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Co-presentation given with Tod Colegrove at Internet Librarian in 2011 on the @One eReader Bar within the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center at the University of Nevada, Reno.
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The @One eReader bar: Apple inspired, library designed
Lisa Kurt, Emerging Technologies Librarian, University of Nevada, Reno
Tod Colegrove, Head of DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library, University of Nevada, Reno
Great idea!
Available online: http://jarvisslacks.com/2011/01/05/the-rhetorical-situation-where-do-ideas-come-from/
Why apple?
Available online: http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/apple-store.jpg
Why apple?
Available online: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=811341
Temple vs. user engagement
Available online: http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/media/galleries/philosophy/philosophy_gallery.htm
"A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas...”
The Need for Continuity-Norman Cousins
ALA Bulletin vol.48, no.9 Oct. 1954
Time for…
Photo by jenni from the block on flickr cc license Attribution
Libguides
First iteration: beginning of April 2011
How we succeeded + FAILED
Awesome teamwork!
but underwhelming result…
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Second iteration: mid-April 2011
Promos!
Over a 3-day period, 1 out of 37 through the gate went “hands-on” with at least one of the devices.
How we mostly succeeded!
http://youtu.be/RoJ_ejRlO-M
How we succeeded
How we succeeded and FAILED
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Where we wanted to go
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Where we were…
Third/Fourth iterations
How we succeeded
27.7% increase in length of ave. encounter30.6% increase in gate count ratio
http://youtu.be/YzCYIwwr7mE
and how we FAILED…
The Future!
Twitter: @[email protected]://www.lisakurt.com
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/lisakurt/unr-knowledge-center-one-ereader-bar-9718384
Thank you!
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