Advertise on Library Digital Signage

Want to advertise your upcoming event, service, or resource in the library? There are digital monitors in Innis, Mills and Thode Libraries where such advertisements may be posted for you. See all the details below.

Fall 2021 Update: Innis Library is currently closed due to construction, so images will only be displayed in Mills and Thode.

Submit a request to advertise in the library

Requirements

Requirements

General

  1. Only non-commercial or non profit-generating requests are permitted.
    • Fundraising is considered profit-generating.
  2. McMaster-affiliated groups only.
  3. Proper licenses/permissions required for all photos, artwork and other materials.
  4. A two to three week lead-time is required. Images submitted under 7 days for an event may be denied.
  5. Requests submitted after 5pm or on weekends or holidays will be reviewed on the next business day (Mon-Fri only) in submission sequence.
  6. Preference is given to library-related content and advertising of academic events, programs, University messages, etc.
  7. Ads are posted for one month per term, max.
  8. Ads with typos/poor grammar will not be accepted.

File Specifications

  • Acceptable file formats: PNG or JPG only.
    • PDFs or other file formats do not work with our monitor system.
  • Dimensions: 1920 x 1080 pixels (landscape, widescreen)
  • Resolution: 72 dpi

Related Spaces

Locations

Advertisement Locations

The following monitors will show advertisements for non-Library groups:

  • Mills Library
    • 1st floor lobby (across from main entrance)
    • 2nd floor, large monitor inside Learning Commons
    • 2nd floor, monitor in the middle of the floor near washrooms/Learning Commons 
  • Thode Library
    • 1st floor, lobby area

Advertisements submitted from groups outside the Library will be posted to all of the above monitors.

The following monitors are only available for departments and groups within the Library and are unavailable to non-Library groups:

  • Mills Library
    • 1st floor, two vertical monitors at the Library Services Desk (Library only)
    • 1st floor, Sherman Centre media wall (Sherman Centre only)
    • 4th floor, Lyons New Media Centre, all monitors (Lyons only, limited Library ads)
  • Thode Library
    • lower level, MakerSpace (MakerSpace only)
  • All libraries
    • computer desktops in all three libraries

Tutorials & Help

Tutorials & Help

Adobe Photoshop is available in the Lyons New Media Centre if you do not have access to it in your own office.The following help file goes into a very basic set of steps to set up a new graphic in Photoshop, for use on the digital signage monitors across campus, and how to save it as a final image. For more help with Photoshop, please consult Lynda.com (all McMaster users have access to this) or visit the Lyons New Media Centre team for assistance.

Design in Photoshop, the Word version | Design in Photoshop, the PDF version

GIMP is a free graphics program that is often touted as a Photoshop alternative. It is cross-platform (Windows, Mac and Linux), and is free. The following help file is a quick guide to help you set up and export your new campus advertising image in GIMP.

Design in GIMP, the Word version | Design in GIMP, the PDF version

This help file walks users through how to set up a page in MS Publisher 2016 so that it is the correct size for campus monitors. Once a page has been resized correctly, the only other thing you need is to know how to save the finished product as an image, which is also covered in this file.

Design in MS Publisher 2016, the Word version | Design in MS Publisher 2016, the PDF version

Need more help than what you see here? There are resources on campus for you. The Lyons New Media Centre has special media editing hardware and software (Adobe Creative Cloud) available to all current McMaster users, as well as teaching resources to help you learn how to make your designs for digital signage.

Also available to current McMaster students, staff and faculty: