This initiative is for the expansion of support for immersive scholarship on campus–this includes research and teaching that utilizes 3D data through the forms of 3D printing, virtual reality, augmented reality, and interactive 3D publications. Funding has been allocated to allow hiring a graduate assistant to help with development of workshops and 3D/VR models.
For several years, the Office of Digital Research and Scholarship (DRS) has collaborated with faculty and students on finding, evaluating, and implementing digital tools and technologies into their research to create innovative scholarly outputs. One version of this support includes consultation and partnership on immersive scholarship such as 3D printing and virtual reality. This new initiative provides additional resources to strengthen research support for the use and application of three-dimensional data, and the technologies that generate and utilize it, throughout all stages of the research cycle. This initiative adds a graduate research assistant to supplement the current faculty librarian and the technology available for this work: a pair of FDM 3D printers, a high-resolution SLA 3D printer, a high-powered desktop workstation, and a high-powered laptop/3D scanner combination. These services are housed in the R&D Commons, a space in the basement of Strozier Library which provides a space for workshops and consultations.
An overarching outcome for this project will be an increase in the facility with which FSU researchers can utilize 3D data in their research. This initiative will contribute to this by assisting research partners in developing 3D objects and scholarly outputs that utilize them. It will also foster a collaborative environment on campus, and build an interdisciplinary community of practice by developing and hosting workshops, tutorials, and events such as symposia to share skills and knowledge across campus.
For several years, the Office of Digital Research and Scholarship (DRS) has collaborated with faculty and students on finding, evaluating, and implementing digital tools and technologies into their research to create innovative scholarly outputs. One version of this support includes consultation and partnership on immersive scholarship such as 3D printing and virtual reality. This new initiative provides additional resources to strengthen research support for the use and application of three-dimensional data, and the technologies that generate and utilize it, throughout all stages of the research cycle. This initiative adds a graduate research assistant to supplement the current faculty librarian and the technology available for this work: a pair of FDM 3D printers, a high-resolution SLA 3D printer, a high-powered desktop workstation, and a high-powered laptop/3D scanner combination. These services are housed in the R&D Commons, a space in the basement of Strozier Library which provides a space for workshops and consultations.
An overarching outcome for this project will be an increase in the facility with which FSU researchers can utilize 3D data in their research. This initiative will contribute to this by assisting research partners in developing 3D objects and scholarly outputs that utilize them. It will also foster a collaborative environment on campus, and build an interdisciplinary community of practice by developing and hosting workshops, tutorials, and events such as symposia to share skills and knowledge across campus.
Strategic Alignment
Initiative Leads
Matt Hunter, Digital Scholarship Librarian
Updates
2023
This year, we have launched our Photogrammetry Institute event series, continued to deepen research partnerships with researchers in departments across campus, and streamlined our services to emphasize community building and research support while maintaining our consultation services, and offloading production services that fit better within other campus departments. We also officially sunsetted our 3D printing services and began to focus on building community with the Innovation Hub and Research Computing Center to better coordinate services across campus. To date, we've hosted two very successful Photogrammetry Institute events of a planned seven events this semester, and collaborated with scholars in the Art History department to produce a publication at https://manifold.lib.fsu.edu/projects/ucla-guidebook. We also contributed expertise in 3D printing services for researchers in the Art History and Biomechanical engineering departments to contribute to two forthcoming publications. Additionally, we have made great strides in fostering a community of practice around photogrammetry and immersive media across campus through our Photogrammetry Institute and related marketing and outreach strategies, resulting in project consultations with several new research partners.
2022
Over the last six months, the graduate assistant hired as part of this initiative has made great progress in developing the skills and learning the technologies involved in the role. Progress has also been made in the expansion of the FSU Digital Repository’s capability to preserve and present 3D models through library-hosted services. This has resulted in a prototype 3D model viewer that is under assessment for full implementation. The team has also begun to gather materials for the development of documentation and policy for the next stage of this project.
This year, we have launched our Photogrammetry Institute event series, continued to deepen research partnerships with researchers in departments across campus, and streamlined our services to emphasize community building and research support while maintaining our consultation services, and offloading production services that fit better within other campus departments. We also officially sunsetted our 3D printing services and began to focus on building community with the Innovation Hub and Research Computing Center to better coordinate services across campus. To date, we've hosted two very successful Photogrammetry Institute events of a planned seven events this semester, and collaborated with scholars in the Art History department to produce a publication at https://manifold.lib.fsu.edu/projects/ucla-guidebook. We also contributed expertise in 3D printing services for researchers in the Art History and Biomechanical engineering departments to contribute to two forthcoming publications. Additionally, we have made great strides in fostering a community of practice around photogrammetry and immersive media across campus through our Photogrammetry Institute and related marketing and outreach strategies, resulting in project consultations with several new research partners.
2022
Over the last six months, the graduate assistant hired as part of this initiative has made great progress in developing the skills and learning the technologies involved in the role. Progress has also been made in the expansion of the FSU Digital Repository’s capability to preserve and present 3D models through library-hosted services. This has resulted in a prototype 3D model viewer that is under assessment for full implementation. The team has also begun to gather materials for the development of documentation and policy for the next stage of this project.