{"id":8809,"date":"2013-06-03T13:37:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T20:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nnlm.gov\/pnr\/dragonfly\/?p=8809"},"modified":"2026-02-03T16:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:38:20","slug":"scholarly-communications-lab-in-the-arnold-library","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/scholarly-communications-lab-in-the-arnold-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarly Communications Lab in the Arnold Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest author: Ann Marie Clark, Director, Arnold Library, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. \u00a0This post describes the outcomes of a Technology Improvement Award from NN\/LM PNR.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Arnold Library, a member of the Shared Resources group at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), provides a home for the Scholarly Communications\/Shared Resources Computer Lab<\/a>.\u00a0 In the lab, FHCRC researchers and students analyze and visualize data, draft journal articles and books, and prepare presentations and posters for professional conferences.\u00a0 In 2012, prior to our NNLM\/PNR award, the computer lab was cramped and awkward, reducing our researchers\u2019 efficiency, ability to collaborate, and limiting the software programs available to them.\u00a0 There was demand for more computers, but we could not expand due to the constraints of the existing workstations and room design. \u00a0Researchers frequently had to wait for computers to become available, or be turned away.\u00a0 Additionally, we were unable to adequately support the burgeoning need for video production and editing.
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\nThe Technology Improvement Award that we received allowed us to revise our use of the space and expand our offerings.\u00a0 Redesigning the room to maximize the potential for computing was our first goal. We also planned to install a dedicated video editing workstation that would allow graduate students, post-docs, and faculty to create and share multimedia presentations of their research and scholarship.\u00a0 Lastly we wanted a low-cost and simple space to host video shoots for scientific teaching and communications purposes.<\/p>\n

Between November 2012 and January 2013, I worked with FHCRC facilities and IT staff to redesign, source, and remodel the lab space.\u00a0 Older wooden carrels were moved out and purpose-built computer workstations were installed.\u00a0 We expanded the number of Macs we offered, including a new Mac, purchased on the award, which is optimized for and loaded with video editing software.\u00a0 We also turned a useless, pass-through room into a small and informal \u2018studio\u2019 dedicated to video production.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the NNLM award and support from FHCRC, the library is able to offer our researchers and students greater access to more powerful computers, installed with specialized, cost-prohibitive, and hard-to-find analytical, visualization, or media production software<\/a>.\u00a0 Finally, our patrons now have access to self-serve video production and editing facilities and equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Computer Lab \u2013 Before \u2013 Pre Award (Fall 2012)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Computer Lab \u2013 After \u2013 Post Award (Spring 2013)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guest author: Ann Marie Clark, Director, Arnold Library, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. \u00a0This post describes the outcomes of a Technology Improvement Award from NN\/LM PNR. The Arnold Library, a member of the Shared Resources group at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), provides a home for the Scholarly Communications\/Shared Resources Computer Lab.\u00a0 In… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8809","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-funding","category-regional-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22130,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8809\/revisions\/22130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}