General Information
Digital Resource Center | Humanities Building, Room 115 | 651-696-6336 | digitalresourcecenter@macalester.edu
The DRC is currently open by appointment only for equipment pickup. We are open for virtual drop-in help every day.
Fall 2020 Module Two Virtual Drop-in Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 9 AM – 9 PM
Friday: 9 AM – 5 PM
Saturday: Noon – 5 PM
Sunday: Noon – 9 PM
Digital Resource Center Assistance
The Digital Resource Center hosts regular drop-in hours virtually via Zoom. Stop in for help with questions related to academic technology and class projects, such as Zoom, VoiceThread, Moodle, Audacity, and Adobe Creative Cloud. You can also make an appointment with a DRC Consultant, or attend upcoming workshops hosted by DRC Staff.
Contact Us
Digital Resource Center Manager | Brooke Schmolke | bschmolk@macalester.edu
Digital Resource Center | email address is monitored by full time and student staff, and can help to answer a variety of technology questions | digitalresourcecenter@macalester.edu
Resources & Services in the DRC
Equipment Checkout
The Digital Resource Center will open for equipment checkout by appointment only during Module One, and only after the quiet period ends.
You can book and browse equipment via TechCheckout. You can also read more about available resources on the equipment checkout page. Please note that we now have projectors and portable audio systems available for checkout.
General Lab & Study Space
Due to COVID-19, our lab computers are not present in the DRC this year. In Module Two, we hope to open the lab space for students to use when studying between classes. Stations will have power and ethernet. Editing Suites will be available as private Zoom meeting or study spaces during Module Two.
Printing and Scanning
Printing on campus is shifting to a new, more convenient and contactless system utilizing the Uniflow system. You can read more about it on the Print Services Information page. The new multi-function devices available for printing include scan to email functionality. For scanning at a higher quality, reach out to digitalresourcecenter@macalester.edu to make arrangements. The DRC printer will be located outside the DRC during the first module, but will move into the DRC once we are open for our regular hours.
3D Printing and Scanning
The DRC maintains several 3D printers in the DRC, including a Form2 Resin printer, an Ultimaker 3, and two different generation Makerbots. Community members can request prints using the 3D Printing Request Form.
The DRC offers 3D printing as a service for the campus community at no charge. We will make our best effort to complete requested jobs by the date a patron asks. We make no guarantee that we will be able to print everything requested, and reserve the right to refuse to print any job.
Additionally, we have 3D scanning and photogrammetry software available. Contact DRC Manager Brooke Schmolke (bschmolk@macalester.edu) or Academic Information Associate Tam Perlman (tperlman@macalester.edu) for more information about 3D scanning.
Wide/Large Format Poster Printing
Large format/poster printing is available to members of the campus community through the Digital Resource Center; posters printed. Poster printing is limited to posters for academic purposes, predominantly for classes and conferences.
All student-requested posters require approval from a faculty sponsor. More information and directions for submitting posters are available on the poster printing webpage.
Poster Runs for typical letter sized (8.5″ x 11″) posters are not offered through Document Services, not the DRC.
Media Digitization
Media digitization equipment for formats including regular scanning, book scanning, VHS, VHS-C, cassette tapes, vinyl records, 3D objects, CDs, and DVDs.
For Fall 2020 requests from faculty, we are working with the DeWitt Wallace Library to fulfill digitization requests through a variety of channels; we ask that you start the process using the guidelines on the Library Remote Support Page.
