TeamSpace: A Collaborative Computing Environment in Meyer Library
by David Futey and Allan Chen
TeamSpace is a 2-6 person collaboration environment located in the 24-hour accessible lounge in Meyer Library. TeamSpace is comprised of a host-client pair. The host computer is used to control a shared community display. Users then connect as clients from their laptops, utilizing client software.
See also New Assistive Technology Software on Public Clusters in this issue.
The TeamSpace collaboration software allows multiple users to simultaneously work on a number of documents, cut and paste from various sources, and edit a central document of interest while using their individual laptops and two 40" displays available in Meyer. In addition to this, each user is able to "take control" of the shared display. Users can simultaneously distribute copies to any one or all of the team members who are logged on.
TeamSpace is a major component of Academic Computing's overall effort to meet the changing needs of the Stanford University community. As faculty and course projects increasingly require collaboration in the classroom, it becomes increasingly important to offer collaborative technologies outside the classroom that provide similar capabilities. Hence, TeamSpace has become an extension of certain classroom environments such as those in Wallenberg Hall.
With the availability of the newly-installed TeamSpot host/client software from TideBreak, ease of installation and use has increased along with the addition of new features. This has created a stable and reliable environment for collaborative work. Academic Computing is seeking active partnerships with departments and classes in all disciplines as it looks for TeamSpace and other services to support the out of classroom experience of the student.
The Academic Computing TeamSpace web presence is located at:
