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Extron
@Extron14 Sep 2023
The Video Recording Room at the Belk Library and Information Commons is a versatile and convenient resource for students, faculty, and staff at Appalachian State University in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. The room is a self-service one-stop shop where users of all skill levels create professional live videos of presentations and lectures. Offering a choice of stage settings that include green screen, flat panel display, or see-through writeable lightboard, the room configures and begins recording through an intuitive touchpanel interface and shuts down automatically when recording is done. Users walk in with an idea and walk out with their video stored on a USB flash drive. The facility was designed and built by the in-house AV Technology team. They turned to Extron to supply AV switching, distribution, control, and lecture capture equipment for the Video Recording Room. An IN1608 xi IPCP SA scaling presentation switcher with an integrated control processor is the main AV switcher and controller. Users pick recording modes via TouchLink® Pro touchpanels, automatically configuring everything - from the AV system to the on-stage curtains and lighting. Presenters, along with their presentation material shown on the display(s), are captured by the room’s two cameras, one at the stage, the other at the lightboard. Audio from mics on-stage or at the lightboard is embedded into the camera HDMI outputs, which are routed by an SW2 HD 4K HDMI switcher to an Extron StudioStation® lecture capture system. StudioStation saves the recording as an mp4 file to internal memory and to the user's flash drive for "capture and carry" portability. A tap on a TouchPanel "Reset Room" button turns everything off automatically. To read the full ASU Belk Library Video Recording Room case study and watch the associated demo video, click here: ow.ly/ci6n50PLEcr @AppLibraries #EdTech #ExtronTechnology #AVTweeps #ProAV
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This large collage contains photographs of various indoor and outdoor activities at Camp Yonahlossee (Blowing Rock, N.C.) as well as group portraits and photographs of camp founders, Dr. Adam Perry and Margaret Kephart. One photograph is marked "1940."
This large collage contains photographs of various indoor and outdoor activities at Camp Yonahlossee (Blowing Rock, N.C.) as well as group portraits and photographs of camp founders, Dr. Adam Perry and Margaret Kephart. One photograph is marked "1940."

ALT This large collage contains photographs of various indoor and outdoor activities at Camp Yonahlossee (Blowing Rock, N.C.) as well as group portraits and photographs of camp founders, Dr. Adam Perry and Margaret Kephart. One photograph is marked "1940."

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Have you heard of vibrant green dyes used in 19th century book covers containing poisonous arsenic? Read our latest blog post about a recent analysis of @AppStateSCRC rare book holdings! bit.ly/3UqQQxx
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Two images show @AppState head football coach Jerry Moore in action in the 1993 season. (Photos by Appalachian State University Communications photographer Mike Rominger)
Appalachian State University head football coach Jerry Moore in 1993, wearing a headset.

ALT Appalachian State University head football coach Jerry Moore in 1993, wearing a headset.

Appalachian State University head football coach Jerry Moore in 1993, speaking into a headset.

ALT Appalachian State University head football coach Jerry Moore in 1993, speaking into a headset.

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It may look like a washing machine, but the equipment captured in this circa 1970 image from @AppState is a computer's direct access storage subsystem. A staff member is loading a disk pack, which had a maximum capacity of 7.2 megabytes. #ThrowbackTech #ThrowbackThursday
Description: This image shows the Computer Center at Appalachian State University (1967-current), circa 1970. The Center began in 1968 and was primarily used as a laboratory for the computer science courses, and for aiding University administrative offices. This image shows an employee loading a disk pack into a direct access storage subsystem. By 1974, Appalachian State was operating both an IBM 1130, introduced 1965, and a UNIVAC 9400, introduced 1969. Both IBM-compatible systems included disk drive units using a disk pack, a collection of platters or "heads" for storing data, with a maximum capacity of 7.2 megabytes. It was mounted on a common actuator which would read or write information to the disks. By 1976, they were operating UNIVAC Series 70/46 and 90/60

ALT Description: This image shows the Computer Center at Appalachian State University (1967-current), circa 1970. The Center began in 1968 and was primarily used as a laboratory for the computer science courses, and for aiding University administrative offices. This image shows an employee loading a disk pack into a direct access storage subsystem. By 1974, Appalachian State was operating both an IBM 1130, introduced 1965, and a UNIVAC 9400, introduced 1969. Both IBM-compatible systems included disk drive units using a disk pack, a collection of platters or "heads" for storing data, with a maximum capacity of 7.2 megabytes. It was mounted on a common actuator which would read or write information to the disks. By 1976, they were operating UNIVAC Series 70/46 and 90/60

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On the seventh day of #AppStateAdvent is a ride on Tweetsie! Tweetsie was the nickname given to the railroad that ran between Johnson City, TN and Boone, NC from 1918 to 1940. #Railroads#ETWNC#Tweetsie
This image shows three students from the Appalachian Training School (1903-1925) standing on the Linville River railroad tracks in the summer of 1923. The railroad, nicknamed the Tweetsie Railroad, ran from Johnson City, TN, to Boone, NC, from 1918 to 1940.

ALT This image shows three students from the Appalachian Training School (1903-1925) standing on the Linville River railroad tracks in the summer of 1923. The railroad, nicknamed the Tweetsie Railroad, ran from Johnson City, TN, to Boone, NC, from 1918 to 1940.

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On the fourth day of #AppStateAdvent we bring you the Appalachian State Ski team from 1987. The team was partially funded by the Alpine Ski Center and fundraising. It received no direct funding or endorsement from the University due to the risk of liability and injury…
This image shows one of the members of the Appalachian State ski club, the Alpine Ski Team, falling into the snow while skiing on a slope in 1987. Other skiers can be seen in the background. The ski team at Appalachian State first appeared during the 1969-1970 school year.

ALT This image shows one of the members of the Appalachian State ski club, the Alpine Ski Team, falling into the snow while skiing on a slope in 1987. Other skiers can be seen in the background. The ski team at Appalachian State first appeared during the 1969-1970 school year.

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Manuscripts inspire awe and wonder! Students in Dr. Alison Gulley's ENG 4825 medieval literature class learned how to interpret medieval manuscripts during their recent visit to Special Collections. #WisdomWednesday @EnglishAppState @AppLibraries
Students view manuscript leaves with their professor during a visit to Special Collections.

ALT Students view manuscript leaves with their professor during a visit to Special Collections.

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The spectral figures were, in fact, staff members wearing Halloween masks in the Office of Public Affairs and Development at Appalachian State University in October 1980.
The spectral figures were, in fact, staff members wearing Halloween masks in the Office of Public Affairs and Development at Appalachian State University in October 1980.

ALT The spectral figures were, in fact, staff members wearing Halloween masks in the Office of Public Affairs and Development at Appalachian State University in October 1980.

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University Libraries retweeted
Dr. Heather Norris@AppChancellor21 Oct 2022
Congratulations Dr. David Koppenhaver, recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity and Dr. Maggie Sugg, recipient of the Provost’s Award. These faculty and their superior contributions to their fields elevate our institution.
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Medieval Pop-Up Exhibit today! @AppState Sanford Hall, Room 102, 12-2. See cool items from Special Collections! @AppLibraries
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This circa 1978 photograph by art photographer Jack Jeffers captures a colorful autumn scene in West Virginia.
Circa 1978 photograph by art photographer Jack Jeffers of an autumn scene from West Virginia. Collection: Jack Jeffers Photography collection. Citation: Jeffers, Jack, “Western Virginia c1978,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed October 18, 2022, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/34368.

ALT Circa 1978 photograph by art photographer Jack Jeffers of an autumn scene from West Virginia. Collection: Jack Jeffers Photography collection. Citation: Jeffers, Jack, “Western Virginia c1978,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed October 18, 2022, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/34368.

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Special Collections will close early today at 3 pm due to this evening's football game.
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Two @AppState students model trendy fashion in this photograph from 1985. #FashionFriday #1980s
Two @AppState students model trendy fashion in this photograph from 1985 capturing campus life. Image by Mike Rominger, University Communication.

ALT Two @AppState students model trendy fashion in this photograph from 1985 capturing campus life. Image by Mike Rominger, University Communication.

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#AreYouReadyForWinter? This 1941-'42 photograph shows two women, probably on the campus of Appalachian State Teachers College, enjoying the brisk joys of a snowball toss amidst many inches of drifted accumulation.
Description: Photo depicts two women standing in many feet of snow, in front of a multi-story, brick building. (Mary D. Davis photographs collection, “Two Women Standing in Snow,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed September 26, 2022, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/46476)

ALT Description: Photo depicts two women standing in many feet of snow, in front of a multi-story, brick building. (Mary D. Davis photographs collection, “Two Women Standing in Snow,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed September 26, 2022, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/46476)

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Discovered these striking #endpapers while looking for something else! Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, translated and annotated by Herbert A. Giles. Boni and Liveright, 1925. #WeLoveEndpapers #Endoftheweekpapers
https://wncln.wncln.org/record=b3330071~S2

ALT https://wncln.wncln.org/record=b3330071~S2

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A campus life snapshot from Appalachian State Teachers College (now Appalachian State University) in the early 1930s. (From the Mary Elizabeth Hackney Collection).
Five women standing outside in front of a building (possible DauphBlan / Watauga women's residence hall, built 1929, demolished 1980), circa 1932. From the Mary Elizabeth Hackney Collection, UA 29.015).

ALT Five women standing outside in front of a building (possible DauphBlan / Watauga women's residence hall, built 1929, demolished 1980), circa 1932. From the Mary Elizabeth Hackney Collection, UA 29.015).

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University Libraries retweeted
Appalachian State@appstate6 Sep 2022
Happy Founders Day! Our annual fall celebration honors our founders and the first day of classes held in 1899 at Watauga Academy – the same school that flourished into the App State we know today. today.appstate.edu/founders-…
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Come see the 2007 @Appstate signed championship football at the Founders Day Poster Session! Stop by the University Archives table in the PSU Grandfather Ballroom. @AppLibraries
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