The
Information Arcade offers University of Iowa students, faculty and
staff access to a wide variety of resources: multimedia software and
equipment, digital media, instructional software, and print reference
books and periodicals relating to technology. Information Arcade staff
and librarians assist clients in identifying, locating, and learning
how to use these resources. The Information Arcade includes:
- A networked, dual-platform (Mac and Windows) 24-station computer classroom where faculty and staff teach courses that take advantage of interactive learning materials and techniques.
- A 24-station wireless laptop classroom, allowing flexible seating in a hands-on learning environment.
- Macintosh and Windows stations for creating digital multimedia. These stations, accommodating single users and small groups, have peripheral hardware including slide scanners, film scanners (35mm, 4x5), and flatbed scanners, as well as equipment for digitizing LPs and cassette, VHS, and miniDV tapes.
- In-house reference items including software manuals and technology journals.
- Circulating items including multimedia CD-ROMs and miniDV camcorders.
Established in 1992, the Information Arcade is an advanced facility for using electronic information and multimedia for teaching, research, and independent learning. Honored in 1994 as the ALA/Meckler Library of the Future, the Information Arcade strives to realize an ambitious vision for the future of information resources and services in libraries.