Edtechkat

 From Web4lib

I had requested info last week on systems for booking or reserving study rooms via the web.

In addition to these that I mentioned before,

* paper and pen signup
* in-house programming
* III Millennium module http://www.iii.com/mill/circ.shtml
* ExLibris Voyager Media booking module
http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/Voyager
* E-vanced solutions http://www.e-vancedsolutions.com/
* EventKeeper http://www.eventkeeper.com/
* Meeting Room booking system http://sourceforge.net/projects/mrbs/
* Netsimplicity Meeting Room Manager
http://www.netsimplicity.com/products/mrm/webscheduling.asp

Kind folks also contributed:

* Microsoft Outlook calendar function
* PHPScheduleIt http://www.php.brickhost.com/
* PeopleCube http://www.peoplecube.com/
* Astor
* WUBS (http://sourceforge.net/projects/wubs/)
* Google calendar

Meeting Room Booking System was the most popular system, in terms of numbers of libraries using it and expressed enthusiasm.

Thanks much!
Elena
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Elena O’Malley, Assistant Director for Technology and Access Services Emerson College Library, Boston, MA 02116

Jeff Tresziak from McMaster Library has just toured UK academic libraries with 20 other directors of Canadian research libaries.

A quote he liked from a presentation by JISC - “When simple change becomes transformational change, the desire for continuity becomes a dysfunctional mirage”.

The trends he spotted were:

1) Re-inventing physical spaces

2) Emphasizing the undergraduate experience (recruitment, retention, skills, employability, widening participation, achievement, etc.)

3) Partnering with faculty/graduates in teaching, learning and research

4) De-emphasizing print collections

5) Mass digitization