Interactive content for digital signage

[Michael Schofield]

My friend Amanda Goodman (@godaisies on Twitter) is building and designing a touch kiosk right now. She's been sharing pictures about the design and the process. I'd pick her brain. 

Also,

At this stage I too would balk about a $30,000 price tag. There are some legit reasons [I guess] for the cost of the hardware, etc. - but based on how you and other libraries intend to use this it really shouldn't cost that much. What you need is a large touch screen with internet access, then you can essentially do what OSU [and Amanda] are doing and build a responsive website for the kiosk. It can be on top of a CMS or pull from RSS or JSON feeds to make it painless to update. You might even use a framework like jQuery Mobile (which isn't just for small hand screens) that adds a nice layer of interactive transitions, modals, etc.

I'm x-posting this to code4lib because I think folks might like to weigh in. Good topic!

// Michael
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// @gollydamn


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When we did a remodel of the library a few years ago, I first looked at a server that would feed the content to various digital signs that we could change on the fly and pull content from RSS feeds.  But management balked at the $30,000 price tag on that.  So we went with a company that provides large television like monitors that read JPG files of USB drives and are turned on and off by a Christmas tree timer.  The company also supports these setups with auto-dealerships in the area.

Thomas Edelblute
Public Access Systems Coordinator
Anaheim Public Library

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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of David S Vose
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Interactive content for digital signage

We will be installing interactive digital signs in our main library this fall. One sign will be at our entrance and one will be in the lobby. The draft plan is to provide interactivity that will allow patrons to browse to floor plans, hours and schedules, directories, a campus map, and an "about the libraries" section.

I would be interested to learn what type of interactive content others have found to be most popular and useful to students and what interactive content did not turn out to be particularly successful.

Thanks,

David Vose | Geography, Data, Government Information, Law Binghamton University Libraries, POB 6012, Binghamton, NY 13902-6012 dvose at binghamton.edu | 607.777.4907 | Downtown Center: 607.777.9275

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