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The Health Sciences Library (HSL) Collaboration Center offers leading edge visualization and collaboration technologies that can be used for research across disciplines, campuses, and continents; community outreach activities; clinical applications or educational programs. Through the Collaboration Center, research teams can visualize their data in large format and high resolution not possible on a computer monitor and share their data, applications and visualizations with colleagues around the world. Students and faculty can virtually attend a biomedical conference taking place on another campus or in another country.
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High resolution satellite image. |
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High Resolution Display Wall |
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Access Grid
Videoconferencing |
Dr. Bill Kaufmann interacts with 3D visualization of protein-protein interaction data.
RENCI scientists review study data. |
The RENCI-HSL Display Wall is a 10 ft x 8 ft rear projection display device capable of resolution of 12.5 million pixels (4,096 x 3,072 pixel native resolution). The DisplayWall is compatible with both Linux and Windows applications. New collaborative applications are enabled by the ability to interact with very high resolution imagery inches from the screen.
SmartBoard®
SmartBoard® provides capabililty to capture ideas electronically as well as an additional display screen. |
Dr. Helen Tibbo’s Digital Curation class meets with collaborators at University of Glasgow, UK via Access Grid. The Access Grid supports internationally distributed electronic meetings, shared presentation materials and ad hoc discussions using wall-sized displays and network-enabled streaming audio and video.
Access Grid meeting with National Center for Supercomputing Applications staff. |
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In addition to space and advanced technologies, the Center provides support for users including technology orientation and dedicated visualization programming expertise. Visualization programming staff are available to provide and assist with use of existing DisplayWall applications as well as to develop custom data visualization applications as needed.
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Center Objectives
Expand community of practice among Roadmap-funded projects at UNC through demonstrations, promotions and a growing user base.
Identify and engage researchers to explore data visualization applications and collaborative uses
Promote visualization and related programming services
Determine other knowledge management services needed
Develop business plan for ongoing support
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The Health Sciences Library Collaboration Center at UNC-Chapel Hill was developed and implemented in partnership with the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) in 2005. HSL's vision for the Collaboration Center is to foster creativity and peer-to-peer learning among multi-disciplinary research teams through a combination of technology, staff expertise, and supporting library services and facilities. RENCI's partnership with HSL provides a synergy of expertise and technology for a uniquely rich and accessible collaboration environment. HSL is one of two RENCI engagement sites on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus and one of eight RENCI engagement centers across the state.
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Reserve the Collaboration Center for a demonstration or for research use.
An orientation is required for first time users of Center technologies. Contact Collaboration Center staff to schedule an orientation prior to live use/event.
The Collaboration Center may also be scheduled on a first come and short term basis for UNC faculty and staff meetings not requiring use of Center technology. These meetings do not require an orientation.
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The Collaboration Center is located on the 2nd floor of the recently renovated Health Sciences Library (room 227). An inviting, neutral space, the Center is central to all Health Affairs schools, UNC Hospitals, and related academic departments. Directions to the HSL
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