IDEA Labs

By appointment only.

Our IDEA Labs will let you:

Innovate
Discover
Experience and
Achieve!

Library IDEA Labs and Maker Equipment are provided to Lansing Library Cardholders in good standing who are in 6th Grade or older.  View the complete policy.

Reservations may be made online.

We recommend bringing your own storage device or creating a cloud storage account to save your projects. Files saved to the library's computers are deleted upon logout.

Audio IDEA Lab
Create, record, edit, transfer audio cassette to digital.
Attend a Zoom interview, compose your music, record a podcast, and more.

Equipment

• Windows Computer with keyboard & mouse
• Blue Yeti Microphone with stand, pop filter & windscreen
• Audio Technica ATH-M50X Headsets
• Ion Tape Express USB Digital Tape Recorder
• Logitech c922 Webcam
• LED Video Conference Light
• Launchkey 49 Midi Keyboard with various software
  • Learn more
• MIDI Thru-6 box
• USB to MIDI cable

Software

• Audacity
• iTunes
• Microsoft Office
• OBS
• Skype
• Streamlabs
• VLC media player
• Zoom
• Printing is available to the Youth Dept. printer. at a cost of 15¢ per page.

Video IDEA Lab
Create, record, edit, add voiceovers, create logos, websites and more!
Edit photos, create animations & make your project come to life!
Transfer analog video (VHS) to digital.

Equipment

• iMac Computer with regular keyboard and Logic Pro Keyboard
• Windows Computer with keyboard & mouse
• Blue Yeti Microphone with stand, pop filter & windscreen
• Audio Technica ATH-M50X Headset
• Panasonic HC-VX981 4K Video Camera
• Tripod
• Green Screen background
• Wacom Drawing Tablet
• Logitech c922 Webcam
• LED Video Conference Light
• LG USB DVD-R Drive
• Apple USB Super Drive (CD/DVD-R drive)
• Elgato Video Capture
• Emerson EW44018 Video Cassette Player (VHS)
• Lighting Kit with diffusers & tripods
• LED Video Lights with color filters & tripods

Software (Windows)

• Acrobat Reader
• iTunes
• Microsoft Office
• OBS
• OpenShot Video Editor
• Prism Video Converter
• Skype
• Streamlabs
• VLC media player
• Zoom
• Printing is available to the Youth Dept. printer. at a cost of 15¢ per page.

Software (iMac)

• Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (View tutorials here to learn how to use these programs!)
  • Acrobat Pro
  • Acrobat Reader
  • Adobe Scan
  • Adobe Spark
  • Aero
  • After Effects
  • Animate
  • Audition
  • Bridge
  • Capture
  • Character Animator
  • Dimension
  • Dreamweaver
  • Fill & Sign
  • Fresco
  • Illustrator
  • InCopy
  • InDesign
  • Lightroom
  • Lightroom Classic
  • Lightroom Web
  • Media Encoder
  • Microsoft Office 2021
  • Photoshop
  • Photoshop Camera
  • Photoshop Express
  • Prelude
  • Premiere Pro
  • Premiere Rush
  • XD
• FinalCut Pro
• Garageband
• iMovie
• Storyboard template
• Zoom
• Printing is available to the Youth Dept. printer. at a cost of 15¢ per page.

Royalty-Free Music Sources, so you don't get banned by YouTube!

Bensound
https://www.bensound.com/

Free Music Archive
https://freemusicarchive.org/

Creative Commons Sources, check the licenses before use.

Creative Commons

https://creativecommons.org/

Tribe of Noise

https://www.tribeofnoise.com/

File your own Copyright or Trademark

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office