The Library Research Contest Reinvented Darby Orcutt, Collection Management Cindy Levine, Research and Information Services Markus Wust, Digital Library Initiatives North Carolina State University Libraries
Goals ●Incentivizing students to learn and use library collections and technologies, ●Increased student participation in new, high- tech library spaces, and ●Student research outputs that would provide strong, ready-made programming content (e.g., for MicroTile displays).
Criteria ●Originality of research ●Appropriate use of digital formats ●Creative presentation
Short of Time, From the Beginning...
Planning on Multiple Fronts ●Establishing the structure for the contest ●Publicity/encouraging participation ●Interacting with potential participants (helping them, and learning from them)
Logo ●Public domain images are good ●A good logo goes a long way
Conversations with Faculty 18th century instructors special programs (honors) faculty with multimedia interests
Cool 18th Century Information Sources
Old Bailey Demonstrator API
Locating London’s Past
Consulting with Students ●Had interest from: ○grad and undergrad ○groups and individuals ○class-related and class-independent
Technology Support ●Asked students to use technology in projects ●How to address need for technology support?
Technology Support ●Not enough time to teach technologies, but point to resources and strategies ●Librarians participated in two class sessions
In-Class Support Session 1: ●Overview of library tech lending program ●Available support through technology consultations
In-Class Support Session 2: ●Available technologies for multimedia creation, timelines and mapping ●Strategies for acquiring technology skills ●Available library support ●Project organization
Technology Support ●Final class project presentation (Fall 2014) and competition project demo (Spring 2015) in D.H. Hill Visualization Studio ●Helped with setting up room
Technology Support: Lesson ●Keep things simple: ●Students may not have the level of technical knowledge you expect. ●Introduce them to simple, user-friendly technologies that they can use to build their projects.
Other Competition Goals ●Gaining experience with competitions ●Code+Art competition ran simultaneously ●Providing technology support for classes ●How can it be done in a scalable manner?
Grand Prize Winner
Honorable Mention
Next Competition ●Topic: Food, Clothing and Shelter ●Interdisciplinary: ●Food Science, History of Food, Agriculture ●Design, Textiles ●Architecture, Engineering
Thank You! Darby Orcutt: Cindy Levine: Markus Wust: