You may have already noticed the Content Creation Pod on the renovation plans for the library building in Richmond. The Pod is still in the early planning stages at the moment. Here is a brief outline of what’s already planned for the room. If you have any great ideas for the pod, or how it can be used, or if you have any questions please contact the steering committee – Helen McCubbin, Chrissie Naughton or Louise Gribbon.
Creating digital video-recordings – make your own short film, make a multimedia biography of your life, or film a job interview
Digitisation (digital scanning) of print based materials – such as the digitisation of the Bint and Waimea South photographic collections
Format shifting – conversion of old video and analogue audio recordings to digital based media.
Post-production editing, re-mixing and finishing of digital recordings
Computer aided creation – using programmes such as Komposer (music creation) to create new digital materials, including cartoons & art works!
To be used for library programmes such as children and young adults workshops and after school programmes, and programmes for adults & various community groups – fun stuff and “serious” stuff like one on one staff training, web 2.0 stuff, etc.
(The room will be flexible enough to enable it to be used for other library activities as well)
Individuals and family groups wanting to digitise or publish their family photos and records such as birth certificate & family histories
Students needing the facilities and technologies for their studies. e.g. students who want to make an audio recording or digital video as part of their assignments.
Children and Young Adults – there is unlimited potential to use the room to run programmes targeting children and young adults
Staff would also use the facilities for digitisation and various work and study related projects such as the production of staff training or library publicity materials, as well as digitising our heritage resources……
What are the District wide benefits of the pod?
The emphasis is on the pod being a District facility, so even though it’s technically based in Richmond it needs to be useful to and accessible by the communities throughout the district. If you have any good ideas for this please let us know!
Some of the plans for the Pod are dependant on us obtaining the necessary funding and the appropriate technologies. A few weeks ago we applied to APN for a digital scanner and Kete, we are still waiting to hear back, but if we are successful (which is very likely) we will have enough equipment to start some of our plans – then we’ll just need the room to put it in!
