Hack Dibner: A Library Competition
Hack Dibner is a design contest for the Fall 2019 semester hosted by NYU Tandon's Bern Dibner Library. Participants will be challenged to develop and present an idea that will improve user experience within NYU libraries through the use of technology.
Congratulations to
Tandonnect 1st place ($500)
Hush 2nd place ($250)
and all Hack Dibner finalists!
Hack Dibner finalists:
Team Epiphany (Bharti Kakker, Isha Vipul Dave)
Hush (Satish Reddy Bethi, Shubham Desai, Zeru Zhang)
Pandas (Kevin Lin, Mahika Jain)
Tandonnect (Michelle La, Chengfeng Luo, Vikram Sakkia)
The Outliers (Tanya Saini, Adil Hashim, Tanmay Dureja)
Top Boy (Dajr Alfred)
Prizes will be awarded! First place: $500 Second place: $250
Winners will be profiled on the Tandon website.
Workshop #4 Pitching Your Proposal
Monday, November 25 at 2:00 pm and Monday, December 2 at 3:00 pm
Dibner LIbrary, room LC307
Library Mentors Lindsay and Matthew will walk you through the elements of a successful pitch and provide a reminder of how judging will work.
Final Written Proposal Deadline
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Six teams are moving on as finalists. Final written proposals were submitted to the Hack Dibner judges on Monday, November 25th.
Workshop #3: Literature Review
Thursday, October 17th & Friday, October 18th
Dibner Library, room LC307
Hack Dibner librarian mentors Lindsay and Matt presented an overview of what a literature is in a broad sense and what kind of literature review is needed for Hack Dibner, specifically.
Workshop #2: Project Management
Friday, October 4th
2:30 - 3:30 pm | Dibner Library, room LC433
Hack Dibner 2018 winner Harrison In led this workshop to get enrolled teams organized and thinking about how to manage their projects over the course of the semester. Harrison suggested project management tools and gave tips about how to keep the teams moving towards the goal of winning Hack Dibner in December.
Initial Concept Deadline
Monday, September 30th
All Hack Dibner contestants have submitted their first deliverable, the initial concept. We have 9 teams in the running to win Hack Dibner 2019!
Workshop #1: Ideation
Friday, September 27th
2:30 - 3:30 pm | Dibner Library, room LC433
Hack Dibner 2018 winner Harrison In led this workshop to get potential Hack Dibner 2019 competitors thinking about their nascent ideas. Harrison defined and provided examples of disruptive vs. product innovation and asked participants to think about what kind of innovation they will work on for Hack Dibner. This workshop also emphasized that teams should focus on user experience, feasibility, and sustainability/impact, all major judging categories for the Hack Dibner Finals.
Hack Dibner Kick-off
Friday, September 20, 2019
Dibner Library, LC 433
Hack Dibner 2019 Judges are: