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Academic Media Production Services (AMPS)
9-250
amps-info@mit.edu
617.253.9366
http://web.mit.edu/amps

Academic Media Production Services is the main educational technology production and service department supporting MIT's academic initiatives. AMPS services include: design (graphic, instructional, and classroom facilities); production (videography, website construction, media coordination, file compression, teleconferencing and videoconferencing, video editing, audio processing, webcasting, CD-ROM and DVD authoring and duplication); testing (quality assurance, usability, accessibility); support planning; and deployment.

AMPS / MIT Video Productions
9-415
mitvideo@mit.edu
617.253.7603
http://web.mit.edu/amps/facilities/video.html

MIT Video Productions is the on-campus resource for the production of educational, promotional, and research video programs. Services also include distance education delivery, video conferencing, multi-media production including CD/DVD authoring, and media link connectivity - electronically linking MIT experts to journalists throughout the world.


Conference Services Office
12-156
conferences-www@mit.edu
617.253.1700
http://web.mit.edu/conferences/

The Conference Services Office offers professional conference planning assistance, from budget development to selection and coordination of facilities, menus, and related support services. Trained coordinators work with all on-campus auxiliary services and outside vendors to support on-campus events. Professional registration staff is also available to set up mail-in or web-based registration, process payments, provide customized weekly reporting, and staff on-site check-in and information booths. A management fee is assessed based on the anticipated size and extent of the services provided.


Information Services & Technology / Adaptive Technology for
Information and Computing (ATIC)
7-143
atic@mit.edu
617.253.7808
http://web.mit.edu/atic/www/

The ATIC Lab's mission is to provide IT services to those MIT students and staff members who have disabilities and to encourage the integration of adaptive technologies into campus-wide computing solutions. A representative from the ATIC Lab is available to conduct accessibility tests of websites and software products in various stages of development.

Information Services & Technology / Usability Services
N42
usability@mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/ist/usability/

IS&T's usability services encompass techniques for use throughout the web development cycle. From providing guidance in user-centered design principles to user research and testing, either in the N42 lab or in the field, usability services are designed to be flexible to meet your needs.

Information Services & Technology / Web Communications Services (IST/DCAD)
E28 and N42
web-consult@mit.edu
617.253.3500
http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/consulting/web.html

This service of Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD) provides strategic consulting and business needs analysis to enhance MIT web initiatives. Drawing on their knowledge of business, online strategies, and MIT best practices, DCAD helps clients reach their business goals by facilitating web project definition, design, production, and maintenance. DCAD collaborates with PSB, as well as with other MIT partners and outside vendors, to develop solutions that are cost-effective and well positioned for long-term success. For more information on creating web communications, refer to the online reference guide at http://web.mit.edu/ist/web/reference/.

Mail Services
WW15
mailsvc@mit.edu
617.253.6000
http://web.mit.edu/facilities/www/mail/

Mail Services is a full-service mail operation. In addition to advising on ways to reduce costs and meet postal regulations, services include folding, inserting, tabbing, addressing, and mailing within the MIT community or throughout the world.

MIT Copy Technology Centers
ctc-www@mit.edu
Main Campus 11-004
617.253.2806
East Campus E52-045
617.253.5203
Stratton Student Center W20-102
617.258.0859
http://web.mit.edu/ctc/www/

MIT Copy Technology Centers provide full-service copying and electronic printing at three convenient on-campus locations. Services include a campus copier program, black and white and color production output, full bindery, media service centers, and free pick up and delivery.

MIT News Office
11-400
newsoffice@mit.edu
617.253.2700
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/

The MIT News Office offers a variety of ways for the media and other interested parties to obtain and distribute information about MIT research, academic news, and events on campus. MIT community members with upcoming news stories and events are invited to contact the News Office via their online form or by emailing newsoffice@mit.edu.

Publishing Services Bureau (PSB)
E28-100
psb@mit.edu
617.258.9380
http://web.mit.edu/psb/

PSB is a team of communications professionals with expertise in strategic planning, graphic design, content development, scheduling, budget development, and print and web production. From brochures to stationery, posters to websites, we can offer crucial support in planning, developing, producing and managing your project. We can refer you to a variety of skilled vendors, including designers, writers, programmers, printers, and photographers. PSB collaborates with MIT's Web Communications Services (WCS) on all web projects to provide integrated solutions for your communications.

MIT communications forums
MIT Editors' Club
Elizabeth Thomson, Chair
11-400
thomson@mit.edu
617.258.5402

MIT Editors' Club is a group of over 100 people from around the Institute who are involved or interested in MIT communications. The group meets once a month in the News Office from 12-1 p.m. The group also corresponds via an internal MIT electronic mail list that allows members to help each other with communications questions. Contact Elizabeth to become a member.

School of Engineering Communicators
Catherine Avril, Chair
1-211
cavril@mit.edu
617.253.9411

The School of Engineering Communicators is a group of approximately 80 people who handle a variety of aspects of communications as part of their jobs. The range includes newsletters, web sites, graduate materials, events, media outreach, video, and public relations. The group aims to build community within the School and share resources to support everyone's efforts, meeting aproximately once a month on topics of practical application. Members also communicate through an email listserv. Administratively, most are within the School of Engineering, but the group also includes members who work closely with Engineering faculty and/or students.

 

 

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