[Publib] Recommended Setup for Public Meeting Room and A/V + PC

[Jennifer Chilcoat]

I have no background in A/V either, but we have a set-up here in our
largest meeting room that works fairly well.

We, too, have wireless access.  A full-size wooden podium has the cables
to hook up a laptop for display through a ceiling-mounted projector.
There is also a small control box mounted on the podium that lets the
user choose PC, DVD, etc.  The electronic "components" (for lack of a
better term) are housed in a locked closet in the room, and security
provides access for those who need to put in a DVD or make other
adjustements.

The podium is wheeled and can be unplugged from the wall and moved out
of the way.  Additionally, it has an attached microphone which doesn't
require that the full system in the closet be accessed.

That's what it looks like from the user's perspective.  How it all
actually works, well, that's some kind of A/V magic.

Good luck.

Jennifer Chilcoat
Deputy Director/Associate Director for Institutional Services
Central Arkansas Library System
100 Rock St., Little Rock  72201-1624

voice 501/918-3031 ; fax 501/375-7451


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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:21:43 -0400
From: "Pruntel,Alison" <Alison.Pruntel at fauquiercounty.gov>
Subject: [Publib] Recommended Setup for Public Meeting Room and A/V +
	PC

We are working with our architects on a new branch library. The branch
will include a public meeting room where we hope to put in a ceiling
mounted projector. Ideally, people could bring in their own laptop and
interact with the projector, do presentations, etc. Our architect asked
us how we wanted this wired, did we want to have a laptop basically
bolted down to the podium and require presenters to use a USB drive to
bring up their materials (their recommendation - said most libraries did
it this way). That sounds insane to me - I would expect people to bring
their own laptops and assume the projector would be configured to easily
work with any PC. Am I asking for something that's not possible? Can any
of you share how your meeting room is set up for multimedia with a
mounted projector (we don't want to deal with portable) and how it's set
to work with various devices (PC, VCR, etc.)? I have no background in
A/V, but because I deal with the ILS and the PCs, it is assumed I will
figure this out.  :-)


Note - the library will be wired for wireless Internet access.

Regards,

Alison Pruntel 
Electronic Resources Librarian 
Fauquier County Public Library 
11 Winchester Street 
Warrenton, VA 20186 
540-349-2770 (voice) 
540-349-3278 (fax) 
http://library.fauquiercounty.gov 
http://fcpleresources.blogspot.com/