4th Annual Digital Union Showcase (Columbus, OH, USA)

Sponsoring Organization: The Ohio State University Digital Union 

What:  4th Annual Digital Union Showcase & Launch of Learning Collaboration Studio  

Where:  LC Studio (060 SEL) & Digital Union (370 SEL), 370 Science & Engineering Library, 175 W. 18th Ave. 

When: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 

Events:
10-10:30 - Launch of the Learning Collaboration Studio by President Gee
10:30-12 - Digital Union Fourth Anniversary Showcase 

Please join us as we celebrate the Digital Union’s 4th Anniversary with a showcase of projects from this dynamic facility’s fourth year. We are also delighted to announce the grand opening of the Digital Union’s Learning Collaboration Studio, a new joint venture between University Libraries and the Digital Union.  

The Learning Collaboration Studio is a unique space designed with radical flexibility in mind. The goal of the room is to provide a highly interactive learning space and to familiarize librarians with the opportunities and challenges faculty face. President Gordon Gee will preside over the ribbon cutting. 

The Digital Union Fourth Anniversary Showcase includes samplings of faculty and student work carried out in consultation with Digital Union staff as well as demonstrations of the latest emerging technologies including: 

* tours of TELRport Island in Second Life
* blueprints and drawings of the Digital Union 2009 expansion
* multimedia journalism on charitable giving
* collaboratively authored student wikis
* Biology rock opera by Dr. Susan Fisher
* HD documentary about Columbus’ topiary garden
* Microsoft Roundtable conferencing device
* Microsoft Zunes Mp3 players
* SMART Board interactive displays
* Apple Air laptop, iPhone and iPod Touch
* Kindle, Bookeen and Sony eReaders 

For more information, contact: digitalunion@osu.edu

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