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: High Capacity Bar Codes

Posted on March 23, 2009 by eric schnell

  An academic librarian hands out a one page summary sheet at a library orientation program. Glancing down, an attendee notices a weird looking bar code placed at the bottom of the page. Taking out their mobile device, the attendee photographs the bar code and software converts the image into an Internet accessible address. The [...]

Posted in Discovery, Information Management, Mobile |

TechTips: Third Generation Mobile Phones (3G)

Posted on March 5, 2009 by eric schnell

This TechTip comes from the mail bag. The reader’s question: What is a 3G phone? 3G refers to third generation mobile phones, and associated networks, which incorporate high-speed Internet access and multimedia. This particular phone/network architecture enables mobile service providers to offer a wide range of more advanced services through greater network throughput and capacity. [...]

Posted in Communications, Hardware, Mobile |