We are happy to hire students to assist with the monitoring, maintaining and assisting in the Library Media Labs. Full job description and expectations available at the form below. Please apply with this form if you are interested in Workstudy shifts for the HFJ Library Media Labs. https://forms.gle/xGAnS5h7vFQEuEww7

It’s that time of year again. Time to start thinking about packing up. The labs will be closing this week and you should be certain to take all your files with you as we wipe all drives and all machines over the summer. So be sure to make copies as we can’t provide backup for […]

Zbrush full is intalled in room B7 (the Finishing Suite) where there is a 27″ Wacom Cintiq (the kind you draw directly on the image).  Zbrush Mini Core is installed on the machines with the smaller drawing tablets.  Take a look at digital sculpting and the potential to 3D print what you design. Or to […]

Synthesizers and Film-Making.   February 22nd Dan Warner Professor of Electronic Music returns to Hampshire’s Library Media Labs to instruct interested students on how to use Analog Synthesizers in Media Lab B1 to create amazing samples and sounds. Roger Sherman of Florentine Films (the Ken Burns Documentary studio) will be on campus to talk about his […]

The Harold F. Johnson Library’s Advanced Media Labs are open only to the following people: -members of the Hampshire College community -Five College students attending a Hampshire class -invited guests of one or the other For these visitors we welcome you to use our many tools, services and spaces, in person, on site during the […]

Here is a small collection of short films and animations I recommend. They are student made except for Roger Sherman who is talking about his career in film-making.  There are StopMotion animations, comedy shorts and experimental documentaries too. Have a look! https://resourceguides.hampshire.edu/c.php?g=1380309

Here are some useful things to keep in mind.  Firstly, access to these Media Labs is intended for enrolled Hampshire Students, 5 College students attending Hampshire classes, or guests of either one. If you need in before regular opening hours, or the labs aren’t yet open for those hours, you can show your student I.D. […]

We realize that there are lots of new people about, and that due to there being a pandemic and  then having a class of 15 students, the oral traditions and explanations that made many things ‘common knowledge’ aren’t common anymore. So we will attempt to insure that how things work here in the Media Labs […]