room 209), overseen by FAS, and run by User Assistants for limited weekday hours. [Spring 2008 hours are M-Th 12-6 p.m. and F 12-5 p.m.] Walk-in use is possible; so is after-hours keycard access for users who have "sponsored" projects.
The room features 5 G5 Dual 2 gig processor Macs, 2 single processor Macs and 4 high end PCs running XP. A variety of special software is loaded on these machines in addition to the standard HASCS fare.
Among the common uses of the lab: scanning of photos, slides and negatives; burning of DVDs or CD-ROMs; editing of video; conversion of analog to digital formats; and scanning of documents with text recognition. Software for webpage design and editing of audio is also popular.
For appointments with UAs or for equipment demos, users should email showcase@fas.harvard.edu.
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