The Humanities Center's computing lab provides SHC-affiliated faculty and graduate students easy access to the tools necessary to produce digital content. It also serves as a comfortable presentation and meeting space for small groups.
All of the computers in the lab support network-based home directories. This means that home directories are stored centrally on our serverss so that users can log into any machine in the lab and have access to their same desktop and file system with all the data and preferences they have at any other shared machine. Users can also log in to multiple machines simultaneously and can easily access their files remotely.
Scanning
Scan and edit photos, documents, and 35 mm slides.
Slide Presentations
Learn PowerPoint or Keynote, and create slideshows for presentations, lectures, and lunch talks.
Digitization
Convert analog media—such as VHS tapes and cassettes—to digital media.
Website Editing
Access and edit your personal or other website, including research workshop websites.
Conferencing
Conduct video or voice-over-IP conferences, using HAL cameras, headphones, and microphones.
GIS
Learn the basics of ESRI ArcGIS software by completing free online training courses offered to the Stanford community.
Video Editing and DVD Authoring
Cut and edit scenes, create a title sequence or add subtitles for your digital video media using Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express or iMovie.
« Whitney and Jason solving problems in the Humanities Center's computing lab.
Experience has shown that simply
automating existing methodologies and practices is not the most
effective use of technology; it is necessary to fundamentally rethink
how research is conducted in light of new technological
capabilities.
Daniel E. Atkins et al., Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of
the National Science Foundation Blue-Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure