Technology innovation has been at the heart of the Center's mission since its inception. The "idea that knowledge should be shared" has translated into an IT infrastructure at the Center that specializes in new communication and media technologies. The Center is proud that its experimentation with videoconferencing and webcasting has translated into broader Duke initiatives in this realm. We aspire to continue this leadership and innovation, and with partners like HASTAC, the Kimberly Jenkins University Professor in New Technologies & Society, ISIS, OIT, CIT, and A&S IST, we are very excited about the future.
Interactive Multimedia Project Space (IMPS)
The John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary & International Studies is pleased to announce the opening of its new Interactive Multimedia Project Space (IMPS). Made possible through the generous support of and collaboration between the Office of the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, Information Science + Information Studies (ISIS), the Kimberly J. Jenkins Chair in New Technologies and Society, and the John Hope Franklin Center, IMPS provides Duke University faculty, staff and students with opportunities to experiment with new modes of technology-inflected teaching, research and collaboration.
The core of IMPS is its ability to nimbly and flexibly route and display video and audio materials from laptops and gaming systems. Four 50-inch plasma displays and an XGA projector can be deployed in any combination, affording a high degree of media immersion in classroom, meeting or lecture settings. Integrated videoconferencing capabilities connect the space to the world. And robust recording and capture functionality afford easy archiving of class and working group sessions. "We're excited about IMPS, about the effect it could have on humanities research, collaboration and teaching at Duke," says Mark Olson, Director of New Media and Information Technologies at the Center.
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