{"id":42836,"date":"2020-08-03T21:58:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T01:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/?p=42836"},"modified":"2022-02-10T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:44:32","slug":"river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"River Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered how many people are in the library before hiking over to find your favorite study spots are full? That kind of question takes on new importance in a time when maintaining physical distance is a matter of health and safety.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a project at Rush Rhees Library, you will soon be able to check remotely to see how many people are using the library at any one time. Staff at Rush Rhees are experimenting with a system designed to monitor the presence and movement of people<\/a> as a way to share information about the real-time population density in important spaces.<\/p>\n

The project is just one of the ways that River Campus Libraries is exploring innovative ideas for a campus coming back to life during a time of physical distancing and online learning.<\/p>\n

In late June, a reconfigured Barbara J. Burger iZone was one of the first campus spaces<\/a> that reopened to students.<\/p>\n

And the libraries\u2019 Digital Scholarship Lab has organized a series of workshops and courses for faculty<\/a> and other educators to hone the skills they need to lead successful virtual classrooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered how many people are in the library before hiking over to find your favorite study spots are full? That kind of question takes on new importance…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[876],"class_list":["post-42836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates","tag-aug-2020"],"yoast_head":"\nRiver Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer - COVID-19 Resource Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new system means you will soon be able to check remotely to see how many people are using the Rush Rhees Library at any one time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"River Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer - COVID-19 Resource Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new system means you will soon be able to check remotely to see how many people are using the Rush Rhees Library at any one time.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"COVID-19 Resource Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-04T01:58:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-10T19:44:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Link-Preview-COVID-19-1200x630.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"webhelp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"webhelp\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"webhelp\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5\"},\"headline\":\"River Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-04T01:58:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-10T19:44:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"keywords\":[\"aug-2020\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\\\/\",\"name\":\"River Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer - COVID-19 Resource Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-04T01:58:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-10T19:44:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5\"},\"description\":\"A new system means you will soon be able to check remotely to see how many people are using the Rush Rhees Library at any one time.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"River Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/\",\"name\":\"COVID-19 Resource Center\",\"description\":\"University of Rochester\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5\",\"name\":\"webhelp\",\"description\":\"Administrative account for Web Services team\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/coronavirus-update\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"River Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer - COVID-19 Resource Center","description":"A new system means you will soon be able to check remotely to see how many people are using the Rush Rhees Library at any one time.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"River Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer - COVID-19 Resource Center","og_description":"A new system means you will soon be able to check remotely to see how many people are using the Rush Rhees Library at any one time.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/","og_site_name":"COVID-19 Resource Center","article_published_time":"2020-08-04T01:58:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-10T19:44:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Link-Preview-COVID-19-1200x630.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"webhelp","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"webhelp","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/"},"author":{"name":"webhelp","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/#\/schema\/person\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5"},"headline":"River Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer","datePublished":"2020-08-04T01:58:29+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-10T19:44:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/"},"wordCount":195,"keywords":["aug-2020"],"articleSection":["Updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/","name":"River Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer - COVID-19 Resource Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-08-04T01:58:29+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-10T19:44:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/#\/schema\/person\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5"},"description":"A new system means you will soon be able to check remotely to see how many people are using the Rush Rhees Library at any one time.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/river-campus-libraries-innovates-in-a-pandemic-summer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"River Campus Libraries innovates in a pandemic summer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/","name":"COVID-19 Resource Center","description":"University of Rochester","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/#\/schema\/person\/2718ba65a2bc903ff7aeaa3aa3d978f5","name":"webhelp","description":"Administrative account for Web Services team","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87496,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42836\/revisions\/87496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/coronavirus-update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}