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Piloting Interactive Exhibits in the Academic Research Library
Erin Fletcher, Exhibits CoordinatorMeris Mandernach, Associate Professor, Research Services
The Ohio State University Libraries
Arnab Nandi, Assistant Professor, CSEAlex Oliszewski, Assistant Professor, ACCAD/Theater
Virtual Symposium on Information & Technology in the Arts & Humanities
PRESENTATION – ERIN FLETCHER, MERIS MANDERNACH, ARNAB NANDI, & ALEX
OLISZEWSKI
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYPiloting interactive exhibits in the academic research library
SPONSORED BY ASIS&T SIG-AH & SIG-VIS
HOSTED BY SJSU ASIS&T
Piloting Interactive Exhibits in the Academic Research Library
Erin Fletcher, Exhibits CoordinatorMeris Mandernach, Associate Professor, Research Services
The Ohio State University Libraries
Arnab Nandi, Assistant Professor, CSEAlex Oliszewski, Assistant Professor, ACCAD/Theater
Description of the ExhibitThe Invisible library: A Forest of Information (August-December 2014) http://go.osu.edu/invisiblelibrary
Exhibits as a means of engagement
• Building library-faculty partnerships– Library context– Genesis of the project– Design Influences– Collaboration Process– Interdisciplinary Research– Future Directions
Description of the Exhibit
Library Landscape
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
Design Influences
Utterback & Achituv, 1999Text Rain http://camilleutterback.com/projects/text-rain/
Walker WordsWorth http://exhibits.library.vanderbilt.edu/wordsworth.html
Bailey & Back, 2014Code4Lib
Project Team
Erin Fletcher, University Libraries Meris Mandernach, University Libraries
Alex Oliszewski, ACCAD/ TheaterArnab Nandi, Computer Science Engineering
Early Concepts
URL Hitsproxy.lib.ohio-state.edu 942993smallcontent.ebsco-content.com 729153library.osu.edu 690610osu.worldcat.org 459164largecontent.ebsco-content.com 402832content.ebscohost.com 401549www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 372185web.a.ebscohost.com 366462web.b.ebscohost.com 349412proquest.safaribooksonline.com 280182static1.worldcat.org 228273www.jstor.org 209575site.ebrary.com 203771www.sciencedirect.com 196198nf4hr2ve4v.search.serialssolutions.com 182891www.uptodate.com 156436
Top proxy log hits from April 2014.
Collaboration Process
Interdisciplinary Research
Installation Day: Explaining the exhibit to library administrators
Description of the ExhibitPodium
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
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?”
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.”
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/
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
Questions?
• #InvisibleLibrary• http://go.osu.edu/invisiblelibrary
• Contact Info:– Erin Fletcher ([email protected])– Meris Mandernach ([email protected])– Arnab Nandi ([email protected])– Alex Oliszewski ([email protected])
Virtual Symposium on Information & Technology in the Arts & Humanities
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