Showing posts with label QR codes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label QR codes. Show all posts

Friday, 4 December 2009

Conference talks in the pipeline

I've just been accepted to talk at two conferences, LILAC in Limerick next March and EMTACL10 in Trondheim in April.

Both have QR codes as a theme, but the LILAC talk is entitled "QR Codes – using mobile ‘phones to deliver library instruction and help at the point of need." and is very much about what I've done at the University, what's worked and what hasn't and how it supports information skills.

The EMTACL talk also covers QR codes, but with the title "Blurring the boundaries between our physical and electronic libraries" it is much more of a rant from me! I'll be talking about how we can blur the boundaries between the physical library and electronic resources through technologies such as QR codes as well as mentioning some other technologies such as GPS and wireless communication and their potential. It'll then be a bit of a rant as to why we don't use RFID for interesting stuff instead of just using it for stock circulation....


Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Lots of things done today

A productive morning, mobile projects wise!

  • Just submitted at possible workshop to the CoFHE / UC&R joint conference 2010 on mobile 'phone stuff.

  • Pretty much finished an article I'm writing to complement a talk I've submitted to LILAC 2010 - if I do the talk, it'll be submitted to the Journal of Information Literacy (run by the same people as the conference, so only polite to give them first crack at it!).

  • Done a draft version of the questionnaire I'll use to assess how the Text tips & tricks went (using a form in Google docs for that one). Also scheduled the last of the text tips and tricks to go out over the next couple of weeks.

Monday, 19 October 2009

Extreme makeover: Transforming the face of your Library Service

Here's the presentation I'm giving at the "Extreme makeover: Transforming the face of your Library Service" day in Leeds on 26th October.



My handout that goes along with it is below:

Monday, 12 October 2009

QR codes competition

Just launched a competition for students to have a chance of winning £100 worth of vouchers if they can find and decode 7 out of 10 competition QR codes in the library - the hope being it might get some people to install a reader on their 'phones and start exploring...

Promoted it via twitter (@hudlib); facebook (library page); the Huddersfield Student newspaper (short article); posters; and flyers. In a couple of weeks time I'll put it on the student portal and maybe send out a mass email to students as a 2nd wave of promotion.

Monday, 28 September 2009

Article writing

Trying to pull together an outline of an article for a peer reviewed journal at the moment that will link QR codes and information literacy. I've submitted a talk to LILAC2010 on a similar topic, so the article is designed to complement the talk - possibly in the journal run by the same people, Journal of Information Literacy.

Think I've probably done about as much as I can so far (just under 2,500 words) while I've still got so much feedback and usage data to come back on how well the QR codes are working.

Hopefully it should be relatively painless to complete in a couple of months time...

Friday, 4 September 2009

QR codes, staff presentations

About to give my first presentation on QR codes to staff in the library, should be followed by another one next week, then I'll arrange a third to try and catch anyone that's missed out!

Most important part was letting people play with mobile 'phones to see how QR codes work.





Or the recording made while I was speaking, it was cut off slightly during the questions, but the full presentation is there:



Tuesday, 25 August 2009

QR codes in printed guides

Feverishly adding QR codes to printed guides now, linking to online quizes, videos and further help...

For instance I've added a quiz to my Law resources guide.

Hopefully people will see these strange things at the bottom of the printed guides and some will investigate. We'll see if it works!

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Starting to stick QR codes around the library

Starting to stick QR codes around the library now ready for the start of term, though don't want too many up when there are still changes likely before the end of summer!

All the print journals now have QR codes linking to SFX to find electronic holdings.

Print credit machine has link to video on using it - though not sure now whether to stay with MoleTV or go with Youtube.

Hopefully sticking up some of the general "help" type ones later today - linking to "text a librarian" service for the fixed library catalogue points, for instance.

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

CLS poster promenade

Spent yesterday in our service's poster promenade showing off the work we're doing to both take advantage of text messaging in the library and the way we're starting to use QR codes.

Lots of interest, with a few people realising they had QR readers on their 'phone (Nokia 'phones) and lots of people amazed by their potential!

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Possible talk in October

I've just been approached to do a talk on QR codes and mobile stuff to library staff at an event in the Leeds area on 26th October - details to follow at a later date.

Thursday, 14 May 2009

Awareness of QR codes

Talked to 163 people today as they entered the library (so we know they are current library users) and showed them a picture of a QR code.

8% said they recognised what it was (though often struggled to put it into words!).  Not as many as at Bath (13.8%), but not a bad amount. It still adds up to almost a couple of thousand students if extraploated to our whole student population.

We wanted an idea of awareness as one of our measures of success will be if more know what they are this time next year!

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

Mobile quiz

Just found a lovely little JAVA based quiz generator for mobiles - mobile study. 

I'll have to work out how I can use it! Meanwhile here is a really short one based on the first few questions of a library trail we do with visiting school children:

qrcode

Saturday, 2 May 2009

Engaging our Digital Natives event 12th June

Details should be going out in the next few days about a YU-INFOSKILLS event only open to Yorkshire universities (though it may be opened up if we don't get fully booked!). I'll be presenting some stuff about QR codes in the afternoon.

I've pasted the details below!

Engaging our Digital Natives: Technologies to Inspire Information Literacy Teaching

YU Information Skills Group invites you to a training event aimed at anyone interested in how technology might be applied effectively to information literacy in order to engage our students. The event will showcase examples of good practice from the region.
This one-day workshop will be held at:
The Learn Higher Room, J.B. Priestley Library, University of Bradford.

Friday 12th June 2009 10am-4pm

Fee: £35
Lunch and refreshments provided


In the first instance, this event is only open to staff from Yorkshire
Universities and there are 2 guaranteed places per institution. We will also guarantee 2 places for members of the RSC FE group.

Reserve names may be sent and will be kept on a waiting list.

After 22nd May, if places are still available, this workshop will be offered outside the Yorkshire Universities Information Skills Group membership.

Numbers are limited to 30. To book your place, please contact Grace Hudson (g.l.hudson@bradford.ac.uk) with the following details:

Your name:

Institution name:

Postal address:

Email address:

Additional requirements, e.g. diet/access:

Address of person to invoice if different from above:

Order number (if applicable):

Cancellation policy: cancellations less than one week before the event will be charged for, but an alternative may be sent.
Engaging our Digital Natives: Technologies to Inspire Information Literacy Teaching
Yorkshire Universities Information Skills Group Workshop
Learn Higher Room 01.58, JB Priestley Library, University of Bradford,
Friday 12th June 2009
Programme
10:00 Registration and coffee

10:15 Welcome and introduction

10:20 Using technology to be more inclusive and effective – Dr Simon Ball, JISC TechDis Service

11:15 Coffee

11:35 Title to be confirmed - Dave Pattern, University of Huddersfield

12:15 Group discussion

12:45 Lunch

1:35 Putting it into practice: Showcase of working examples from the region

First round – chose two out of three from:

Tutorials using Captivate, Articulate and Informs – Alison Robson, Susan Smith and Jennifer Wilson, Leeds Metropolitan University

QR codes and mobiles – Andrew Walsh, University of Huddersfield

Web-based information skills tutorials, screencasts, Flash tutorials, and blogs – Jenny Pacheco and Vic Grant, University of Sheffield

Second round – choose two out of three from:

Integrating interactive workbooks into BlackBoard using Wimba Create (Course Genie); Elluminate classrooms – Diane Kearns, Maureen Readle, Sarah George and Donna Irving, University of Bradford

QR codes and mobiles – Andrew Walsh, University of Huddersfield

Interactive tutorials: bite-sized chunks for new students, and engaging undergraduates and researchers with Articulate Engage – Helen Howard and Michelle Schneider, University of Leeds

3:05 Group discussion

3:30 Refreshments and plenary

4:00 Close

Sunday, 19 April 2009

Brief presentation in Bradford

The YU-INFOSKILLS group are organising an event in Bradford on 12th June on using new technologies to help students develop their information skills. They’ll be a couple of talks in the morning followed by a series of people from University libraries within Yorkshire and the Humber region showing what their currently working on or have recently developed. I’ve volunteered to show off what we’re doing with QR codes at Huddersfield University and hopefully I’ll take along 2 or 3 ‘phones for people to play with…