Responsibility for audiovisual equipment rests primarily with LIS’s Media Services staff. Requests for service should be made to the LIS Helpdesk at ext. 2200. Requests for supplying audiovisual equipment are handled primarily through the Course Scheduling and Events Scheduling offices, but may also be made through the LIS Helpdesk.
The four lecture halls MBH 104, 216, 219, and 220; flat-floor classrooms MBH 338, 438, and 538; seminar room MBH 148; and laboratories MBH 311, 403, 411, and 417 are fully “smart” classrooms, provided with a full range of A/V equipment including VHS and multi-region DVD video projection, computer projection, stereo audio, conventional overhead, and 2x2 slide projection. The four lecture halls are provided with computers that you may use in lieu of your own laptop, have Laserdisc projection, and can also be provided with digital visualizers for opaque and transparency projection.
Seminar rooms MBH 331, 430, and 530 and the 303 flat-floor classroom are “semi-smart,” being equipped for computer projection (using your own computer) and VHS video viewing, as well as having a conventional overhead projector. The 303 classroom uses the projector for video and has full stereo sound via wall-mounted speakers, while the three seminar rooms have a separate video monitor and provide a more-limited sound quality through smaller speakers located in the monitor and projector.
Instruction sheets are provided at each of the above locations regarding the use of the audiovisual equipment in that room. Each fall before the start of classes, LIS offers a demonstration of the latest capabilities of the equipment in the smart classrooms. LIS also provides a website, http://cat.middlebury.edu/~et/facilities/, which offers users a virtual tour of the features available in the classrooms in McCardell Bicentennial Hall and elsewhere on campus.
Most of the other teaching spaces in the building are provided with 2x2 slide and standard overhead projectors. Armstrong Library has portable computer projection equipment available at the checkout desk for short-term use in rooms that do not have built-in projection. Other audiovisual equipment, such as DVD players or portable projection screens, can be provided in most spaces upon request.
In the event that LIS staff are not available in an emergency, STSS technical services staff are available to provide backup assistance.