Library Hi Tech News: Volume 35 Issue 5

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in libraries and museums

Adetoun A. Oyelude

This edition of this study aims to focus on augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in libraries and museums, as seen from the internet cyber sphere including blogs. It…

Is it time for libraries to take a closer look at emoji? The data deluge column

Donna Ellen Frederick

The emoji, is it an endearing image to add to your text messages and email, or is it an increasingly important type of electronic data? According to a 2013 article by Jeff…

“Through the looking glass: envisioning new library technologies” spending time well – helping patrons take control of their technology

Peter Fernandez

Social networking and mobile devices are now fully integrated into the fabric of society. Even people who do not directly use these applications are impacted by those who do…

Visualizing library data interactively: two demonstrations using R language

Zhehan Jiang, Richard Carter

This paper aims to provide two real examples to inspire librarians to use modern techniques for data visualization.