Building a Digital Media LabJeffrey P FisherFountaindale Public Library – Studio 300 - Bolingbrook, IL

jfisher@fountaindale.org

How about a Digital Media

Lab?

Yeah!Cool.Sure.

OK.

Now what?

What do we need?

PeopleMoneyMoney

Space

Vision

How would patrons use

the lab?

Think about needs and an ideal first.

Yes. And what outcomes do they want?

Imagine one year from today. What do you see? Hear? Smell? Taste?

Feel?

What is the POSITIVE vision?

Now you’re on the right track.

Collaborate ShareCreate

Curate

Now let’s backcast.

What is our future vision?

Their ownStoriesPatrons

Tell

Strategy•How can libraries help promote digital literacy?

Goal•Community gets access to media creation and curation tools and other resources

Vision•DML helps patrons tell their own story.

This is a scalable concept

Do we want production

spaces?

MusicVideos

Pictures

And/or post-production

tools?

VHS to DVD

Scanning

Vinyl to CD

Animation

Photoshop

We don’t need everything all at

once.

AdaptablePop-up

Workstations

“Spider web … definite structure

but flexible moorings.” -

William Powers

Adaptable model

What do we look for in a space?

Consider the “culture”

Project the “ambience”

PowerNetwork

WorkspaceLighting

Color

How’s that for a vision?

How should we address

noise?

We don’t promise a quiet environment!

We need help from other departments

ITMarketing

Who isn’t here who should be?

What about the budget?

StructureH/W & S/W

GearPeople

We need experts we can trust!

Any ideas for selling it to

admin?

Keep them informed: share trends, articles, and examples. Attend

conferences. And more!

Building a Digital Media LabJeffrey P FisherFountaindale Public LibraryStudio 300 - Bolingbrook, IL

jfisher@fountaindale.org