The Coastal Plains Regional Library System in Georgia has 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?

 

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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