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Circulating Technology and Student Accessible Emerging TechnologiesUniversity of Memphis Resources
Cody BehlesEmerging Technologies Librarian@cbehles, [email protected]
What We Circulate
The Bigger Picture Why We Circulate What We Circulate:
“The campus of the future will be increasingly connected and collaborative, and the library can be the community center and beta test kitchen for new forms of interdisciplinary inquiry.”
Brian Sinclair, “The University Library as Incubator of Digital Scholarship”
Serving Interdisciplinary Community Requires Engagement of Entire Student Body
Circulating resources serve as a litmus test for future services
Challenges To Implementation Policies and Cataloging
Each new item requires a special variation on circulation policies and the introduction of new item types
Deprecation and DestructionConcerns over introducing objects that were transient in nature, or that would require high levels of maintenance
Threshold of TrainingProviding resources which require an uncommon set of pre-existing knowledge
Consumable ConsiderationsProviding resources which require material acquisition on the part of the patron
3D Lab
The 3D Lab Student-only, self-service resource Free to students including training in basic CAD programming Currently used by: Engineering Tech, Theater,
Instructional Design, Mathematics, Architecture
The Resources 2 Makerbot 5th Generation Replicators 1 Makerbot Digitizer 1 Dell Optiplex Lab Cost: ~$10,000
Future-Facing Integrated Services
Probably Not This Libraries provide access to resources which are otherwise inaccessible to individuals
The range of services provided should reflect the interests of the entire community being served
The librarian serves as a gatewatcher to these resources, guiding patrons and drawing connections between resources and services
More Likely This
