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Hi Jeremy, I'll work on the video if you like. I can help otherwise too. Currently I've made reservations to come down Sunday. Perhaps I'll need to come down a day earlier. What do you guys need help on? Regarding video, what I would love to do is use software that can combine video, desktop, and sound. Last year, the best option that was suggested (by Alan Darnell) was Wirecast by Vara Software (http://www.varasoftware.com/products/wirecast/download.html). It is primarily for web casting (which could be an option), but it combines multiple cameras and desktop capture, and it archives too. This archive could be titled and converted to postable formats. Does the conference have $450 that can be spared for it? Could OSU donate it? Or, would your library want a copy? It could be used year after year. I've downloaded the demo this morning, and have my video camera. I'll make a spoof with it and see what we can do. For it to work right, we'd need two machines for people to use (windows / mac.) There is a remote client that people can add to their own laptops, making a video stream available to the server. That might work, but then again it might be too much of a pain for the 5 minutes between talks. Or, we'd have to set everyone up ahead of time. Ideally there'd be a pc/mac for me (or whoever was in charge of video) to sit at that was the server. Then I would direct, basically, what is cast, switching between views. I can dig for more options if that doesn't sound good. Also, I don't know if I have the time, but I'd like to do the 2007 video mashup that I never accomplished last year. That could be shown at the opening, or otherwise. Or we could combine slideshows of last year's images, add this year's images for those who want to add them. Shouldn't be too hard to do. Regards, Noel Noel Peden Pierce Library System Administrator [log in to unmask] 541.962.3017 How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality. - Norman Douglas