[Web4lib] Digital Signage in Libraries

[Jeff Wisniewski]

Hi Chris, We're currently putting together content for our LCD  
signage using Flash and running it using the free flash viewer.

Jeff

Jeff Wisniewski
Web Services Librarian
University Library System
271 Hillman Library
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-624-4050


On Jan 16, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Cox, Christopher N. wrote:

> We are fortunate to have acquired a number of plasma screens which we
> will be putting throughout the library building for student current
> awareness, marketing, etc.  Many of the implementations I have seen of
> this type of technology involve running a looped PowerPoint  
> presentation
> on the screen.  I was wondering:
>
> 1)  Does anyone run a digital signage system such as this using  
> software
> or another technology other than PowerPoint?
>
> 2)  If we use PowerPoint, we want to avoid having to update the slides
> all that often.
>
> a)  Has anyone figured out how to embed Outlook calendars in  
> PowerPoint?
> We wanted to use this to display our instruction lab's calendar to
> students each day.
> b)  Also, has anyone figured out how to embed an RSS feed into
> PowerPoint?  We use a blog for news and would love to display our  
> latest
> news stories as well as weather, world and national news, etc.
>
> If anyone has done something really neat with this technology I'd also
> love to hear it.  Happy to share what I hear with the list.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris.
>
>
> Christopher Cox
>
> Interim Director of Libraries
>
> Editor, Internet Reference Services Quarterly
>
> McIntyre Library
>
> University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
>
> 105 Garfield Avenue - L 3002A
>
> Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
>
> Phone:  (715) 836-4454
>
> Fax:  (715) 836-2949
>
> Email:  coxcn at uwec.edu <blocked::mailto:coxcn at uwec.edu>
>
>
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