The Nelson Public Library will soon be able to help you with a range of new services. Although sinking into the pages of an adventure tale or biography is still a big part of their offering, digital literacy is one of their priorities as well. Over $85,000 from the Columbia Basin Trust will help upgrade the technology that’s available to residents. Chief librarian Tracey Therrien is excited to launch the digitization station in the coming months.
“So one of the stations will be a digitization station. That will allow people to digitize all sorts of items; photos, CDs, vinyl albums, video. Anything you can think of that you want digitized, you should be able to here at the library.”
Audio recording equipment will also be available that will enable people to make a podcast or use a green screen and video camera. If residents want to edit photos or audio, a computer with that software will also be set up. Therrien hopes to have the new technology available as soon as possible, but estimates it will take a few months. The library will have to be reconfigured so some extent as well to make room.
Being able to expose people to new technology is important, says Therrien. Libraries throughout the province have been providing this sort of service, with recording rooms and musical instruments even available on loan in Vancouver.