Provo City Library opens audio, video recording studio
Creative Lab Technician Westin Cross speaks as he teaches attendees how to use different features of the lab during an informational class in the Basement Creative Lab on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at the Provo City Library. Isaac Hale, Daily Herald
Nora Goodwin, 11, sits beside her mother, Kristin, both of Provo, as Creative Lab Technician Westin Cross explains how to use on of the lab's video cameras during an informational class in the Basement Creative Lab on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at the Provo City Library. Isaac Hale, Daily Herald
Creative Lab Technician Westin Cross speaks as he teaches attendees how to use different features of the lab during an informational class in the Basement Creative Lab on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at the Provo City Library. Isaac Hale, Daily Herald
Creative Lab Technician Westin Cross explains how to use one of the lab's lights as he changes the light's color temperature during an informational class in the Basement Creative Lab on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at the Provo City Library. Isaac Hale, Daily Herald
Attendees, as seen from within the control room, listen to how to use different features of the lab during an informational class in the Basement Creative Lab on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at the Provo City Library. Isaac Hale, Daily Herald
Gene Nielsen, director of the Provo City Library, is using every inch of the building to help residents get the most out of their library experience.
A few years ago, Nielsen opened the fourth floor attic and added a new exhibit hall for traveling exhibits. Now, it’s the basement’s turn.
What was once a storage room in a basement hallway is now a small-scale audiovisual production studio in the Basement Creative Lab.
The new audiovisual production studio space, located off the west side of the underground parking, is available to Provo residents for sound and video recording.
According to a press release, “The mission of the Basement Creative Lab is primarily educational; it is a place for residents to learn and practice video and audio production skills.”
With a host of cameras, lights, microphones and other equipment available to them, Provo residents can create a variety of media projects in the lab.
The library also offers GoPro camera kits to use outside the library. The new room also has two brand-new multimedia editing stations with Adobe Creative Cloud and other editing software.
Nielsen indicated that the facility is exclusively for Provo residents ages 13 and up. Children younger than 13 may use the lab if they are part of a library program, or accompanied by an adult.
There is no charge to use the facility, its equipment, and the multimedia editing stations. All classes are also free.
“Anyone who wishes to use the studio must take ‘Introduction to Studio Production,’ taught weekly at the library. This applies to all users, regardless of their stated level of experience,” according to Nielsen.
The studio and circulating equipment operate on a reservation system. To make sure that the most people possible have access to the studio, users and user groups are limited to eight hours of studio time per month and may only have one reservation scheduled at a time.
Nielsen indicated that funds for the ongoing operation of the Basement Creative Lab will come from the library’s budget.
Construction costs were supplemented by Provo’s recreation, arts and parks, or RAP, tax.
“Equipment for the lab was purchased through the Community Library Enhancement Fund from the Utah State Library,” Nielsen said.
For more information, visit www.provolibrary.com/basement-creative-lab.
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