{"id":623,"date":"2013-07-17T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2013\/07\/17\/dc-digital-commons-opens-offers-powerful-media-resources\/"},"modified":"2013-07-17T10:18:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T14:18:00","slug":"dc-digital-commons-opens-offers-powerful-media-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2013\/07\/17\/dc-digital-commons-opens-offers-powerful-media-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Digital Commons opens, offers powerful media resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dclibrary.org\/digitalcommons\" style=\"clear: right;float: right;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"118\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-QRSdzZOWTxY\/Ueanelu-X7I\/AAAAAAAAAss\/oI-ZlbxOvDc\/s200\/digitalc.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;re very proud of the services and equipment available at the New Media Center; our training sessions and studio spaces had great attendance last year, and users are walking away with finished projects and greater knowledge of multimedia software. We&#8217;re always very happy when we see other universities and libraries offering these services too.<\/p>\n<p>Color us excited that now DC Public Library is getting into the game! Today, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library is opening <a href=\"http:\/\/dclibrary.org\/digitalcommons\">the Digital Commons<\/a>, a state-of-the-art multimedia lab available for all DC residents. The Digital Commons offers a plethora of services, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smart room meeting space for small businesses and independent groups<\/li>\n<li>Skype stations for videoconferencing<\/li>\n<li>Computers loaded with the Adobe Creative Suite<\/li>\n<li>A 3D printer and book printer for creative types (seriously!)<\/li>\n<li>Tutorial sessions on popular software and services<\/li>\n<li>A &#8220;Digital Bar&#8221; for test-driving the latest devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We love to see these types of services available throughout the city. If you&#8217;re a recent alumnus who wants to continue using cutting-edge multimedia resources, the Digital Commons is a great new resource.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re very proud of the services and equipment available at the New Media Center; our training sessions and studio spaces had great attendance last year, and users are walking away with finished projects and greater knowledge of multimedia software. We&#8217;re always very happy when we see other universities and libraries offering these services too. Color [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[245,355,386],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-new-media-center","tag-timely-things","tag-washington-dc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}