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Instructional Media Services
A Division of Computing, Communications, and Media Services
West Annex: Library North, First Floor and Basement
East Annex: Speech Arts, Rooms 156-89
(559) 278-2674
Instructional Media Services (IMS) provides complete graphic, photographic,
and imaging services for the enhancement of the university's academic program.
IMS is a Division of Computing, Communications, and Media Services.
The division's goal focuses on the desire to create a complementary arrangement
for the implementation of media-based curriculum materials, while providing
support for the institution in the pursuit of its educational duties.
In conjunction with the Art, Industrial Technology, and Mass Communication
and Journalism departments, students may develop practical production skills
thanks to the hands-on laboratory experiences offered within IMS's facilities.
Under the supervision of faculty and professional staff, students produce
a variety of materials for extra-departmental classroom instruction and
the university's community service activities. Depending upon their interest
and aptitude, students may participate in any of the following services
typically provided by educational, corporate, and governmental media or
telecommunication centers.
Photo - Graphics
Materials that cannot be acquired from existing sources are designed and
developed internally within the division.
Photography. In the photography studio and darkrooms, the photographer
produces black-and-white and color slides and prints, studio portraits,
and still-life photos. In addition, he may duplicate slides, make black-and-white
halftones, presentation slides, line-copy duplications, and copystand photos.
Graphics. Whether a project requires a simple single-color layout
or a complex multi-color design to communicate a message, the IMS graphic
artists are capable of producing them. The graphic arts facility includes
computers and the latest graphics and word processing software. The staff
provides design, illustration, production of camera-ready materials for
forms, brochures, journals, newsletters, business cards, graphs, displays,
signs, and artwork for slides, plus a variety of other pre-press production
services.
Video Production. Original television programs are produced utilizing
advanced location, studio and postproduction techniques for viewing in classes,
on local cable channels, and on broadcast television stations across the
country. Additional production facilities are available for faculty and
students to record lectures, presentations and other instructional experiences.
Other services include off-air and off-satellite recording, interactive
two-way videoconferencing, and satellite teleconferencing.
Classroom Services. Audiovisual equipment, color TV monitors and
VCRs are available for delivery to classrooms throughout the university.
A closed-circuit television system also provides for program delivery to
selected campus facilities.
Distance Education. Selected classes originating on this campus are
broadcast live on an Instructional Television Fixed Services (ITFS) channel
to various sites throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Students at the 18 receiving
locations watch ITFS broadcasts and interact with the campus class via telephone
hookup.
Technical Support. IMS provides an in-house repair service for most
television and audiovisual equipment located on campus.
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