16 AV Installations from 2018 That AV Integration Firms Can Learn From

Tech Refresh Key in Campus Plans

At the University of Richmond, a nationally ranked liberal arts university that has made a significant investment in digital classroom technology, the Telecommunications and Media Services and Support department supports the ever-expanding AV needs of more than 160 classrooms. Additionally, the department oversees another 80 AV-empowered, non-classroom campus spaces.

“In addition to developing technology solutions in support of campus renovation projects, or newly constructed spaces, we have a five-year strategy for refreshing technology in classrooms, and we’re also finding ourselves doing more rooms, with more displays,” said Doug West, assistant vice president for telecommunications, media services and support, user services, and academic computing services in the University of Richmond’s Information Services division.

“We look for AV products that scale with us as our classroom environments grow more complex. Once we find something that works well, we tend to scale pretty quickly.”

The team also wanted to find vendors with sufficiently broad offerings to match their varying project needs. This was especially true in the AV switching and distribution area, where requirements can vary greatly based on room size, I/O needs and other architectural factors.