NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 24 number 1 - Fall 2003

The NCSU Libraries' high-tech Learning and Research Center for the Digital Age (LRCDA) recently moved into newly refurbished and renovated space on the second floor of the D. H. Hill Library's East Wing. On May 2, 2003, the Libraries held an opening ceremony, which included a ribbon-cutting event and reception. Attendees also toured the new facilities. More than 100 people joined in the celebration. The Digital Media Lab, equipped with new computers as well as powerful scanning and editing devices, proved especially popular with guests, who could watch media conversion demonstrations.

The LRCDA, based on a vision that recognized the enormous impact that digital resources would have on higher education, incorporates many of the latest digital library and Web-based services and facilities into a technologically rich environment of collaboration, discovery, and creativity. The units making up the LRCDA include: the Digital Media Lab, Usability Research Laboratory, Information Technologies Teaching Center, Learning Technology Service (DELTA), Digital Library Initiatives Department, Scholarly Communication Center, and specially designed meeting rooms and collaboration facilities. The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, formerly located at D. H. Hill Library, continues to work closely with the LRCDA partners from its new location in Clark Hall.

The Libraries encourages the NC State community to visit the LRCDA. It offers laboratories, services, departments, and facilities with unique technological capabilities as well as a center that can provide guidance on various legal issues, from Internet copyright concerns to newly enacted law (such as the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act). For details, see www.lib.ncsu.edu/administration/lrcda.