Mini-Grant Presentation

April 11, 2012

*Student Kiosks In the Library – Guided Autonomy

*Change in way users access

technology on campus

*Student user name and password required for any computer activity - Spring ‘09

*Kiosk Scenarios

*Student needs to reset their password

*Student needs to do a quick check of the library catalog

*Student needs to look at the bookstore information on course materials

*Student needs to borrow a textbook that is on reserve but does not know the name of the book

*Student needs to be shown where a building is on campus

*Directional Question Statistics

September through December for each year

2008 2009 2010 2011

701 655 861 797

*Library Activity Statistics

On-site Library Activity

Summary of fall library gate counts

'07-'08 '08-'09 '09-'10 '10-'11

September 10470 12730.5 16752 19361

October 8989 13183 15525 14559

November 8394 10517 11663 15221

Fall Totals 27,853 36,431 44,540* 49,141

*Numbers include estimates for 4 weeks during the fall due to power outages.

*Anecdotal Information

*Much easier to work with students at the Kiosk

*No login is required

*Students can be independent after the first interaction

*Possible additions

*Library Tour

Library Tour

Library Assessment Project - This summer analyzing questions asked at reference & circulation desks during the spring semester. How do we efficiently answer the most frequently asked questions.

*Extended t other Campus

Departments

*The project was expanded by seven additional workstations.

*Two Ncomputing units were added to Student Accounts –used by students to pay their student bills

*Five Ncomputing workstations were used to replace the aging Dell computers in the writing center. These are used a full workstations.

Susan Knox 1875-1959Reading in the Garden

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