Technology & Libraries Lightning Round-up

Presented by the ACRL-ULS Technology & Libraries Committee

Jason ColemanUndergraduate & Community Services Librarian

K-State LibrariesKansas State University

Photo credit: Jenny Levine

“Layers of Reality: Extending Library Services through QR Codes and Augmented Reality”

http://connect.ala.org/node/120165

Discussion forum sponsored by RUSA MARS’ (Emerging Technologies in Reference ) Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Discussion Group

Photo credit: ALA Photo credit: ALA

Hot Topics Panelists

Benjamin Rawlins benjamin.rawlins@kysu.edu Kentucky State University

Danielle Kane kaned@uci.edu University of California, Irvine

Caroline Sinkinson caroline.sinkinson@colorado.edu

University of Colorado, Boulder

Nora Dimmock ndimmock@library.rochester.edu University of Rochester

QR Code Uses

Place them in OPAC to encode text for bibliographic information about a book

A record from Kentucky State University’s Library Catalog

More QR Code Uses

• On staff directory to facilitate rapid addition of contact information to a phone. (Rawlins)

•On elevator signs to link to mobile site (Kane)

•On range end signs to link to LibGuides (Kane)

•In stacks to link to ebooks (Kane)

•Near equipment to link to instructional videos (Sinkinson)

•In elevators and near stairways to link to maps (Sinkinson)

•On t-shirts (Dimmock)

•On back of business cards (Dimmock)

“Embedded by Hashtag: Using Twitter for Real-Time Reference and Instruction”

Discussion forum sponsored by RUSA MARS’ Virtual Reference Discussion Group

Ellen FilgoE-Learning LibrarianBaylor UniversityEllen_Filgo@baylor.edu Twitter: @efilgo

Integrating into Gardner Campbell’s Introduction to New Media Studies class

Discussion forum sponsored by RUSA MARS’ Virtual Reference Discussion Group

http://courseblogs.gardnercampbell.net/librarianellen/2010/09/02/what-can-your-librarian-do-for-you/

A slice of the twittersphere

LITA’s Mobile Computing Interest Group Meeting

Presentations:

1. A Rapid Ethnographic Study of the iPAD on a Campus Bus. Jim Hahn, University of Illinois. jimhahn@illinois.edu

2. Putting the Fun Back in Mobile Websites: Launching an OS Book Recommender. Evviva Weinraub & Hannah Rempel, Oregon State University. evviva.weinraub@oregonstate.edu, hannah.rempel@oregonstate.edu

3. Creating a Mobile Site with Zero Budget. Tiffini Travis, California State University, Long Beach

Mobile Ideas

• Libraries should develop resources to meet students contextualized needs, e.g., place dining hall menu on mobile site (Hahn)

• Libraries should develop mobile tools that save time and that are fast, easy, and fun. Ideally, they would also be location sensitive (OSU)

• E.g., Beaver Tracks (historical walking tour with photos from archives)

More Mobile Ideas

• Use mobile phone’s barcode readers to scan books to expedite reshelving (Tod Colegrove, UNR)

• Use an iPAD as an “away from the desk” sign. Provide a button on the iPAD to summon help (Tod Colegrove, UNR)

• University of Nevada Reno’s Tod Colegrove is planning an Apps for Libraries competition at his university.

“Assessment and Evaluation of Virtual Reference”

Discussion forum sponsored by two committees of RUSA MARS: (1)Management of Electronic Reference Services; (2) Public Libraries

Highlights

• Almost all present are using libraryh3lp or Meebo

• There was abundant praise for libraryh3lp:

•Can monitor SMS and chat in same interface.

•Multiple librarians can monitor incoming traffic simultaneously

•Librarians can transfer chats, send files, and e-mail transcripts

•Competitively priced

• Many are using Jing to create and share screencasts and screenshots