All Projects
Projects on this page represent a selection of the work that Libraries staff do. We are proud to share over 100 of our projects, from building apps to student outreach to user research, though not all our endeavors are represented here.
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| Electronic Resources and Services Focus Group Interviews (1997–98) | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Web Survey (2004) | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| The Inaugural Collegiate Game Jam | Digital Media App and Tool Development Teaching and Learning Student Work Belonging and Wellbeing |
Learning Spaces & Services Finance & Business Information Technology User Experience Libraries Communications Operations, Logistics, & Environments Non-Library Faculty Development |
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| Speed Walk-through: Home Page Search Options and Search Collections | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Pretest for ATII and NGML Focus Groups | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Next Generation MyLibrary: Focus Groups | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| MultiSearch Think-Aloud Usability Study | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Communication, Publications, and Marketing Web Redesign Card Sort (May 2004) | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Access to the Collections: Focus Group, Faculty Participants (2004) | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Quick Search: Usability Study, Round 1 (2005) | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Libraries Web Site Redesign: Usability Study, Round 1 (2005) | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Maker Studio: Survey + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Learning Spaces & Services |
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| Find Articles: Usability Study | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Libraries Web Site Redesign: Usability Study, Round 2 (2006) | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Endeca Catalog: Usability Study, Round 1 | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Search TRLN: Focus Groups, Phase 1 | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Course Views: Focus Groups (2007) | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Interviews about the Libraries Web Site with Libraries Staff | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Search TRLN: Usability Studies, Phase 2 | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Giving to the Libraries: A Web Site User Study | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Endeca Catalog Usability Study, Round 2 | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Course Views: Focus Group (2008) | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Summon Usability Testing | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Persona Interviews for Web Site Redesign | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Website Navigation Usability Testing | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| GIS Data Download and Search: Advanced User Focus Group | User Research and Assessment Geospatial (GIS) |
User Experience Data Science Services |
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| Collection Guides (Finding Aids) Usability Study of Novice Users | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| GroupFinder Focus Groups and Usability Study | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Implementing Dark Mode on the Libraries Website | User Research and Assessment Web and Interface Design |
User Experience | |
| Student perspectives on belonging in the NC State University Libraries and Community Centers | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Access Services |
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| Love or Breakup Letter Study | User Research and Assessment Outreach |
User Experience Libraries Communications Acquisitions & Discovery Learning Spaces & Services |
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| Building Faculty Communities that Support Scholarly Communication | Faculty Engagement | Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Flash Futures Writing Workshop | Outreach Student Work Teaching and Learning |
Open Knowledge Center Non-Library Faculty |
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| Social media survey and talkback boards | User Research and Assessment Outreach |
Libraries Communications User Experience William Rand Kenan, Jr. Library of Veterinary Medicine |
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| King & the Klan: a Visual Experience | Digital Media Collections and Archives Scholarly Communication Exhibits Faculty Engagement Community History |
Collections & Research Engagement Collections & Research Engagement |
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| Tripsaver Interlibrary Loan Rebranding: Survey and Interviews | User Research and Assessment Access and Discovery |
Access Services User Experience |
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| Family Backpack Kits at the Libraries | Outreach | Collections & Research Engagement Access Services Learning Spaces & Services Community Engagement |
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| Resource Discovery Basics + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment Access and Discovery |
User Experience Acquisitions & Discovery William Rand Kenan, Jr. Library of Veterinary Medicine Collections & Research Engagement |
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| University History Walking Tour Videos | Outreach Collections and Archives Digital Media Community History |
Special Collections Research Center Libraries Communications Learning Spaces & Services |
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| Faculty Research Commons Study | User Research and Assessment Faculty Engagement |
Collections & Research Engagement User Experience |
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| Beavers: Ecosystem Engineers on Campus | Visualization Outreach |
Open Knowledge Center Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| VML Diary Study | Space Design and Tools User Research and Assessment |
User Experience William Rand Kenan, Jr. Library of Veterinary Medicine |
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| Exploring the Ethics of Autonomous Vehicles through Immersive Virtual Reality in the Cyma Rubin Visualization Gallery | Visualization Open Research Emerging Technologies |
Collections & Research Engagement Learning Spaces & Services |
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| Voices of the Russell School | Collections and Archives Digital Media Outreach Teaching and Learning Community History Exhibits |
Collections & Research Engagement Non-Library Faculty Learning Spaces & Services |
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| How we recruit participants for user research | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| The Pop-Up Library: A Curated Collection for Events | Access and Discovery Outreach Reference Services |
Access Services Open Knowledge Center |
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| Study Rooms Observational Study | User Research and Assessment Space Design and Tools |
User Experience | |
| Designing the Special Collections Research Center's homepage | Web and Interface Design | User Experience Special Collections Research Center |
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| Data Experience Lab (DXL) Discoverability Study + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Data Science Services |
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| Student Experience Survey: Fall 2023 | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Access Services |
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| PrideFest Exhibit for LGBTQ+ History Month | Student Work Outreach Community History Exhibits |
Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Explore Our Devices: User Interface | Access and Discovery Web and Interface Design |
User Experience Access Services Libraries Communications |
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| Databases usability study | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| Homepage Redesign 2023: Surveys, Usability Testing, and Tiny Cafés | User Research and Assessment Web and Interface Design |
User Experience Libraries Communications |
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| Survey on Libraries furniture and spaces | User Research and Assessment Space Design and Tools |
Access Services User Experience Acquisitions & Discovery |
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| Annonatate Usability Study | User Research and Assessment App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) User Experience |
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| “Good Bets” usability study | User Research and Assessment | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Access Services Acquisitions & Discovery User Experience |
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| Aquarium: Ambient Experience for Large Displays | Student Work Visualization Exhibits Belonging and Wellbeing |
Learning Spaces & Services | |
| Graphic Narratives: The Bayeux Embroidery as Visual History | Teaching and Learning Student Work |
Collections & Research Engagement Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| Visualization Spaces Development Kit for Unity Game Engine | Digital Media Outreach Space Design and Tools Student Work Teaching and Learning Visualization App and Tool Development |
Collections & Research Engagement Learning Spaces & Services |
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| Survey on Libraries desktop computer use | User Research and Assessment | Information Technology Learning Spaces & Services User Experience |
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| Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions Open Course Library | Scholarly Communication Teaching and Learning Open Education |
Collections & Research Engagement Acquisitions & Discovery |
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| Card sort for virtual reality, digital media, and “maker” activities + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment | Learning Spaces & Services Acquisitions & Discovery User Experience |
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| Readability Widget + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment App and Tool Development |
User Experience | |
| Hall of GIFs | Collections and Archives Digital Media Exhibits |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Learning Spaces & Services |
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| "Mason": An Adventure Platforming Game for the Visualization Studio | Digital Media Student Work |
Learning Spaces & Services Collections & Research Engagement |
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| Beyond the Barricades, Reimagined | Digital Media Student Work Teaching and Learning Visualization Exhibits |
Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Digital Field Trips: Viking Graffiti in Neolithic Orkney | Teaching and Learning | Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Collatz Conjecture | Visualization Exhibits |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Showcasing Student Creativity via Holograms | Outreach Student Work Visualization Emerging Technologies Digital Media |
Learning Spaces & Services | |
| Videorama | Digital Media App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Learning Spaces & Services |
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| In the Writing: Personal Letters of African American Leaders from the Mark E. Mitchell Collection | Digital Media Space Design and Tools Student Work Exhibits |
Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Student Experience Survey, Spring 2022 | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Textbook Program | Access and Discovery Teaching and Learning |
Collections & Research Engagement Access Services Acquisitions & Discovery |
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| Increasing the Public Impact of Research (pilot) | Open Research Scholarly Communication Faculty Engagement |
Open Knowledge Center | |
| Futurama, Autogeddon | Open Research Scholarly Communication |
Open Knowledge Center Acquisitions & Discovery |
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| Surveying Students About Email Communications | User Research and Assessment | Access Services Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) User Experience |
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| Technology Lending Survey | User Research and Assessment Access and Discovery |
Access Services User Experience |
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| QuickSearch + Drupal Usability Study | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| Creating sensory friendly maps | Space Design and Tools | User Experience Libraries Communications |
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| Innovation Studio Usability Study | User Research and Assessment Emerging Technologies Space Design and Tools |
Learning Spaces & Services User Experience |
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| Optimal Routing for Parking Enforcement Vehicles | Data Science Geospatial (GIS) Visualization |
Data Science Services | |
| Empowering Undergraduate Research and Educational Experience with Data Science | Data Science Teaching and Learning Visualization |
Data Science Services | |
| Citation Builder User Research | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Improving Our Web Forms | User Research and Assessment Web and Interface Design |
User Experience | |
| Tally Tracker Explorer | Open Research Visualization Exhibits |
Open Knowledge Center Data Science Services |
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| Fermentology | Open Research Scholarly Communication |
Open Knowledge Center Collections & Research Engagement Community Engagement |
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| Mapping for Habitat for Humanity | Geospatial (GIS) Teaching and Learning |
Data Science Services | |
| Friends of the Libraries: Usability Study | User Research and Assessment Outreach |
Development User Experience |
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| Student Experience Survey, Fall 2020 | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Access Services |
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| Student Experience Interviews, Fall 2020 | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Access Services |
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| Virtual Martin Luther King, Jr. Project (vMLK) | Digital Media Visualization Exhibits Community History Faculty Engagement |
Collections & Research Engagement Community Engagement Information Technology Learning Spaces & Services Open Knowledge Center |
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| Using Livestreaming to Reach Beyond Hands-on Learning Spaces | Makerspace Teaching and Learning Reference Services |
Learning Spaces & Services | |
| Controlled Digital Lending Application: Diary Study | Access and Discovery User Research and Assessment |
Access Services Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) User Experience |
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| Textbooks User Research | User Research and Assessment | Access Services User Experience |
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| Explore Spaces, Version 2: interviews + usability tests | User Research and Assessment Space Design and Tools Web and Interface Design |
User Experience | |
| Tess-Celestial | Open Research Scholarly Communication Visualization Exhibits |
Data Science Services Open Knowledge Center |
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| Extracting Air Pollution Data for Coastal Recreation Sites | Data Science Geospatial (GIS) Visualization |
Data Science Services | |
| Mapping to Visualize Inequality | Geospatial (GIS) | Data Science Services | |
| Identifying user needs through interviews and participatory prototyping | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Acquisitions & Discovery |
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| Organization Name Linked Data | Access and Discovery | Acquisitions & Discovery | |
| A Personal Librarian Program for Transfer Students | Teaching and Learning Outreach Reference Services |
Learning Spaces & Services | |
| Visualizing Co-Authorship | Visualization | Data Science Services | |
| Microwave and RF Design Open Textbook | Scholarly Communication Open Education |
Open Knowledge Center Acquisitions & Discovery |
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| Business Research Guide + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Collections & Research Engagement |
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| Coffee & Viz Program Evaluation | User Research and Assessment | Data Science Services Libraries Communications |
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| Communication + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment | Access Services User Experience |
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| Ebooks + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment Access and Discovery |
User Experience Acquisitions & Discovery |
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| Events + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Community Engagement |
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| Library Hours | Web and Interface Design | User Experience | |
| Catalog search context + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Information Technology |
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| Perceptions of the D. H. Hill Library Renovation + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment Outreach |
User Experience Libraries Communications Harrye B. Lyons Design Library |
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| Workshops in REPORTER + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| The Escape Room | Outreach Teaching and Learning |
Learning Spaces & Services | |
| Website Navigation + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment Web and Interface Design |
User Experience | |
| Summon Configuration Usability Test | User Research and Assessment | User Experience Acquisitions & Discovery |
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| Dataspace Survey + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment | Data Science Services User Experience |
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| Software + Tiny Café | User Research and Assessment | Data Science Services User Experience |
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| Tripsaver + Tiny Café: a pop-up usability testing event | User Research and Assessment | Access Services Access Services User Experience |
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| Augmented Reality Exhibit Usability Test | User Research and Assessment Exhibits Emerging Technologies |
Data Science Services | |
| eMammal Lite | App and Tool Development Exhibits |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Circa | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development Collections and Archives |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Special Collections Research Center |
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| Data Science and Visualization Space user research | User Research and Assessment | Data Science Services | |
| Interviews with undergraduates about research | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| How much money did you spend on textbooks? | Open Education Outreach Teaching and Learning User Research and Assessment |
Learning Spaces & Services Open Knowledge Center |
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| eBook Usage Trends | Data Science Collections and Archives |
Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Collection Views | Data Science App and Tool Development |
Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Value of Journal Backfiles | Data Science | Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Print Item Usage Analysis | Data Science | Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Collections Review Tool | Outreach App and Tool Development Collections and Archives |
Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Game Space: User Observation | User Research and Assessment | Learning Spaces & Services | |
| Audio / Video player usability test | Collections and Archives User Research and Assessment |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Virtual Reality Survey | User Research and Assessment Emerging Technologies |
Learning Spaces & Services | |
| User Personas | User Research and Assessment | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) User Experience |
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| NCGDAP (North Carolina Geospatial Data Archiving Project) | Geospatial (GIS) | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Usability test for loaning PlayStation Virtual Reality headsets | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| E-Matrix at the NCSU Libraries | |||
| E-Matrix at the NC State University Libraries | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development |
Acquisitions & Discovery Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| Red, White & Black | Exhibits Community History Web and Interface Design |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Mobile Scavenger Hunt | Access and Discovery Outreach User Research and Assessment |
User Experience | |
| Hunt Library Touchscreens | Space Design and Tools | Information Technology User Experience |
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| Front Pages | Digital Media Visualization |
Information Technology | |
| Hunt Color Wall | Visualization | Information Technology | |
| Reserves Direct | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development |
Access Services Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| Cedar: Media Display Management | Digital Media App and Tool Development Space Design and Tools |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Information Technology |
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| Usability tests for eMammal Lite application development | User Research and Assessment | ||
| Digital Privacy User Research | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Online Magazine Reading Study | User Research and Assessment | Collections & Research Engagement | |
| Usability test for Hunt Library touchscreens, Round Two | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Usability test for Hunt Library touchscreens, Round One | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| WebVR Virtual Tour Usability Testing | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| My Account | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development Web and Interface Design |
Access Services Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| EZAdmin | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| CORAL | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development |
Acquisitions & Discovery Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| Room Reservation System | Space Design and Tools App and Tool Development Web and Interface Design |
Information Technology User Experience |
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| Endeca at the NCSU Libraries | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development |
Information Technology | |
| Digital Life Decoded Pop-Ups | Outreach | Open Knowledge Center |
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| Textbook Search | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Jekyll Academic | Web and Interface Design App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Code+Art | Visualization Exhibits |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Collection Guides (Finding Aids) Usability Study of Novice Users | User Research and Assessment | ||
| Discovery Environment Usability Test | User Research and Assessment | ||
| Summer of Open Science | Open Research | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Scholar’s Backpack | Open Research | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Room Reservation System Usability Testing | User Research and Assessment | ||
| E-Boards Follow-Up Report | User Research and Assessment | User Experience | |
| Data Visualization Workshop Attendee Interviews | User Research and Assessment | ||
| Computer Availability Usability Testing | User Research and Assessment | ||
| D. H. Hill Pop-Up Interviews | User Research and Assessment | ||
| QuickSearch Usability Test | User Research and Assessment | ||
| E-Boards Usage and Content Strategy | User Research and Assessment | ||
| Student Leadership Initiative | Collections and Archives Community History Belonging and Wellbeing |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Special Collections Research Center |
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| Visualizing Library Data | Data Science | Access Services Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| Virtual Shelf Index | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Information Technology |
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| Special Collections Asset Management System | Collections and Archives App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Special Collections Research Center |
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| Scholarly Publications Repository Web Service | App and Tool Development | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Scholarly Publications Repository | App and Tool Development Collections and Archives Scholarly Communication |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| QR Codes in Public Spaces | App and Tool Development Space Design and Tools |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| NC State University Libraries Mobile | App and Tool Development | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Digital Collection: Rare and Unique Materials | Collections and Archives Web and Interface Design |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Special Collections Research Center |
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| North Carolina Sociolinguistic Archive and Analysis Project (NCSLAAP) | Collections and Archives App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| North Carolina Architects and Builders | Collections and Archives Web and Interface Design |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Special Collections Research Center Acquisitions & Discovery |
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| Mobile Exhibits | App and Tool Development Exhibits |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Library Widget System | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Library Article Linker | Access and Discovery App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) User Experience |
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| Historical State Search | Collections and Archives Web and Interface Design |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| GroupFinder | Space Design and Tools App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Geospatial Multistate Archive and Preservation Partnership (GeoMAPP) | Geospatial (GIS) | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Electronic Theses and Dissertations | Collections and Archives App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Dryad Repository Development Grants | Data Science Open Research |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Data Views | Data Science | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) User Experience |
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| Computer Availability Display | Space Design and Tools | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Collection Guides | Collections and Archives | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Special Collections Research Center |
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| Citation Builder | Access and Discovery | User Experience Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| CatalogWS Applications | Access and Discovery | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| CatalogWS | Access and Discovery | Information Technology Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| Catalog Research Testbed | Access and Discovery | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Library Course Tools | Access and Discovery | Access Services Development Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| My #HuntLibrary | Collections and Archives Outreach |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Smart Subjects | Access and Discovery | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| NCSU Libraries Mobile Scavenger Hunt | Teaching and Learning | Learning Spaces & Services | |
| WolfWalk | Geospatial (GIS) App and Tool Development |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) Special Collections Research Center |
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| QuickSearch | Access and Discovery | Access Services Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) |
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| Suma | Data Science App and Tool Development Space Design and Tools |
Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Stratified Typeahead | Access and Discovery | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) | |
| Website Redesign 2010 | User Research and Assessment | Digital Library Initiatives (DLI) User Experience |