The atmosphere at the service counter can often get
overwhelming, but you cannot allow it to sidetrack you from keeping up-to-date
on everything that is going on in the Multimedia Center. Stay aware of
the activities that are scheduled in the three viewing rooms of the Multimedia
Center: the Forum Room, the Video Theater, and the Seminar Room (room 3746).
The Meeting Maker software program will help you stay on top of these
activities.
Meeting Maker is the software program that the Northwestern University
Library uses to organize, schedule, and plan its activities. The Multimedia
Center
maintains an up-to-date listing of all activities scheduled to occur
in
our rooms on Meeting Maker, so you should always have this program running
on the computer while you are working. In case you are unfamiliar
with how to get Meeting Maker started and how to use it, here's a brief
guide to help you out:
- Launch Meeting Maker from the icon, or see it minimized at the bottom
of the screen..
- You may see a prompt window labelled "Welcome to Meeting Maker". The
letters "mfac" should appear in the blank for "Name". You need to
enter "mfac" as the "password," followed by clicking on the "Sign-In" option
in order to proceed.
- Close the first window that opens up. You now need to bring
up the schedules of the three Multimedia Center viewing rooms:
- Drag down the menu labeled "Proxy."
- Scroll down the long list of proxies and highlight "NUL *3746
Seminar Room", "NUL *Forum Room", and "NUL *Video Theater" by holding
down the "Shift" key and using the mouse to click on these three
proxies. When all three have been highlighted, click on the "OK"
option.
- These three proxies should nicely organize themselves along small
columns on the screen. If this didn't happen and instead you have
a bunch of separate larger windows, you need to drag down the menu
labelled "View" and select the "Tile Daily" option.
- To access information
regarding which media needs to be shown for a particular
event, double click on the event and select the
"Notes" option in the event window. If the media is
from our collection, be sure to have it ready before the class
arrives. Watch for special
instructions in the NOTES field.
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- If Meeting Maker is not working properly and you cannot access
any of the room schedules, please contact Carol Anthony.
- If someone asks if they can schedule a viewing room, please
refer them to Carol Anthony. If full-time staff
members are not present, you may give them a Multimedia Center business
card and ask them to call or email the department. Business cards are
housed on the service counter in the business card holder. A full-time
staff member will get back to them.
