Tech Bar - Proposal to the SBC Board of Directors

We would like to see Sweet Briar combine the ARC with a "Tech Bar" concept similar to the one they have at Bryn Mawr College. The ARC / Tech Bar would be located near (or as part of) the circulation desk of the library and close by a small computer lab. ARC / Tech Bar would be under the control of the library director and managed by an Instrutional Technologist with a staff of at least one full-time recently-graduated student employee (could be a one - two year appointment) with a team of part-time student employees. The ARC / Tech Bar mission would be to help with homework, writing, and software use / training, while hardware & network problems would continue to be handled by Computer Services. Ideally, the ARC / Tech Bar would triage problems and refer issues to Computer Services or to a Reference Librarian as appropriate. It would have its own website and email contact for the convenience of all stakeholders at Sweet Briar College.