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The Wallace Center: RIT Libraries

http://wallacecenter.rit.edu/

The RIT Libraries includes the Wallace Library, the Cary Collection, the RIT Archive Collections, and the RIT museum. The Lawson Center, home to the RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press and the RIT Press (http://wallacecenter.rit.edu/cary-graphic-arts-press) can also be found within the Wallace Library.

Wallace Library is a high technology, multimedia resource center. It offers hundreds of databases and thousands of electronic books and journals, as well as traditional printed resources. Online resources can be accessed onsite, or around the clock from any location. Online course reading assignments (see Course Reserves & Media Collection below ) and laptops are among the many other resources available in the Wallace Library.

If the library does not have what you need, it can be ordered through Information Delivery Services (IDS). Millions of additional books are available via ConnectNY, a service that provides access to the collections of 14 academic libraries in New York State.

Each college has a subject expert in the library to help with research. These subject experts are available seven days a week for individual assistance, while in-depth assistance is also available by appointment. You can connect with the subject experts by phone, email or instant messaging.

Quiet study spaces for individuals and groups are available throughout the Wallace Library. Students can reserve group study rooms online. Java Wally’s café is also a favorite spot for relaxing, studying or meeting in an informal setting.

The Cary Library (http://library.rit.edu/cary/) is a unique collection of more than 14,000 volumes of rare books illustrating fine printing and other materials detailing the history of printing, book design and illustration, papermaking, and other aspects of the graphic arts. The RIT Archive Collections acquires, organizes, preserves and displays materials from the university’s past. The RIT Archive Collections is the primary resource for studying the history of the university.

Wallace Library is open more than 100 hours a week, with extended hours before and during finals.

For more information call: (585) 475-2551 ext. 3

Course Reserves and Media Services

The Library’s Circulation Desk provides Course Reserves and Media Services. Course Reserves are materials that faculty have assigned for use in a specific course. Many materials are available online in electronic format, most often as PDF files. These materials require an RIT username and password to access. Printed reserve books are also available at the Circulation Desk. The media collection includes DVDs and an Art History slide collection. Media is available for either classroom use or in the Research Zone (1st floor). Staff is available to assist faculty with Course Reserves, identifying media within the collection and locating new media to support their curriculum needs.

Contact: Romea Montanaro
Telephone: 475-2015

Teaching and Learning Services at The Wallace Library

http://wallacecenter.rit.edu/tls

Teaching & Learning Services (TLS) offers faculty support for instructional design and academic technology use in their courses. TLS consultants assist with course design and provide training and support services for supported technologies. In addition, TLS hosts workshops, speakers, and events to promote teaching and learning excellence.

The Instructional Design Consultants in TLS collaborate with faculty to enhance the quality of teaching and learning at RIT. Support may include course redesign, ideas for activities or engagement strategies, incorporation of academic technologies, or just about anything that a faculty member wants to explore.

Location: A-Level of The Wallace Center, Room A-600
Telephone: 585-475-2551 ext. 5

For One-on-one trainings, visit: http://wallacecenter.rit.edu/events/register/1on1.cfm

Academic Technology Support from The Wallace Center

http://wallacecenter.rit.edu/tls/academic-technologies

The Academic Technologies team in TLS supports faculty use of a wide range of academic technologies. We assist you with:

See our complete list of supported technologies at: http://wallacecenter.rit.edu/technology/

Academic Technologies can work with you to identify a technology that fills your online, blended or campus classroom need, and provide training and support for you and your students. We have facilities and staff to help you create multimedia course content. We also deliver projection equipment to classrooms, and provide in-classroom assistance weekdays.

Location: A-Level of The Wallace Center, Room A-600
Telephone: 585-475-2551
Ext. 1: Classroom support (podiums, projectors)
Ext. 2: myCourses/Online/Academic technology

For One-on-one trainings, visit: http://wallacecenter.rit.edu/events/register/1on1.cfm

Academic Media Production

The Academic Media Services team provides faculty with a range of production services to enhance their classroom and online teaching. Services provided include captioning course media, creating course related videos and developing multimedia based course content.

Requesting Captioning and Course Media Production

Requests for media production or captioning for a credit-bearing course can be made at https://wallacecenter.rit.edu/tls/mediarequest/.

ETC Production Services in The Wallace Center

http://www.rit.edu/academicaffairs/etc/

ETC Production Services within The Wallace Center provides non-classroom production and event support across the RIT campus. Individual services include:

ETC Video Production Services provides a full range of digital standard or high definition video services. These include recording anything from guest speakers in auditoriums to creating public relations marketing videos and the RIT’s SportsZone and SportsZone Live shows. ETC Production Services offers videotaping in television studios and editing in state-of-the-art digital post-production facilities as well as 2D and 3D animation. Finished projects can be captioned and delivered on virtually any format - DVD, CD, Blu-ray, podcast, web or videotape.

ETC Web/IT Services offers a full line of multimedia and web production services including website design and development, website updates, online registration systems, multimedia presentations, database development and video streaming.

ETC Event Support Services produces and manages large and small venue video and multimedia productions on and off the RIT campus. The support services cover a broad range of products from media projection, location shooting, multi-camera support, live video streaming and real-time captioning.

ETC Photography provide a range of digital photographic services in the studio or on location, creating visual resources that can be used for slide presentations, class documentation, portfolios, web sites and publications.

ETC Production Services hires approximately 125 students to assist in all areas of production.

Phone: (585) 475-7703

Scholarly Publishing Studio in The Wallace Center

http://wallacecenter.rit.edu/scholarly-publishing-studio

The Scholarly Publishing Studio can be your partner in disseminating your scholarship. We can assist with design and layout of publications and approaches to scholarly dissemination including publishing approaches for open access journal publishing and traditional journal submissions.

Our services include:

The Scholarly Publishing Studio is on the main level of The Wallace Center.

Contact: Nick Paulus
Telephone: 585-475-7934
E-mail:

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