[Web4lib] Join RUSA/MARS Hot Topics this Saturday in San Diego

[kcordes at nypl.org]

The RUSA/MARS Hot Topics in Electronic Reference Discussion Group is
excited to offer a discussion forum entitled “Layers of Reality: Extending
Library Services and Resources through QR Codes and Augmented Reality.”
With simple and often free technologies, QR codes may be created and added
to signage and other library applications. These embedded codes, which
often appear to be barcodes (or oddly shaped icons), may be processed by
camera phones and PDAs to direct users to online information. Augmented
reality takes visual or video information and adds layers of computer
graphics, pattern recognition, and other visual effects.  Please join us
for presentations by Caroline Sinkinson from Colorado University - Boulder,
Danielle Kane from the University of California - Irvine, Benjamin Rawlins
at Kentucky State University, and Nora Dimmock from the River Campus
Libraries - University of Rochester.

DATE & TIME: Saturday, January 8, 2011 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
LOCATION: San Diego Convention Center (SDCC), Room 33 A

For more information, please check ALA Connect at
http://connect.ala.org/node/120165, or contact Matt Torrence at
torrence at usf.edu

 Hope to see you there!