[lstac] Fwd: [PLD-L] Request for help - short survey

[Wendy Cornelisen]

One of our rural library systems was selected as a student project for
Georgia Tech! Can you complete and share the survey request with your
networks?

Thanks,

Wendy Cornelisen
Assistant State Librarian
404-272-6170


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Short version: We've partnered with the GM HMI Lab at Georgia Tech (
https://id.gatech.edu/research/gm-hmi-lab) to develop a more affordable
version of the awesome mobile library vehicles that others have recently
deployed. Will you help by completing this survey and forwarding it to your
staff and other contacts?

https://gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dcAsz0MR89ysa5o

Details: Coastal Plains Regional Library System is working with a group of
students from the Georgia Tech GM HMI Lab (
https://id.gatech.edu/research/gm-hmi-lab) to design a mobile outreach
vehicle (TechMobile) that will allow us to expand services beyond the walls
of our libraries. This team of students from Georgia Tech chose our project
to give them real-world experience at researching a problem, analyzing a
concept, conducting a needs assessment, and designing a solution. This
project will help the students build practical skills for their future
career paths while providing the library with valuable information that we
would struggle to get on our own, hopefully, a win-win for all involved.

The end result of this collaboration should be a solid vehicle plan,
including all the necessary specs, that we can then take to a local
up-fitter to build. We know a bookmobile/mobile outreach vehicle industry
already exists but none of those solutions are anywhere near our price
range. Also, to help students learn the process from inception to
completion, they will conduct needs assessments, send out community
surveys, and gather other relevant data to support their project.

Our proposal is attached and I'm happy to provide more information about
the selection process if you'd like. We anticipate great success for
Library Anywhere over the first year, leading to the need for a more
comprehensive service delivery point in the near future.  We want to be
ready to move to the next step when that time comes.

If you'd like to help, please complete the survey:
https://gatech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dcAsz0MR89ysa5o

Thanks in advance for your interest and support of these students and our
library system.

Sincerely,

Sandy

Sandy Hester
Director
Coastal Plain Regional Library System - serving Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook,
Irwin, Tift, and Turner Counties
2014 Chestnut Avenue
Tifton, GA 31794
(229) 386-3400 - main; (229) 386-3661 - direct
www.cprl.org

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