Digital Services Center

The Digital Services Center in the Perry Library provides hardware, software, and assistance to Old Dominion University faculty, staff and graduate students needing to integrate digital information resources into instruction, research, and coursework. ---------- ROOM USE POLICY

Hours:

 Mon - Fri: 9am - 4:30pm
Summer: Mon.-Fri: 10am-3pm
(& by appointment) - Appointments are preferred

Location:

 3rd floor west, Perry Library

Contact:

 Karen Vaughan
757-683-4184 or 683-5953 kvaughan@odu.edu

Scanning Assistance

Images: Flatbed and slide scanning capabilities are available for digitizing photographs, slides, or other graphic images. PaintShop may be used to create, capture, and/or edit images.

Text: TextBridge and Adobe Acrobat are available for creating and editing text documents. High-speed scanners convert text to PDF very quickly.

 Staff can assist with incorporating digital images and text into Web pages, PowerPoint presentations, or word processing documents.

Web Page Assistance

DreamWeaver is available for creating Web pages.

Digital Audio & Video Assistance

Audio: Create your own digital audio using a microphone, or use CoolEdit to digitize cassette tapes or CDs.

Video: Digitize and edit video files.

Staff can assist with incorporating digital audio and video into Web pages or PowerPoint presentations.

Digital Projects

The Digital Services Center welcomes the opportunity to work with ODU faculty and staff to create digital projects. View some Selected Digital Projects available on the Web. Digital projects carried out by the ODU Libraries include:

GIS Software & Datasets

ArcView (a Geographic Information System) and various datasets are available for mapping and data analysis.

Training

The Digital Services Center offers training seminars to faculty, staff and students in the use of various tools and techniques available for digitizing materials. Some of these sessions have included:

Available Equipment

A list of equipment available for use in the Digital Services Center can be found here