Touch-Screen Table Allows Students to Perform ‘Virtual Dissections’ in Cooper Library
Clemson students can experience some hands-on, high-tech education in anatomy in physiology thanks to a partnership between the Clemson School of Nursing and Clemson Libraries. A touch-screen “virtual dissection table” – called an Anatomage Table – is now available for students and faculty to use in the Scholars’ Lab located in room 413 of the R.M. Cooper Library. The table belongs to the School of Nursing, and the partnership to host the table in the Scholars’ Lab will make it more accessible and available to students and faculty across the University. As the new home of the Libraries’ data visualization tools and expertise, the Scholars’ Lab is the perfect place for a table that is designed to allow students to visualize the inner workings of the human body. “The School of Nursing is committed to health innovation, interprofessional collaboration, academic excellence, and promoting wellness within our community,” said Kimberly Hill, associate director for simulation for the School of Nursing. “The Anatomage table offers an interactive and unique anatomy and physiology experience that we desire to share with our Clemson University family. It is our hope that sharing this resource will support and inspire collaboration between a diverse group of healthcare professionals from various disciplines and generate new research that enhances the quality of life for our community. We are thankful to Clemson Libraries for supporting the students and faculty as they learn to navigate the Anatomage table and creatively utilize it in their course or research.” The table includes 3-D scans of actual human cadavers that users can manipulate using the touch screen to view different angles and different layers. Users can zoom in through the skin, muscle, bone and organ tissue or view different systems individually, such as the vascular, nervous or skeletal systems.
The table also includes several animal modules, making it possible for users to view the anatomy of several species of animals, such as dogs, cats, a variety of bird species, turtles, fish and sharks.
Writing Lab Opens in Cooper Library
The Clemson Writing Lab has a new home on the third floor of the R.M. Cooper Library. Students at any writing level in any major working on any type of writing – from academic papers to cover letters and resumes – can visit the Writing Lab in 301 Cooper Library to get feedback, work with peer consultants or attend workshops to help them become more effective and confident writers. Previously located in the Academic Success Center, the Writing Lab now has a larger collaborative space, as well as additional space for workshops and seminars. Director Chelsea Murdock said the increased space will allow the Writing Lab to offer even more services and assist more students. “We are here to support both undergraduate and graduate students, and we are trying to increase our capacity for graduate student support, such as offering both increased specialized programming and graduate writing consultants for one-on- one feedback. This space affords a lot of opportunities,” said Murdock. “This will help us move toward being a more effective R-1 Writing Lab.”
Gracie Boyce, an economics major, works as a Writing Fellow in the lab, assisting other students with their writing. She was excited about the move. “Being in Cooper gives us the opportunity to be more collaborative, and students are already here in the library working on papers and projects. We can be a part of that process,” Boyce said. Moving the Writing Lab into Cooper is part of a larger effort to create a Learning Commons, an inclusive and welcoming place where students can find multiple resources and support services all in one place. The Writing Lab is part of the Department of English and is an instructional service and lab space that provides writing support to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. The Lab offers face-to-face and virtual consultations as well as workshops and events such as write-ins, that allow students time and space to focus on their writing.
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