1. Piloting Interactive Exhibits in the Academic Research Library Erin Fletcher, Exhibits Coordinator Meris Mandernach, Associate Professor, Research Services The Ohio State University Libraries Arnab Nandi, Assistant Professor, CSE Alex Oliszewski, Assistant Professor, ACCAD/Theater

2. Virtual Symposium on Information & Technology in the Arts & Humanities PRESENTATION – ERIN FLETCHER, MERIS MANDERNACH, ARNAB NANDI, & ALEX OLISZEWSKI OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Piloting interactive exhibits in the academic research library SPONSORED BY ASIS&T SIG-AH & SIG-VIS HOSTED BY SJSU ASIS&T

3. Piloting Interactive Exhibits in the Academic Research Library Erin Fletcher, Exhibits Coordinator Meris Mandernach, Associate Professor, Research Services The Ohio State University Libraries Arnab Nandi, Assistant Professor, CSE Alex Oliszewski, Assistant Professor, ACCAD/Theater

4. Description of the Exhibit The Invisible library: A Forest of Information (August-December 2014) http://go.osu.edu/invisiblelibrary http://go.osu.edu/invisiblelibrary

5. Exhibits as a means of engagement Building library-faculty partnerships – Library context – Genesis of the project – Design Influences – Collaboration Process – Interdisciplinary Research – Future Directions

6. Description of the Exhibit

7. Library Landscape

8. Project Genesis and Goals Highlighting research areas Hidden aspects of research Interactive, visually appealing products Pilot a non-traditional exhibit format in Library Partner with faculty to highlight interactive research Showcase hidden research pathways

9. Design Influences Utterback & Achituv, 1999 Text Rain http://camilleutterback.com/projects/text-rain/ http://camilleutterback.com/projects/text-rain Walker WordsWorth http://exhibits.library.vanderbilt.edu/wordsworth.html http://exhibits.library.vanderbilt.edu/wordsworth.html Bailey & Back, 2014 Code4Lib

10. Project Team Erin Fletcher, University Libraries Meris Mandernach, University Libraries Alex Oliszewski, ACCAD/ Theater Arnab Nandi, Computer Science Engineering

11. Early Concepts URLHits proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu942993 smallcontent.ebsco-content.com729153 library.osu.edu690610 osu.worldcat.org459164 largecontent.ebsco-content.com402832 content.ebscohost.com401549 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov372185 web.a.ebscohost.com366462 web.b.ebscohost.com349412 proquest.safaribooksonline.com280182 static1.worldcat.org228273 www.jstor.org209575 site.ebrary.com203771 www.sciencedirect.com196198 nf4hr2ve4v.search.serialssolutions.com182891 www.uptodate.com156436 Top proxy log hits from April 2014.

12. Collaboration Process

13. Interdisciplinary Research Installation Day: Explaining the exhibit to library administrators

14. Description of the Exhibit Podium

15. Exhibit Impact Statistics 1523 unique interactions (lasting 30 sec) No promotion, not tied to curriculum – Regular gallery exhibit: 1000-2000 visitors/3 months; 10-20 people/day. – Thompson Library traffic is 4K-10K visitors/day

16. Exhibit Impact Quotes – “I really appreciate this more artful representation of data.” – “This is so much cooler than a tag cloud.” – “I really like it. I want to see where this goes.” -Dean of College of Arts and Sciences – “How would my daughter be able to study here and work on this kind of project?”

17. Exhibit Impact (B sides) Alex took the exhibit to the grand opening for ACCAD’s new building: Woman was standing looking at the interactive display and spilled a glass of water down the front of her dress – the entire glass of water – upon him offering her a napkin she said, “No, this is much too interesting. I want to see and hear the rest of the description of the project.”

18. Future Directions http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/03/12/ted-vancouver-sculpture-janet- echelman_n_4949155.html http://thelantern.com/2013/11/ohio-state-student-project-illuminate- campus-building/

19. Impact on Exhibits Programs at OSUL Exhibits evolving to include interactivity Feedback from Administrators – Interactivity – Possibilities for Faculty Collaboration – Infrastructure limitations – Non-permanent installations – NEW idea Visual Research Process

20. Questions? #InvisibleLibrary http://go.osu.edu/invisiblelibrary Contact Info: – Erin Fletcher (fletcher.301@osu.edu)fletcher.301@osu.edu – Meris Mandernach (mandernach.1@osu.edu)mandernach.1@osu.edu – Arnab Nandi (nandi.9@osu.edu)nandi.9@osu.edu – Alex Oliszewski (oliszewski.1@osu.edu)oliszewski.1@osu.edu

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