TechTips

The goal of this site is to inform and educate the students, staff, and faculty of The Ohio State University community about various emerging technologies that impact services provided by the Libraries.

TechTips: Short Code Texting Services in Libraries

Posted on January 16, 2009 by eric schnell

Chances are if you are into texting on your mobile phone you have sent a message to a five or six digit ‘phone’ number (such as to 32665 to update your Facebook status). Long popular outside of the US, short codes are being used for a variety of value-added services such as television voting, ordering [...]

Posted in Mobile, Services |

TechTips: NetBook Computers

Posted on January 9, 2009 by eric schnell

As a gadget lover, I always wished I had the travel budget to go to the Consumer Electronics Show. It is the place to see what technology is emerging and will possibly impact library services 2-3 years out.  This year’s top technology may be Netbooks, tiny laptops could soon be as ubiquitous as mobile phones. [...]

Posted in Hardware |