3. Don’t get comfortable “Staying current is staying relevant” (Murphy) Point of access is very important to teens “Many students prefer learning in a self-guided environment” (Rawlins et. Al.)
4. Many have a smart phone By 2015 U.S. ownership of smart phones will be 162 million (2/3 of all mobiles) (Houghton) Smart phones out sold PCs (Read WriteWeb)
9. Website Check out Sarah Houghton-Jan’s Presentation Ten Steps to Mobile Supremacy for Libraries http://slidesha.re/dsHSf8 Library’s website mobile friendly [W3C’s mobileOK Checker] use it Catalogs & Databases Reference Mobile services/resources page Most used pages (QR codes) Library Catalog & favorite databases
25. What’s a QR code? QR: Quick Response codes, or 2d barcodes, are a type of barcode that can be read by a smart phone or mobile device with a camera.
26. What’s a QR code? They can contain more information that a regular barcodes because they can store information both vertically and horizontally. http://www.denso-wave.com/qrcode/qrfeature-e.html
27. What’s a QR code? “A bridge between the physical, real world and digital information” (Murphy) A primary point of access
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30. YA QR code applications On Shelves Clarify signage Link to catalogue Link to reviews, Reader’s Advisory, book trailers On Displays Link to Website with more information On Books Author’s website Reader’s advisory, read alikes Video clips, book trailers Link to Teen blog, reviews
45. ‘What’s this?’ linked under to explain QR codeshttp://bit.ly/fPcCYK YA QR code applications
46. Problems Patrons knowledge of QR functions Fun promotions, see Bosch promo http://bit.ly/gbuVd8 Easily defaced or destroyed Still a step or two between wanting and accessing the information
49. YA Application Location Based Checking into the library or a book lets others know what their up to. Advertisment Another way to link reading to the social world
51. YA library applications Can help teens discover historical info about a places they may visit school related or otherwise Show teens how to make QR codes and let them curate their library space or even neighborhood See The Pop-Up City
57. Resources Ashford, Robin. "QR Codes and Academic Libraries: Reaching Mobile Users." College & Research Libraries News 71, no. 10 (November 2010): 526-30. Boule, Michelle. "Email, Teens, and the Workplace." ALATechSource. Accessed April 1, 2011. Last modified February 10, 2011. http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2011/02/email-teens-and-the-workplace.html . Houghton-Jan, Sarah. "Mobile Services for Libraries." SlideShare. Accessed April 1, 2011. Last modified December 2010. http://www.slideshare.net/librarianinblack/10-steps-to-mobile-supremacy-for-libraries . Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.
58. Resources Murphy, Joe. "Next Tredns in Mobile Technology." Power Point Presentation, Handheld Librarian Online Conference IV, online, produced by LearningTimes, February 23, 2011. Handheld Librarian IV. Accessed April 1, 2011.http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/next-trends-in-mobile-technology . Rawilns, Benjamin, Dantrea Hampton, and Amanda Peach. "Libraries and QR Codes." Power Point presentation, Handheld Librarian Online Conference IV, online,produced by LearningTimes, February 23, 2011. Handheld Librarian IV,. Accessed April 1, 2011. http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/libraries-and-qr-codes .