Drones and LibrariesDrones and LibrariesIs the Future now, or simply the Future?Is the Future now, or simply the Future?
What are Drones, anyway?
Are these Drones?
Defined • An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV),
commonly known as a drone and also referred by several other names is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may be controlled either autonomously by onboard computers or by the remote control of a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle
What are some uses for Drones?• Aerial Photography• Movie/Music Industry• Farming/Agriculture• Building and Equipment inspections• Education• Sport
Movie/Music Industry
Farming/Agriculture
Waypoints for autonomous Flight
Inspections
Education
Sport .
Drones and the Future
Legal Issues
Section 333
Privacy Issues
Quit Droning on, what about Libraries ?
• Drone lending program• Makerspace • Education• Library tour• Meeting space / Drone clubs
Makerspace
Education
Drone Club
What are your ideas?
Resources• Drones and Libraries
– http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/future/trends/drones – http://www.centerdigitaled.com/k-12/Drone-Design-Program-Flies-Students-Toward-STEM-Careers.html– http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/21/us/college-lends-drones-to-students/– http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/what-are-the-strangest-things-libraries-lend-drones– http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/– https://www.faa.gov/uas/legislative_programs/section_333/– https://www.faa.gov/uas/regulations_policies/– http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/getting-a-drone-s-eye-view-of-the-toronto-reference-library-1.2770472
• Thank you!• Gary Browning• Twitter: @Gary_TheTech• [email protected]
