 their congratulations. I'm Dr. Anthony Chow and I want to take you on a personal tour and we also have a graduate with us. Sam, say hi. Hello. And their father. So let's start the tour. So this is the fourth floor. So we are located right one floor below the president and the provost. And so let me show you where all the magic happens. So this is our hallway. So this is where all of our staff are. So as over the years as so we went online in 2009 and so pretty much after we went online, our students are online. And so our faculty and staff started to move away as well. Right. So it's one of those things where, hey, if I can teach from somewhere else, I really need to necessarily be here. Probably we don't have any basic day students. And so our office spaces have kind of shrunk but appropriately. So everyone that needs an office right, Alfredo has an office. Right. So anyway, so it starts all the way here. So TC, our IT support person, Vivian Zua, who is our events coordinator, Fabiola, student advisor is kind of our money person. So very important. And also Christina, who's our office manager and budget officer. So here's our space. So here is the suite. So you'll see in our suite, of course, we have to have tech. So we have two types of tech. We have this holo, a hologram fan. Right. So the fan spins so fast that it's actually able to produce these images that is driven by custom software that we're using. And then we also have kind of a information board. So we're always providing information about our resources. So this is our suite. And then come into the suite. So you'll see here history of the school. So the first classes were taught in 1928. And that really kind of started with the academic library. Right. And then it became the school of information or the degree granting program, as you can see, into the 50s. We first became accredited in 1979. And we are the oldest accredited library and information science program in the States. Let's kind of see again our various chairs in 2009. Over here is some new additions. So this is from the Ukraine. So one of our new faculty, Dr. Yulia Gozar, is from Ukraine. And so what we did is we created a front raiser myself and Dr. Gozar and also Dr. Alman. So Alman, we created a fundraiser and we were able to purchase a digital scanner to help them start to scan some of their records and archives that need to be preserved as part of the war. And then the great thing about, so you know, you give and good things happen. So we were able to raise about $6,000. But then a international organization called Wendel, what we're doing, and they basically increased our fundraising by 10-fold. And so between our efforts, we have created the first digital library for Ukraine. So that happened right here. And again, it's just the power of if you want to try to make a difference in the world, you just got to try to do something. And again, Dr. Gozar deserves all of the credit because she is from Ukraine and she wanted to do something to help her people. And so she came to me with the idea. We did it. So also, we must brag that last year. I don't know, I don't think we wanted this year. But last year, we won the chapter of the year. So that our high school student chapter was a chapter of the year. I'm very proud to say it. Okay. So I'm not very exciting, but our break room, very important. So you may know that Dr. Schall lost coffee. And so this curing machine is my best friend because it constantly delivers coffee without lecturing me or getting mad at me. So, but yeah, this is the break room. Of course, the copier, we saw use that any much anymore. We have a faculty company here. So the space is the design so that you can connect wirelessly with wireless keyboard. And you can throw your screen up on the TV here in the wall. So nice to be here. And then my office. So again, this is where the magic happens. So I have a stand up desk that I don't use near as much as I should. And then I have a meeting area here that is again, wireless. So we, so part of the key to working these days is to have two screens, right? So I have my main screen here, but then I throw next to my screen over here. We also have a owl that allows for anyone that hasn't used an owl. So the owl in the center of this table can take video simultaneous video of all three of us at the same time, right? And so the ability to meet hybrid is again, very important. So yeah, so that's where the magic happens here at the School of Information. Again, we just wanted to show all of you the physical space for those of you that will not be able to visit with us. And we just did yesterday a virtual tour. And so probably within the next six weeks or so, we're going to have a first interactive virtual tour that all of you will be able to basically take the same tour on your own through your computer. So any questions? Do you guys do like Zoom meetings on the big screen? So, okay. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, Zoom meetings and yeah. And Dr. Charles is getting older and older, so I can see my eyesight is worse and worse. So I need to be real big. So, all right. Well, that being said, that concludes our physical tour upstairs. We actually have some cool tech that we want to show you all, but we're not sure if the connection is going to remain. So if we lose you, we will see you back at the reception where we'll have a lot of food and drink and be able to celebrate the success for graduates. But hold on. If we're not back in about 10 minutes, go ahead and wait for the reception, but we have some cool tech to show you if the connection holds. So, thank you. Did you guys want to take a picture by the wall? You want me to take a picture? I'm just going. That's counting how many people were my professors. This was my e-portfolio. It's very cool to see the names that I've seen on screens for the last 18 months or so. Fantastic. And some of them will be on our wall at the reception so that you might be able to see and talk to some of them too. All right, now we're going to see if the whole lens will survive in the elevator. We'll take any time off after this. You're going to see a lens? Oh, right, right, right. No rest for the weird. Pretty much, yeah, for all of us, exactly. Yeah, and I had the strangest meeting I think I've ever had with the northern Cheyenne, who was just me and another project manager, and I was on a phone call with one of the directors, and she was on other director, and then we all sent text and email going. So we literally got like six trees of communication, and we were worn out one room at one time or even one zoo room at one time. But it actually worked out pretty good. So I told the project manager, thank you for the weirdest strain just we've ever had, but we actually got some stuff. I'll meet you there. I'll meet you guys at the bottom. Always for a huge enrollment, John. So welcome to the Library of Technology and Integration Lab. So the idea of our lab is to teach librarians how to use emerging technologies. The other, a lot of different things are happening with the LTI lab, but the other is librarians and libraries talking to each other about how they're using technology. And so that group of partners has continued to grow, and we don't have most of our technology down here, but we wanted to show you a few things, including, I think maybe having, do you want to do the first step? We tried the first steps, and you won't be able to, doesn't register on this once you're, once you're seeing it from here. Like you can't see what I'm seeing on my, you see my hands. We could try that. Let's see if we can cast them. What we're going to do is try to show you, uh, yeah. Sure. Where did he, uh, There's another TV here, animals. Yeah. Let's, again, let's get this one. I got a second year here. So I got $20,000, and I used it to purchase this thing. Now, if you were to get us not here, we don't feel comfortable. That's the only point of entry, right over here. So it means it's upstairs. But we have the extended reality suite, which basically means virtual reality, makes reality, which is what that is. And then augmented reality, which is, um, that is, that's, uh, So let's turn it off. It's critical. There's, I mean, you're even using this technology now. Try that. But like even in my office, we do not know how to use it, and go to YouTube in places like that. Exactly. And get that. And we have, we have no one to question. We have no place to go. Is that right? Why isn't it working this way? Exactly right. So I'm glad you mentioned that, because I think that, you know, libraries have been fueled. Because I know that libraries is that being prepared for technology that we're seeing in January, that people did gifts, and nobody knows how to use it. And whether they go, they have a library to ask the question. And so you're absolutely right, librarians are used to fielding questions like, how do you get to the e-book? Hold on a minute. How do you, how do you get this library program to plan? January, do you have a Kindle in the Christmas? Yeah, exactly. So you're absolutely right. How do you use Teams? How do you use Zoom? Do you see this ship being cast? Yeah, what happens is when the, it's these two TVs, they have, they have remotes, but when you turn one on, they're on the same frequency. So. So automatic reality. Yeah, so the way, the way, the way it works is, so virtual reality means you are in a, unversive, virtual, full, right? You can't see mixed reality, right? You, you can see. So if you can see reality and also have technology. So, although you can't see it, make sure you pull it on before it's over. You have a virtual keyboard, right? So she, only she can see the virtual keyboard. I'll imagine, you know, verbal technology having the internet with you at all times, the entry, the entry. Because it's also voice acting, right? Sounds a little scary, right? But, but, as far as verbal technology goes, it's quite exciting. And then augmented reality is the physical, augmented by physical, right? So I'm going to show you. This is what, this is what augmented reality is. So you have the prints, and then you have with your phone, you know. That's TC. That's what I'm asking. So what, I can't do that. But like Pokemon Go. That is augmented reality. Yeah. It's overlaid on top of physical world. Oh yeah, let me show you. But the opportunities for this is endless. Because. Portray women in Hamlet as weak, obedient, and dishonest. One interpretation. If that sees the women in Hamlet's world as nearly treacherous, perhaps that speaks to the reader's character as well. Touché, but it seems so. So the university president was here a couple of weeks ago. And so when she saw this technology, she immediately said, so we can create a virtual version of me, and I can personally welcome any student, or new student, or parent with our marketing material. Right. And so just, you know, just think about that for a second. How exciting is that, right? Where you don't have to go to a YouTube video. All you have to do is scroll your phone over and the president of the university appears. But then think about history, imagine, you know, reading by yourself. We lost it. We lost it. Okay, yeah. The thing, I mean, that was fantastic. But who wrote that code? You know, I mean, that obviously there was a lot. Yeah. Somebody pre-programmed. Yeah. So that, that, that.