May 2009 - Sound & Communications

“Just last week, we had several casestried here. It’s very fortunate for us. Wevideo-capture these to some extent andshow them online. At www.1dca.org,you’ll see some of our courtroom andother courtroom archives, as well.”Other Rooms,Other SpacesThere are several manufacturersand types of monitors in the install.PCS’ Wagoner explained, “At the timewe put in Panasonic 65-inch plasmas,there’s wasn’t any such thing as a 65-inch LCD. They just didn’t have themthat big. Decisions were made inmeetings and budgetary talks. At thattime, the plasmas were less than halfthe price of LCDs, so there were somecompromises made. In a few locations,it was just due to budget.”Panasonic 50-inch and 65-inch plasmasare extensively used in variouscommon areas and entrance pointswithin the law school building. Themonitors provide informational newsrelated to the school. They’re installedin the lobby, atrium, library and variouslocations on the fifth floor. In addition,there are Mitsubishi LCDs at twoentry points in the parking garage.Bell emphasized that all the AVequippedrooms are “fully involvedand technologically complete. And,by that, I mean they have presentationequipment you can actually use,ranging from a single projector to dualprojectors, DVD and VHS players,computers, integrated sound systemswith desk mics and in-room cameras.We can actually video-capture and sendimages to a data center to use as a fileformat for podcasting. It’s very complete.”There’ll be more on this later.New Design ModelThe aforementioned IDEO designfirm sought to create a new designmodel of legal education at FCSL thatcombined the traditional law schooleducational process with one in whichthe faculty is accessible to students.That concept resulted in creating collaborativestudent and faculty spaces.Thus, “knowledge bars” with interac-44 Sound & Communicationswww.soundandcommunications.com