QR codes in use : the experience at the UPV Library

QR codes are beginning to be introduced in our libraries and are an easy way to give additional information to mobile web users in a given time and place. In this paper, we share the experience and give some examples of the introduction and use of QR codes at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) Libraries in Spain.We describe how we use QR codes to give access to our mobile website, to download documents and to promote our literature blog.We also describe how we promote our QR codes to both users and librarians, including some best practices. Finally,we discuss our future projects, such as the use of QR codes for information literacy

How to mobilize your library at low cost

The W3C defines the mobile web as a web in which users are able to access information from any location, regardless of the type of device used. In recent years, Internet access from mobile devices has grown considerably. This is due to many factors such as technological improvements of these devices, faster data transmission and lower connection costs. This new context has led to the creation of various mobile web tools which offer a variety of features, such as adaptability of web websites, use of QR codes (Quick Response), geolocation tools, augmented reality and RFID technology just to name a few. Technological advances give rise to new challenges. We should face this situation not as a threat or added workload, but as an opportunity to adapt the library to the new demands or needs of our users. This means that some of the services currently offered by the library will have to evolve, for example, with the creation of a mobile website or a mOPAC (mobile OPAC). New services could be offered, such as QR codes embedded in the catalog with bibliographical information, virtual reference through the mobile or geolocation of libraries. This paper will first provide some basic and introductory information on the mobile web. It will then go on to describe some tools used in this area. In some cases, different options will be shown taking into account factors such as cost, for example. The aim here will be to provide an overview that will allow a given library to select the best tool according to their functions and their budgets. Finally, a list of library applications will be given, as well as their associated implementation processes in the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) library. The ultimate goal of this paper is to encourage the creation and adaptation of services offered in libraries, placing special emphasis on the idea that a variety of services can be offered with just basic computer skills and a small staff, since in many cases these tools are available free of charge. In other words, these are low-cost tools that offer high returns to the user

Tecnologías móviles en bibliotecas : aplicaciones en la biblioteca de la Universitat Politècnica de València

It is explained some basic aspects of the mobile web with a description of the different tools we can find. In some cases it is offered different options that take into account, like the costs of each one of them. Finally, it is listed its applications in libraries, as well as the startup process in the library of the Universitat Politècnica de València of some of these tools

Web móvil en bibliotecas universitarias: movilízate desde 0 euros

We plan to study the possibilities of various technologies such as mobile web, RFID, QR codes, mobile chat, SMS, geolocation or augmented reality, and its application in the librarian "mobilization" . In each of these technologies will attempt to give a quick overview of what they are, their application in the library world, their advantages and disadvantages, with specific examples, without being exhaustive, but hoping that these notes enable new ways of thinking about communication with users. Furthermore, we will present the initiatives already undertaken in our library though, being in a very early period we can not provide data on its use by users

Moviliza la biblioteca desde 0 euros : creación y adaptación de servicios bibliotecarios para la web móvil

Presentación realizada el 24 de febrero de 2012 en la Biblioteca Pública de Valencia sobre el trabajo realizado por el grupo de la web móvil de la Universitat Politècnica de València.Se explican algunos aspectos básicos de la web móvil con una descripción de las diferentes herramientas que podemos encontrar. En algunos casos se ofrecen diferentes opciones que tienen en cuenta, entre otros aspectos, los costes de cada una de ellas. Por último, se enumeran sus aplicaciones en las bibliotecas, así como el proceso de puesta en funcionamiento en la biblioteca de la Universitat Politècnica de València de algunas de estas herramientas.Abarca Villoldo, M.; Lloret Salom, A.; Pons Chaigneau, DM.; Rubio Montero, FJ.; Vallés Navarro, R. (2012). Moviliza la biblioteca desde 0 euros : creación y adaptación de servicios bibliotecarios para la web móvil. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/1482