One of the greatest benefits of the Internet to academia has been the ability to quickly and cheaply share information with colleagues across the world, from research papers to recorded lectures. As you may know, the Law School has been recording and podcasting many of its big events – the Coase Lecture, the Chicago's Best Ideas Series, lectures by Alberto Gonzales and Justice Stephen Breyer, and so on – for quite a few years now (if you'd like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do so by pointing the podcatcher of your choice here, or subscribe via iTunes). But there's always so much going on here that we couldn't possibly cover everything. So students and faculty should take advantage of the wide variety of options available for audio and video recording on campus in order to preserve and share lectures, conferences, and other events. The Law School IT department has a small number of recording devices that you can use; you can schedule your event with them using this online form. Alternatively, you can rent equipment from the Audio-Visual Services department of NSIT's Academic Technologies division. Or you might consider contacting the Chicago Media Initiatives Group, which draws on a pool of talented student filmmakers to create professional-looking video presentations for a modest fee, and can then distribute them over a wide range of new media networks. They'll provide you with a audio and/or video file that you can add directly to a website -- let the downloads begin!