student kiosks in the library – guided autonomy
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Mini- Grant presentation for SUNY UlsterTRANSCRIPT
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.
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