Monday, 29 July 2013
RSS Class Notes
What do you like about RSS & newsreaders?
What I like about RSS and newsreaders is that it is a major time saving device, allowing feeds from multiple sources to be fed into the one location to view, rather than having to go and check each one individually as would bre required previous to RSS.
How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your personal life?
I have a large list of blogs, forums and websites that I normally check out daily, so having an RSS feed that provides all recent updates from the various sites in one place would save a great deal if time and effort.
How can libraries use RSS or take advantage of this technology?
Libraries can use RSS technology to alert their customers via their web presence of any changes or events that are taking place in the library, as well as in their local community.
State of Alaska Library Emerging Tech Guides
On the State of Alaska's Depart of Education and Early Development, Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums' website, they have, among their resources guides, one on emerging technologies. So far it covers 3D Printers, Augmented Reality and Maker Technology.
Given this blog is about Augmented Reality in libraries, it is that part of the guide we will be looking at. The guide on AR gives a brief overview on what AR is, as well as links on articles specific to AR use in libraries, example uses, vendors/developers and videos.
Cornwall, D. 2012. Augmented Reality - Emerging Technologies - ResourceGuides at Alaska State Library. [online] Available at: http://lam.alaska.gov/ar [Accessed: 30 Jul 2013].
The Augmented Reality - Emerging Technologies - ResourceGuides at Alaska State Library, maintained by Daniel Cornwall, digital librarian for the State of Alaska's division of Libraries, Archives and Museums and Chapter Councilor of the American Library Association, is an Alaskan Government site and therefore is authoritative. It was last updated on 23/07/2013, which makes the information contained current. It is aimed at sharing information about AR that may be of current or future use to libraries, archives and museums and is aimed towards them, though is accessible for all.
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
The Strange Librarian on Geolocation/AR/QR in libraries.
The following is a link to a post by the Strange Librarian (aka Julie) from 2010 discusiing a number of emerging technologies and the preospects for use in libraries. In this case, it is about geolocation, augmented reality and also QR codes.
(geolocation + augmented reality + QR codes) libraries | the strange librarian
Strangelibrarian.org. 2010. (geolocation + augmented reality + QR codes) libraries | the strange librarian. [online] Available at: http://strangelibrarian.org/2010/01/geolocation-augmented-reality-qr-codes-libraries/ [Accessed: 23 Jul 2013].
Julie Strange, an adjunct professor of the University of Maryland's iSchool and Statewide Coordinator for Maryland AskUsNow!, their statewide virtual reference service, discusses three emerging technologies, of geolocation, augmented reality and QR coding. In it she offers her views on how they may be used in libraries, and how they may add value to the library experience for customers. She makes references to use of the technologies in other fields. Given her credentials, she does have some authority in the area, having been posting about mostly librarian related topics since 2007. Though the post itself is from three years back, the technologies discussed are still in their infancy and development when it comes to libraries. While the post is aimed more towards libraries and librarians, it is done so in a manner than any can understand.
(geolocation + augmented reality + QR codes) libraries | the strange librarian
Strangelibrarian.org. 2010. (geolocation + augmented reality + QR codes) libraries | the strange librarian. [online] Available at: http://strangelibrarian.org/2010/01/geolocation-augmented-reality-qr-codes-libraries/ [Accessed: 23 Jul 2013].
Julie Strange, an adjunct professor of the University of Maryland's iSchool and Statewide Coordinator for Maryland AskUsNow!, their statewide virtual reference service, discusses three emerging technologies, of geolocation, augmented reality and QR coding. In it she offers her views on how they may be used in libraries, and how they may add value to the library experience for customers. She makes references to use of the technologies in other fields. Given her credentials, she does have some authority in the area, having been posting about mostly librarian related topics since 2007. Though the post itself is from three years back, the technologies discussed are still in their infancy and development when it comes to libraries. While the post is aimed more towards libraries and librarians, it is done so in a manner than any can understand.
Welcome
Welcome to my Augmented Reality Libraries blog.
This blog forms part of my assessment for the Diploma of Library and Information Systems course I am undertaking. In particular, we are looking at an emerging technology and how it can be used to meet the needs of library customers.
The technology I shall be looking at it augmented reality.
What exactly is augmented reality? Wikipedia describes it as "a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data."
For examples that may help provide better understanding, augmented reality (AR) can be seen utilised in such movies as Iron Man, Minority Report and Terminator.
Or you could watch the following video for an explination, with examples.
As this is a blog that forms part of a course assessment, it will be heavily dotted with citations and annotated bibliographies.
Dovgal, Denis. 2013. Augmented reality. What is augmented reality?. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09vxKN1zLNI [Accessed: 23 Jul 2013].
En.wikipedia.org. 2013. Augmented reality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality [Accessed: 23 Jul 2013].
This blog forms part of my assessment for the Diploma of Library and Information Systems course I am undertaking. In particular, we are looking at an emerging technology and how it can be used to meet the needs of library customers.
The technology I shall be looking at it augmented reality.
What exactly is augmented reality? Wikipedia describes it as "a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data."
For examples that may help provide better understanding, augmented reality (AR) can be seen utilised in such movies as Iron Man, Minority Report and Terminator.
Or you could watch the following video for an explination, with examples.
As this is a blog that forms part of a course assessment, it will be heavily dotted with citations and annotated bibliographies.
Dovgal, Denis. 2013. Augmented reality. What is augmented reality?. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09vxKN1zLNI [Accessed: 23 Jul 2013].
En.wikipedia.org. 2013. Augmented reality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality [Accessed: 23 Jul 2013].
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