<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Here are some responses to hybrid programming. We are doing some practice sessions this coming week, I will post what we have figured out. Thanks everyone!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><i>I have held four hybrid book
discussions with about 20 people in attendance each time, half on Zoom and half
in person. </i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><i>The Senior Center where the meeting
takes place has an excellent speaker and also provides a projector and a
screen. I bring my own laptop and connect to both of those. So
those of us in the room can see and hear the Zoom people perfectly.</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><i>The problem is the other way
around. The people on Zoom can only see one or two of us, and they cannot
hear us very well, if at all. The senior center offered us their cordless
microphone to pass around, but people are uncomfortable using it because it has
to be held very close to the mouth when you speak. We then tried a
directional microphone from the library and it only picked up me, since I was
sitting right in front of it, but no one else could be heard. The library
then purchased a conference room microphone which was supposed to pick up from
every direction. I think it cost $125. It was marginally
better. </i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><i>Each time we have moved our tables
and chairs closer to the microphone and remind everyone to speak up. But
it's still not enough.</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><i>My church uses a system called OWL
which works fairly well. The microphone/camera sits in the middle of the
room and turns toward whoever is speaking so they are both heard and seen by
the people on Zoom. I've been on both sides of this and it's a little
hard to hear when I'm online, but very clear for the people in person.
Overall, it's not bad. OWL costs about $1,000.</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"><i>Basically, we still haven't gotten
this figured out. Audio equipment is very expensive and I don't think
there is a cheap way out of this. At least not for larger groups.
Most systems seem to be made for a small conference room with 4-5 people
sitting around a table. Not what libraries typically need.</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i>I am doing a hybrid program Thursday night. I've never done
one before and I'm going to give it a trial run later today. This is how
my director has been conducting our library board meetings. I can let you know
how it goes or you could register for the event via our website. I
actually sent out an email through Michlib-l yesterday to pass the word along.
I've had several people register for the Zoom portion of the presentation. </i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i>I don’t know what public libraries are doing, but Delta
College purchased OWLs. They plug into a computer and sit at the front of
a room. “Eyes” are on whoever is speaking (so a question from the audience
would mean that the zoomers see the person asking the question). I don’t
know what this means for privacy, though.—</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i>We had a
staff meeting yesterday and one person was remote. The powerpoint showed
up both on her computer AND on the big screen in our classroom so all other
attendees could see it. The OWL is pretty good at picking up voices from
a room, at least from a classroom.—Michele at Delta College (in response to
presentations, powerpoint, etc question)…when I asked if the computer that was
connected to Zoom was also connected to the big screen, Michele said: Yes, our classrooms are set up so that each
instructor computer (at the front of the room) is connected to the projector on
the ceiling. I know that public libraries are going to have a different
setup, but you just want to connect the computer/laptop to the projector.</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> YS did a version of this during the
summer. We set up a small (Go Pro like) camera on a tripod and put it front of
the podium. I (as the host) stood behind the podium and spoke the audience both
here and on Zoom. Our performer was also on Zoom and took the program from
there. We projected the video onto the big screen so those sitting live in the
room, could watch and interact as well.</span></i></p><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 10:47 PM Betsy Myers <<a href="mailto:mmyers@tadl.org" target="_blank">mmyers@tadl.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hello! Has anyone held any hydrid programming consisting of in person and Zoom programming simultaneously through your library? For example, an author talk in person with an audience but also patrons who are not able to come into the library can participate via Zoom? If so, could you share your processes with me? I'm trying to wrap my head around it and I feel I am over thinking it. Thank you!</div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><b>Betsy Myers</b></i><br><font size="2">Reference Department<br></font><font face="garamond, serif"><font size="2">Interlibrary Loan/Programming</font><br></font><font size="1"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><b>Traverse Area District Library</b></span><br style="font-family:garamond,serif"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">610 Woodmere Ave</span><br style="font-family:garamond,serif"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">Traverse City, MI 49686</span><br style="font-family:garamond,serif"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">231 932-8502</span></font><br></div><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Currently listening to Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica and Presidents Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson</b></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>