Digital Media Services
The digital media lab is available to UNCG faculty, staff, and students by appointment only. Priority is given to projects related to university coursework and research. Please contact Lynda Kellam by email or at (336) 334-5251 to discuss your project. If you do not require special assistance with your project, a scanner is available for faculty, staff, and students in the SuperLab.
Services provided:
- Scanning documents, books, photos (black & white and color scanning)
- Scanning large batches of loose-leaf documents
- File modifications (resizing images, saving documents as PDFs, etc)
- Edit Digital Video
Future services to be provided:
- Convert video from VHS to Digital Video
- Create DVDs
General Lab Hardware:
- Dell Optiplex 745
- 20" Dell 2007WFP Color Monitor
- Flatbed image or book scanner (Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL)
- Hi-Speed Document Scanner (Panasonic KV-S2045C)
- CD/DVD Burners
- Color Laser Printer (HP Color Laserjet 3500)
- Toshiba VCR
- Dazzle DV Bridge
- ImageMate Digital Reader (SD, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, CompactFlash I & II, xD, SmartMedia)
General Lab Software:
- Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
- Adobe PhotoShop CS
- Adobe Designer 7.0
- Adobe Illustrator CS
- Adobe Image Ready CS
- Omni Page Pro 15 OCR
- Dreamweaver 8
- Roxio Easy Media Creator 8
Copyright Restrictions
The policy governing the digital media is based on the provisions of fair use of the United States Copyright Act of 1976. Section 107 of the Copyright Act expressly permits the making of photocopies or other reproductions for classroom use. In determining fair use there are four factors:
- Purpose: the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit education purposes;
- Nature: the nature of the copyrighted work;
- Amount: the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
- Effect: the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purpose in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
