About the Robertson Media Center

The Robertson Media Center opened in September 1999, supported by a generous grant by Timothy B. and Lisa Nelson Robertson.

Offering a full array of analog and digital media collections and services, the RMC provides expertise, equipment and resources for the use and development of media materials in instruction and research. The center features tinted windows, directed lighting, small-group viewing rooms, full-sized classrooms and carrels designed exclusively for video viewing and studying various forms of media. Users of the center will find a trained staff ready to assist with questions or to check out materials from the library's growing collection of audio, video and CD-based media.

Also located in the center is the Digital Media Lab, which has existed in many previous incarnations: the Digital Image Center, the Digital Media and Music Center, the Digital Media Center, and as the New Media Center of ITC (Information Technology and Computing). The lab offers a full range of digital media services, including slide and flatbed scanning, digital audio/video capture and editing, desktop publishing, technical instruction and more.

The Robertson Media Center was made possible through a $1.2 million gift from Timothy B. Robertson, a 1977 University alumnus and member of the Board of Visitors, and his wife, Lisa Nelson Robertson, of Virginia Beach. Timothy Robertson is manager of Bay Shore Enterprises and former president and chief executive officer of International Family Entertainment. Their gift also endowed the Robertson Chair in Media Studies, which led to the development of the Media Studies program.