Barker Media Room

The media room seats 15-18 comfortably and is located on the 5th floor of the Barker Library. It is great for:

Presentations: suitable for small group presentations – helpful for practicing too!
Video-conferencing: initiate or attend a video-conference via an H.323 compatible system (IP video-conferencing); see Quick and Easy Guide to Video conferencing (pdf)
Group viewing: use for small group viewings of web-accessible seminars, lectures, and other video material available through MIT World, OCW, and non-MIT sites or for viewing items from Barker’s collection of engineering-related DVDs and videos where permitted by copyright law (see below for additional copyright information)

See also: Quick and Easy Guide to Using the Barker Media Room (pdf) for more useful information.

To reserve the room – see: Reserve a group study room

48″ plasma screen with MIT Cable
DVD/VCR player
Laptop hook-up (to TV & speakers)
Wireless, as well as wired internet access
Video-conferencing: Tandberg 880, IP address: 18.90.3.107; system is H.323 compatible (IP video-conferencing) and can only be used with other H.323 systems – see: Quick and Easy Guide to Video Conferencing (pdf) for complete details.

Use of media is subject to copyright law:

Items with public performance rights (PPR) may be viewed by groups greater than four (4) people.
Items without public performance rights may be viewed:
- By groups greater than four (4) people if for a course and instructor, guest lecturer, or teaching assistant (TA) is present
- By up to four (4) people otherwise