Studio 1    |  Studio Kids

Phased Reopening Plan

Updated August 3: The Barrington Area Library welcomes customers back into Studio 1! Our staff will work with you to get the assistance that you need, but at this time 1:1 appointments and extended help in Studio 1 is not available. If you have any questions, please contact digitalservices@balibrary.org and for support with the professional creative software in the digital studio, please see our digital studios tutorials, or visit LinkedIn Learning. 

Individuals and groups grade 8 and below are allowed to use Studio 1 while Studio Kids is out of service.

Located on the first floor in the Business & Technology Center, Studio 1 is a great place to work on digital projects for work, school, or home. Whether you want to use Photoshop, play with our green screen, make a new musical composition, or work with one of the many pieces of hardware & software, Studio 1 has the tools you need. To learn what you can make in Studio 1 try our digital studios tutorials or begin with one of our getting started guides:

Reserve Studio 1

Barrington Area Library cardholders grades 9 and up can make a reservation for up to four people to use Studio 1, for 2 hours, up to seven days in advance. Renewals are allowed if no other customers have existing reservations. Need help getting started in Studio 1? E-mail: digitalservices@balibrary.org

studio 1 procedures

The studio is open to individuals going into 9th grade and older to work on projects requiring the use of the equipment.

• Studio 1 has a limit of four people

• Reservations may be made one week in advance by Barrington Area Library cardholders.

• All Barrington Area Library cardholders, including those in grades 8 and below, may use Studio 1 while Studio Kids is being repaired.

• Cardholders from other libraries may use the space on a walk-in basis for one hour at a time. An extension is allowed if no other customers have a reservation. 

• The studio may be reserved for a maximum of 2 hours. An extension is allowed if no other customers have a reservation.

• Reservations will be held for 10 minutes, after which the entire period reserved will be forfeited.

• Room capacity: Four

Apple MacPro with 24" monitor	Blue Yeti Professional Mic Not currently Available
Bose Companion 2 Speakers	Canon Canoscan
Cassette Converter	Kingston Memory Card Reader
M-Track Plus Not Currently Available	Blu Ray/DVD Burner
Sennheiser Headphones Not Currently Available	Wacom Tablet Not Currently Available

software

Adobe Creative Cloud

Additional Software

Final Cut Pro
Aperture 3
Logic

equipment for checkout

Barrington cardholders can check out the following digital studio equipment for up to one week.
Instructions for the VHS to Digital Transfer Kit: Instructions for PC or Instructions for Mac. To burn the digital file(s) to DVD please use - Instructions to Burn a DVD on a Mac