4 thoughts on “Innovative Roadmap: Library Vending Machines”
Hi Val,
This is such a great proposal that feels incredibly user centered and #hyperlib. To me, this is very clear solution to the problem of equity and accessibility to library resources and collections. I liked your examples of these machines working in different libraries, and I’ll share that I’ve seen on social media a middle school library doing the same thing! I like to see that it’s already a successful model elsewhere.
I like the idea to be able to apply for a library card at the vending machine kiosks.
Also, Multnomah County Library is my childhood/home library system! I love them as a patron and as an MLIS student I appreciate the work they are doing in their community. I feel that a library book vending machine would fit in so well with the mission of MCL and that it would be something that the community would find very valuable.
Great job with this presentation, I am convinced!
Hey Val, I really enjoyed your roadmap presentation about library vending machines. I love the idea of 24/7 access to some small portion of the library to invite more people to become users and feel ownership of the Multnomah library system. I also really appreciated the evaluation questions to gather qualitative and quantitative data to track usage and identify what’s working and what isn’t. It’s also very clever to include library card sign-ups via kiosk so everyone can use these self-service library outposts!
My old library district had them and they were SUCH a big hit. There was one at our local pizza place and it was always a lifesaver for my family when we inevitably showed up without an activity. My kids could choose a book and it was a great way to wait for our dinner.
Hi Val,
This is such a great proposal that feels incredibly user centered and #hyperlib. To me, this is very clear solution to the problem of equity and accessibility to library resources and collections. I liked your examples of these machines working in different libraries, and I’ll share that I’ve seen on social media a middle school library doing the same thing! I like to see that it’s already a successful model elsewhere.
I like the idea to be able to apply for a library card at the vending machine kiosks.
Also, Multnomah County Library is my childhood/home library system! I love them as a patron and as an MLIS student I appreciate the work they are doing in their community. I feel that a library book vending machine would fit in so well with the mission of MCL and that it would be something that the community would find very valuable.
Great job with this presentation, I am convinced!
You should come back and visit! They did a HUGE overhaul, over $350 million, to renovate and update the branches. It’s amazing!
Hey Val, I really enjoyed your roadmap presentation about library vending machines. I love the idea of 24/7 access to some small portion of the library to invite more people to become users and feel ownership of the Multnomah library system. I also really appreciated the evaluation questions to gather qualitative and quantitative data to track usage and identify what’s working and what isn’t. It’s also very clever to include library card sign-ups via kiosk so everyone can use these self-service library outposts!
My old library district had them and they were SUCH a big hit. There was one at our local pizza place and it was always a lifesaver for my family when we inevitably showed up without an activity. My kids could choose a book and it was a great way to wait for our dinner.