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Blurring the boundaries between our physical and electronic libraries: Location aware technologies; QR codes and RFID tags.

Walsh, Andrew (2011) Blurring the boundaries between our physical and electronic libraries: Location aware technologies; QR codes and RFID tags. The Electronic Library, 29 (4). pp. 429-437. ISSN 0264-0473

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    Abstract

    Purpose: This paper considers the use of technologies including GPS, QR codes and RFID tags to personalize the learning environments in academic libraries.
    Design/methodology/approach: It reports on the use of QR codes at the University of Huddersfield, including information on how the QR codes have been received by users. It also outlines other technologies used elsewhere and reported in professional literature.
    Findings: The author finds that although location aware technologies are being used, for most libraries they are impractical. Instead, we could use QR codes (which have significant barriers to their use) or preferably RFID tags (already widely used for other purposes) to create smarter libraries.
    Practical implications: Libraries are increasingly using RFID tags in their stock, occasionally as part of library or campus smart cards as well. When considering how to use, or justify the cost of RFID tags in libraries, we should also consider the potential additional benefits outlined in this article.
    Originality/value: While most of the technologies described have been used in experimental ways within libraries, no-one has yet used RFID tags for much more than stock circulation and control. This is the first article to suggest using them to access the wealth of data we hold to personalize the learning environments of our libraries.

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Mobile libraries; mlibraries; mobile phones; cell phones; RFID; QR codes; mlearning
    Subjects: Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z719 Libraries (General)
    L Education > L Education (General)
    Schools: Computing and Library Services
    Computing and Library Services > Centre for Innovation in Information Services
    School of Education and Professional Development > Centre of Lifelong Learning and Social Justice > Technology Enhanced Learning Research Group
    Depositing User: Andrew Walsh
    Date Deposited: 01 Jun 2010 16:50
    Last Modified: 06 Aug 2013 12:52
    URI: http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/7760

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