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Developing a Virtual Tour for UCD Library
Niall Watts
Educational Technology Officer
Media Services, UCD IT Services
Jenny Collery
College Liaison Librarian
UCD Library
I need to read this book for my course….
We do get asked this!
Teaching the Library as Place
What about a place to study?
Everything is online, who needs the library?
Do students even read books?
There is more than one floor in the library?
Students don’t use the library.
I need to print I need a laptop or PC
Where can we do our group project?
2,861 students took Peer Mentor
Visits (Orientation 2014)
6,000 + new students in UCD every year
Project Team
Melanie Simpson & Jenny
Collery (UCD Library)
Vincent Hoban & Niall Watts
(UCD Media/IT Services)
Process Overview
Photography – Vincent will take picture
of actual kit
Stitch Photos & Create Panorama
• Hotspots
• Import
Krpano 18
• Merge
photos
Hand Code XML:
+ Documentation
+ Forums
+ Code samples
Coding - From Panorama to Tour
Future:
+ Voiceover
+ QR Codes
+ Service/Collection Hotspots
Page Views, New Students Page
UCD Library
September 2014 May 2015
Burhanna, K. J., Eschedor Voelker, T. J. and Gedeon, J. A. (2008) 'Virtually the Same: Comparing the Effectiveness of Online Versus In-Person Library Tours', Public Services Quarterly, 4(4), pp. 317-338.
Carr, A., & Ly, P. (2010, April 8). ‘The Library Scavenger Hunt Strikes Back: Teaching Library as Place.’ Paper presented at CARL Conference, Sacramento.
Freeman, G. T., Bennett, S., Demas, S., Frischer, B., Peterson, C. A. and Oliver, K. B. (2005) Library as place: Rethinking roles, rethinking space. Council on Library and Information Resources Washington, DC.
Goswami, S., Agrawal, H., Kumar, A., Saxena, S. C. and Singh, M. (2006) 'Virtual Walkthrough System for Library', DESIDOC Bulletin of Information Technology, 26(1), pp. 3-16.
Towlson, K. (2012) 'Induction Practice at De Montfort University, a Move from a Didactic, Face to Face Model to a Blended, Student Centred Delivery', ALISS Quarterly, 7(2), pp. 3-6.
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Niall Watts
Educational Technology Officer
Media Services, UCD IT Services
Jenny Collery
College Liaison Librarian
UCD Library
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