1. Echo Smartpens
by Emily Correa, Blue Ridge Community College
Coming soon to the Houff Library, we will be loaning students
Echo Smartpens to sync audio with class lectures and meetings.
Faculty can also use them to create additional learning aids for
students. The pens even have translation and music features!
2. Fully Charged!
by Jennifer Culley,
The University of Southern
Mississippi
It’s important to stay
connected, especially for
patrons on the go. To do this,
patrons must always stay
Fully Charged!
This device charges cell-
phones, iPods/mp3 players,
iPads/Tablets, no need to
remember a charger.
3. Summer Sizzler
Reception
Brings out the
Dogs (and Cats!)
by Andrea L. Williams,
Midwestern State University
This is a poster with an
alumna of the university
promoting both pet
adoption and neutering and
spaying. Her group also
appeared at the summer
reception on this topic.
4. Halloween
Safety with
the Sheriff’s
Department
by Jennifer Daugherty,
New Hanover County Public Library
Our library created a multi-media lab with a green screen,
camera, and software such as Camtasia. Our local Sheriff’s
department used the lab to make a public service
announcement about Halloween safety. The lab can be
“checked out” by patrons and also has the ability for them to
make Skype calls.
5. Innovative
Partnerships
Drive
Innovative
Services
by Scott Walter,
DePaul University
The DePaul University
Library promotes innovation in library services by seeking
out and supporting innovative partnerships. Working with
faculty, student services, administrators, and community
members, librarians are at the center of innovation in
teaching, learning, scholarship, and service at DePaul.
6. Turning Digital Collections into
Physical (and Delicious) Library
Outreach.
By Kate Hill, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
This is our second annual Vintage Viand’s event. Library staff
make recipes from our digitized collection of cookbooks. The
campus is invited to come taste test and learn about our unique
collections.