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The Link

By faber | Published: September 21, 2011

Many Duke faculty, staff and students know about the Link (link to http://link.duke.edu)  Duke’s innovative teaching and learning facility located in Perkins Library. Staff at the Link work closely with staff at the MPS to support digital media at Duke, but sometimes it is confusing to know who does what and where you should go with [...]

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Free Technology Training available through OIT

By faber | Published: September 7, 2011

Registration is now open for the OIT Training fall 2011 Free Technology Training Seminar series. Topics include: Photoshop, WordPress, iMovie and more… A schedule of offerings and registration is available online at: http://training.oit.duke.edu/reg/ Did you know you have access over 64,000 online technology movies 24-7 through the lynda.com online training library? Go here to connect [...]

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Thoughts on the Sony Bloggie Touch

By faber | Published: June 22, 2011

Following the untimely demise of the Flip Camera, I was tasked with evaluating the competition in order to identify a possible replacement for Duke’s considerable stash of Flip cameras. Online research led me to the Sony Bloggie Touch and we purchased one for further evaluation.  On paper, the Sony Bloggie has some impressive stats – [...]

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Data Exhaust

By faber | Published: May 12, 2011

Earlier this week I attended the Duke Library’s Instructional Retreat titled Using Data in the Classroom.  The half-day event hoped to teach the library staff (and others, like myself) all about data – how / where to find it, how to use it, how to visualize it, and all the associated tools for those tasks. [...]

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Streaming v. Downloading

By faber | Published: March 29, 2011

When working on video projects, one of the most important thing to keep in mind is how you are going to present the video.  There are plenty of different ways to show your video to the world, from burning a DVD to uploading on Youtube, as well as several Duke-managed streaming options.

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Creative Commons Resources

By faber | Published: February 17, 2011

Written by MPS Consultant Alex Klein – for more help with this topic, visit Alex at the MPS during his scheduled hours, visible on our Live Schedule. When you are working on a project in the Multimedia Project Studio or elsewhere, chances are you are using audio, video, or images. If you played the guitar, shot [...]

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MPS End of Semester Report for Fall ’10

By faber | Published: February 8, 2011

At the end of each semester, I’ll be putting together an end of semester report that gathers data from all the various sources that we can and attempts to put that into some kind of intelligible form.  We use these reports to make recommendations for future changes to the lab, as well as documenting success [...]

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DMCA Rules!

By faber | Published: July 26, 2010

And I don’t mean the Digital Millenium Copyright Act like, totally rules; I mean the DMCA came out with their new rules in their every-three-years update to the ever-vague copyright law. There are six new classes of exemption created, but one of them is of particular interest to our patrons at the MPS.  The first [...]

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Big list of print design tutorials

By faber | Published: October 14, 2009

A round-up of print design tutorials from around the Web.

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  • New MPS West Now Open!

    The new MPS in 006 Bostock is officially open! Come see us in our new location near the Link in the lower level of Bostock.

    The Old Chem branch of the Multimedia Project Studio is now permanently closed.

  • What is the MPS?

    The Multimedia Project Studios are a series of high-end computer labs located at Duke University. We feature cutting edge equipment and industry standard software and are staffed by a corps of student Multimedia Consultants who are available to help you out with your project on a one-on-one basis, but are not able to do production work on your behalf.
    MPS Lab Locations & Hours
    MPS East
    115 Lilly Library
    The MPS in Lilly is open whenever the library is open. Check their site for hours, which can change during holidays and academic breaks.

    MPS West
    006 Bostock
    The MPS in Bostock is open whenever the library is open. Check their site for hours, which can change during holidays and academic breaks.



    Staffed Hours for Both Locations

    Winter, summer, and other break hours will vary, according to student consultant availability. To check consultants' availability, view our Live Schedule.

    Sunday - Thursday: noon to midnight
    Friday: noon to six
    Be sure to check our Live Schedule to see who will be on staff and our staff page to meet our talented consultants.