Visualizing and Making at NC State’s Hunt Library

Kelvin Smith Library 2014 Digital Scholarship Colloquium
Visualizing and Making at NC State’s Hunt Library
Josh Boyer, Head of User Experience, North Carolina State University
11/6/2014

NCSU Libraries’ new focus on visualization and maker technologies has created opportunities for librarians to work with faculty to teach students in novel ways. The new Hunt Library features large-scale visualization spaces. The large screens have enabled faculty to present their research in new ways, interact with data, and assign students to create visually compelling presentations. The 3D printers in Hunt Library’s Makerspace have enabled students to build prototypes, especially useful for engineers’ senior design projects. The Makerspace has also facilitated the creation of a tactile map for the blind, and a class project to build a large 3D scanner.