Date
Attendees
Matt, Tobi, Camille, Kelee, Jim, Sara, Gabe, Nick
Agenda
- New and notable
- Camille had news on two Maker Space items
- The Mobile Maker Space cart has been approved and is being assembled. It includes a 3D scanner, 3D printer, a button maker, a t-shirt maker (although this is being delayed at the moment), and a tool kit.
- Discussions about a permanent Maker Space are underway, including funding and location (speculatively room 112 - the CIT lab on the first floor).
- Nick mentioned the work he has been doing on a Data Dashboard, an app that will bring together all of our gathered data so that we can look at it in real-time and under different configurations.
- Gabe mentioned a microsoft wireless display adapter that allows wireless connectivity to an LCD screen from a Windows or android device. http://www.cnet.com/products/microsoft-wireless-display-adapter-2016/ Discussion continued about buying one. Budgets will be checked to see if they can bear the $60 cost.
- Camille had news on two Maker Space items
- Review Assigned Action Items from January 2016 meeting
- Sara E. reported that it is 98% likely that we will have the money to implement the ipad-in-the-elevators plan, and should know by next month's MaLT meeting.
- Nick was able to make some tracking records for reservations made by the ipads outside the One-Button Studio, the Interview Room, and Room 282 (the Hive). It is highly likely that in the last three weeks, there were 32 instances of made reservations from the ipads. In that same three-week period there were 69 reservations between the three spaces (31 Interview, 28 One-Button, 10 Hive). This may indicate that 46% of the reservations were made from the ipads. Nick wants to develop further testing to see if the 32 instances are really LibCal reservations.
- Tobi brought numbers for the graduate room reservations, which are in high demand with ~900 reservations per semester.
- Camille commented that CUL bought 100 LibCal licenses. She also noted that the current LibCal license is expired. So why does it Libcal still work?
- Discuss our priorities for 2016
- We brainstormed about having a major focus for the year. A likely candidate is our overall digital signage plan. We currently have several instances of digital signage but no overall comprehensive strategy. The group generally liked the idea of using the Big Touch as some sort of central dispenser of information. Sara E. suggested that if we undertake this goal, then we as a group need to be responsible for its implementation, and act as more than mere coordinators. Jim, Gabe, and Matt agreed to investigate using the interactive gallery display to highlight one or two of our rare books.
- Update on Mann website (Sara, Tobi, Nick) - tabled until next month
- Brainstorming around upcoming instruction (Kelee and Jim) - Jim and Kelee asked if taught classes in Stone Classroom and 160 can be recorded. They can, but the video and audio is not optimal. Depending on where the instructor is standing, the video may not capture the speaker. However, screen capture (powerpoint and web browsing) and audio can be captured. Gabe and Matt agreed to look into camera/audio renovation/upgrades to see if a more ideal situation can be created.
Action items
- All of us will arrive with our departmental digital signage needs/desires/dreams
- Gabe and Matt will look at improving the Stone Classroom teaching sessions recording
- Jim, Matt, and Gabe will talk about putting a page-turning digital rare book on an interactive display
- Jim will talk with Eveline and Karl about producing content for the interactive display
- Camille will investigate why LibCal is still functioning even after the license has expired, and how long we can expect it to continue working
- Tobi will get gate counts for Jim to see if there is a correlation between increased traffic and increased reference desk questions.
- Nick will continue working on tracking the ipad reservations.