trln research hubs seminar: ncsu libraries steve morris interim associate director for the digital...
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TRLN Research Hubs Seminar:NCSU Libraries
Steve MorrisInterim Associate Director for the Digital Library
November 4, 2014
Collaboration SpacesFaculty Research Commons Graduate Student Commons
Group Study Rooms
• Adaptable furniture• Collaborative computing• Video conferencing• Abundant options
Creation Spaces
• Video editing/production• Audio production• Video conferencing• Makerspace• Capture, review, edit, share
Visualization and Brainstorming SpacesTeaching & Viz Lab Creativity Studio
Visualization Studio
• Teaching & research• Technology R&D• Immersive environments• Simulation• Active collaboration
Large scale Interactive Display SpacesGaming Lab
iPearl Immersion Theater
• Game research• Simulation & visualization• Presentation• Data analysis & problem solving
• Service points• Ask Us (single service point) at Hill and Hunt
• Special Collections, Makerspace (new)
• Supported spaces (e.g.)• High tech spaces (Viz, collaborative, gaming, …)
• Faculty and Graduate Commons
• Digital Media Lab and media production facilities
• Specialized workstations (GIS, gaming and development)
• Behind the scenes and by consultation (e.g.)• Copyright and Digital Scholarship
• Digital repository (scholarly pubs, ETDs, tech reports)
• Data management planning
• Render farm, display wall content creation
Spokes and Mini-hubs
• Ask Us: Blended support by 3 departments• Coordination between public services staff and
technology staff on support of spaces• Cross-departmental team for review of requests for
high tech spaces• Internal teams
• Research Data Committee
• Visualization Services Team
• MicroTile Content Programming Team
• Technology Partnerships Team
• Etc.
Library organizational model
• Geospatial: OIT, Natural Resources• Site licenses, training, data server, community
• Visualization: RENCI, Design, Engineering• RENCI staff, community, Hunt/Hill tech spaces
• Gaming: Digital Games Research Center• Gaming Lab design, Studio class project
• Digital Humanities: Humanities & Soc. Sci.• Visualization Studio (Hill), community, signature projects
• Makerspaces• Community
Campus partnerships: Examples
• Increased reliance on student workers• Single service point (Ask Us)
• Makerspace
• Technology support for high tech spaces
• Digital media production
• Application development in support of spaces
• Tiered and blended support for technology spaces• Public services staff on front lines, consulting, hosting
• Technology support as needed
• Need a process for saying “No”
• Still a work in progress
Staffing for support of spaces
• “We’re all public services now”• IT Department: Academic Technology
• Digital Library Initiatives: DH, Visualization, Digital Media
• Collection Management: Research Data Management
• Incubating new services and new roles (retooling)• Research Data Committee
• Visualization Services Team
Evolving Roles in Research Support (1)
• New functionally-focused positions• Academic Technology Librarian (IT)
• Director of Visualization Services (DLI)
• Digital Research & Scholarship Librarian (DLI)
• Director of Research Data Services (Coll. Management)
• Research Librarian for Science Informatics (Nat. Res.)
• Emerging roles• Statistical analysis
• Data wrangling
• Text mining
• Measuring impact
Evolving Roles in Research Support (2)
• User convenience, one-stop shopping• Immediate proximity for referral• Consolidated faculty/grad/undergrad services• Crossroads for serendipitous interactions• Visibility, advertisement, “Social proof”• Centralized support
Advantages of a Central Hub
• Reservable consultation space• High end computer, software (GIS, viz, stats)• Both private and visible• “Social proof” and advertising
• Mini-theater• 30-50 seat space• Community programming
• Coffee and Viz seminar series• Workshops
DH Hill Faculty Research Commons
New DH Hill Makerspace
Space for workshops
3D Printers, soldering irons, and other tools
Visitor space
• Physical space: distributed mini-hubs and spokes• Staff shifting into new functional roles• More staff/departments publicly facing• New virtual research hub• Use digital canvases and spaces to spur interaction• DH Hill as setting for new experimentation• Adaptation of innovations Hunt > Hill > Hunt > Hill …
Conclusion