Jolt the Library by Tim Leonard

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Jolt the Library

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Presentation from the NoWAL Conference 2015 on Lancaster University Library's Jolt the Library project to find innovative student ideas for the Library.

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Interdepartmental collaboration to enable student innovation at Lancaster University Library

Lancaster University Library

Refurbishment

Due for completion Lent term 2016

Identifying trends and technology that can enhance the student experience

For more on the Innovation Hub see: http://innovationhub.lancaster.ac.uk/
or follow @InnovationHubLU on Twitter: https://twitter.com/InnovationHubLU

Assembling the team

Diverse roles, skills & experience

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Planning

Developing our message

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Get help

Make the most of lovely people

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Go

Launched November 2014

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Social media, print, face-to-face

Get the full story of our communications campaign at https://storify.com/LancasterUniLib/lujolt

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Shortlisting

Time consuming & challenging to schedule
Criteria didn't allow for quick elimination
People didn't read the brief

We marked ideas for:
Impact on Student Experience
Detail
Originality
Feasibility

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The finalists

Three Undergrads and Three Postgraduates from Business & Management, Design and Engineering

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Mentoring Opportunity

Michelle Hua, Wearable Tech Entrepreneur

Find out more about Michelle at:
https://about.me/michellehua

Follow Michelle on Twitter at:
https://twitter.com/madewithglove

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Preparation

Photo by Sylvain Mercier

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The final

Our finalist pitched their ideas to an independent panel of judges - the Library had no input as to the winning idea!

Video from the final at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwBlL-fYX7rycUJQeGpVSVJmRXM/view?usp=shari...

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