MITH occupies approximately 2500 square feet on the basement level of McKeldin Library. The physical space is designed to support the work ethic at MITH, encouraging collaboration while providing the protected personal space necessary for intensive individual work.

The space includes offices for the Director and MITH’s administrative staff, a conference room with a full-sized laptop-ready seminar table, a coffeehouse lounge colorfully decorated and furnished (and fitted out with real coffee as well as a vintage Apple II computer and selection of 1980s computer games), cubicles and workstations for Fellows and graduate assistants, a tabletop area dubbed “laptop row” that is open to all as communal workspace, and a reception desk. The whole area is served by a University of Maryland WiFi signal.

MITH is home to a wide range of computing technology designed to facilitate new media scholarship. Our current hardware inventory includes Macintosh, Windows, and Linux workstations, several scanning stations, and a video editing station. We also maintain an extensive software library, including such packages as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Final Cut Professional, oXygen, X-Metal, and Microsoft Office for both Windows and Macintosh.