Hello,

Augmented Reality, Virtually Reality, and RFID are definitely the future. However, we need more input into these technologies, protocols, and standards. We need a coding army. We need a professional organization of coding librarians. The current print books in academic libraries aren't conducive to student learning (just need to throw that out there)

Technologies like RFID shouldn't be overlooked by libraries. 

I would definitely like to use this technology in my library for self check out and Geo location. This would help with iRoving, wearables, and discovery. 

Is there a professional organization for librarians who code?

Thanks, 

Cornel Darden Jr.  
MSLIS
Library Department Chair
South Suburban College
7087052945

"Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning."

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> On Oct 6, 2014, at 6:06 PM, Salazar, Christina <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hey C4L’ers,
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> I hope this isn’t too spammy, but in the last round of “how are you building your stack mapping” app, I mentioned the potential of RFID to fulfill this need in the future (or did I chicken out on that post?) instead of using barcodes that then interact with a database …
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> This SHORT (I promise) blog by a British RFID expert talks about that use as well as some other NFC uses in libraries: http://www.mickfortune.com/Wordpress/?p=1185
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> Seems like whenever I bring this up, I hear crickets chirping but since a whole bunch o’ libraries adopted RFID (many of whom later abandoned it), wouldn’t it be cool to leverage RID and our users’ mobile devices to assist them in various ways?
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> Christina Salazar
> Systems Librarian
> John Spoor Broome Library
> California State University, Channel Islands
> 805/437-3198
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