Google Sketchup now available on workstations in the library

Library users will now find Google Sketchup available on the computer workstations in the Architecture Library. For a complete list of the software on these workstations and elsewhere in the University Libraries, go to: http://www.bsu.edu/library/media/pdf/pacsoftwarelocation.pdf

There is also a new Software Locator tool that helps identify which computer workstations in the University Libraries have specific software and indicates which workstations are in use. To use the Software Locator go to: http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/swsearch/ To find available computers, see the Computer Availability System: http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/cas/

Schwartz Digital Complex in Bracken Library

The grand opening for the Schwartz Digital Complex in Bracken Library is scheduled for this Thursday, September 17, 2009, from 10am to 2pm. On the schedule of events is a keynote presentation at 1pm during which CAP's own Antonieta Angulo and Dean Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco will be holding class in the complex while also working with studios in Second Life, the architectural firm NBBJ in London, and BSU LifeStructures in Indianapolis. Stop by at 1pm and see how they do this using the technologies available in the new complex on 1 West in Bracken Library.

More information on the grand opening.

Rapidly download images from the collection with the new PowerPoint Generator

Using the new PowerPoint Generator for the DMR users can rapidly download images from the Architecture Images Collection or any of the collections in the University Libraries Digital Media Repository.


Instructions for using the PowerPoint Generator:

1. Add images to "My Favorites" in the DMR.
2. View your "My Favorites."
3. Click on the "Create" button in the "Save as PowerPoint Slides" section.
4. Login with your BSU username and password.
5. Choose a PPT slide format.
6. Open or Save the PPT presentation once it has been generated.

It's just that easy!