Information
- Category:
- Internet & Technology -
- Description:
- .....................
As the university sets out to create a visionary framework for the next 20 years of campus development, the USC Libraries are pleased to announce an opportunity for students to participate in defining tomorrow’s library. The Library of the Future contest invites teams of imaginative student futurists to envision the library of 2025 and win awards in 2007.
What will library buildings look like in 2025? Will they resemble traditional library architecture? How will you, a... (read more) - Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public to the USC network.
Officers
- Tiffany
- Student Representative
- Jonathan
- Multimedia Specialist
Basic Info
- Name:
- L i B r a R y of the F u T U r e
- Category:
- Internet & Technology -
- Description:
- .....................
As the university sets out to create a visionary framework for the next 20 years of campus development, the USC Libraries are pleased to announce an opportunity for students to participate in defining tomorrow’s library. The Library of the Future contest invites teams of imaginative student futurists to envision the library of 2025 and win awards in 2007.
What will library buildings look like in 2025? Will they resemble traditional library architecture? How will you, a... (read more) - Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public to the USC network.
Contact Info
- Email:
- tbukowsk@usc.edu
- Website:
- http://www.usc.edu/libraries/future
- Office:
- USC Libraries
Recent News
- News:
- *********************************
Team Acer Takes the Grand Prize
Anisha Agarwal, Anupam Jain, Anuradha Mohan, and Anamika Singla of Team Acer won the grand prize in the Library of the Future contest.
Visit www.usc.edu/libraries/future to see the entries of the three winning teams.
*********************************
Awards Ceremony on Friday, October 12
See how your friends envisioned the library of the future at 1:30 p.m. in the Times Reference Room on the first floor of Doheny Library.
The finalists will unveil their visions of tomorrow's library and join a discussion with audience members and our contest judges: USC School of Architecture professor Christoph Kapeller, online news producer Jenn McBride from CBS 2 and KCAL 9, and Dean Catherine Quinlan of the USC Libraries.
*********************************
New Prize Details
The Friends of the USC Libraries announced new prize information this week. The grand prize trip to the Bay area now includes $250 in spending money for each team member (up to $1000 total). Airfare and hotel accommodations for four will be provided by Southwest Airlines and Holiday Inn Express respectively.
The second prize is one $250 Visa gift card per team member (up to $1000 total), and the third prize is one $100 Visa gift card per team member (up to $400 total).
**********************************
Leavey Library is now offering new multimedia tools and workspaces to help with your Library of the Future contest entries.
See the USC News article for details:
http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/13773.html
**********************************
How to Get Started
1. Go to the sign up page:
http://dotsx2.usc.edu:3003/sessions/new
We won’t spam you. We’ll just share updates and ideas as the Library of the Future contest progresses.
2. Assemble your team. Each group must consist of two to four students who are now and will be actively enrolled in October, 2007. Each team also must include members from at least two academic disciplines. For example, if you have a two-member team, you can have one engineering student and one architecture major, but not two engineering students. If you have a team of three, you can have two English majors and a business major, but not three English majors.
Keep checking www.usc.edu/libraries/future for helpful links and teambuilding ideas.
3. Speculate, predict, and envision. The content of your entry is limited only in that it must address the form, technology, and social aspects of the library of the future. The format must be a three-minute (maximum) multimedia presentation.
You can illustrate. You can animate still photographs. You can use full-motion, live-action video. You can use computer-generated graphics. The only requirement is that your final entry must be submitted to the panel in the form of a digital-video file playable on a standard Mac or PC.
The USC Libraries have many tools at your disposal to help create your entry, including digital-video cameras, sound equipment, and other tools available through the Leavey Library Multimedia Commons. Between now and September, we'll let you know about additional resources your team can use to build your presentation.
4. Finish by the deadline. Your entry must be submitted by September 28, 2007 to allow our panel time to choose finalists for the Parents Weekend ceremony. On Parents Weekend, three finalist teams will present their entries in person and answer questions from the panel, who will choose the winning team immediately following the presentations.
5. Enjoy the prizes and add "Winner of the USC Libraries Library of the Future Contest" to your resume. First place is an all-expenses-paid trip for four to the USC-Cal Berkeley weekender game. And yes, if your team has only two members, you still win a trip for four. Second- and third-place cash prizes remain to be determined.
***************************************