Apps for Librarians - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Apps for Librarians write by Nicole Hennig. This book was released on 2014-09-24. Apps for Librarians available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How can your libraryand your patronsbenefit from mobile apps? This guidebook offers a solid foundation in "app-literacy," supplying librarians with the knowledge to review and recommend apps, offer workshops, and become the app expert for their communities. Smartphones and other mobile devices that support downloadable applicationsuniversally referred to as "apps"can be used to foster productivity, conduct research, or read and study. Additionally, savvy librarians can better serve their communities by gaining expertise in mobile technologies and being qualified to make app recommendations to patrons. This book introduces you to the apps that can help you save time and increase your own productivity as well as serve as a curator and reviewer of apps and resident expert to benefit your patrons. Apps for Librarians: Using the Best Mobile Technology to Educate, Create, and Engage will save you from wading through and learning about the millions of apps available today and direct you to the very best apps in areas important to education, the workplace, and professional development. Organized by functionreading, writing, reference, multi-media, and productivityapps are profiled with the following information: title, developer, price, platforms, general description, examples of use, and key features that make it worthwhile for learning and creative work.
The Best 100 Free Apps for Libraries
The Best 100 Free Apps for Libraries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Best 100 Free Apps for Libraries write by Jim Hahn. This book was released on 2013-05-13. The Best 100 Free Apps for Libraries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Librarian Jim Hahn has carefully culled the over 500,000 available apps down to the 100 that are the absolute best for day-in, day-out library services. The guide covers apps for Apple and Android devices, including tablets. Each entry in this long-needed guide contains: • a basic summary of how each app operates, • at least one example of how that app can be used by a librarian, • one example of how it can help a library user access library services, • a section highlighting critical limitations and apps that may better serve a librarian’s needs, and • the next possible iteration of the app. Entries are accompanied by a photo of the app in action, so this current guide is both descriptive and visual. Introductory and final chapters cover using apps in library settings and library services as well as what the future should bring in this area. This guide is intended as an introduction for those with little or no app experience and for those wanting to know more about app uses for information access.
Selecting and Evaluating the Best Mobile Apps for Library Service
Selecting and Evaluating the Best Mobile Apps for Library Service - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Selecting and Evaluating the Best Mobile Apps for Library Service write by Nicole Hennig. This book was released on 2014. Selecting and Evaluating the Best Mobile Apps for Library Service available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With the move toward defining the role of librarians as facilitators of knowledge creation, now is a great time to bring apps into digital literacy training and other library services. No longer just for media consumption, mobile apps are proving to be excellent tools for content creation.
Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries
Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries write by Elizabeth Willse. This book was released on 2015-09-03. Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Over 52 million tablet devices were sold during the fourth quarter of 2012 and sales are predicted to continue to increase in years to come. These lightweight mobile computing devices are quickly becoming an integral part of patrons’ everyday lives. Libraries are responding by incorporating them into their programs and services. Using Tablets and App in Libraries outlines how libraries can support this new BYOD (bring your own device) culture including offering app events and instruction, installing mounted tablets within the library, offering tablet lending programs, initiating tablet training programs for staff, and ways to evaluate and use quality apps. Discover how you can implement a successful tablet program in your library. Through this comprehensive guide, readers will learn: How to integrate the potential of tablet technology into existing library programs and staff workflows How to Host a Staff Training Technology Petting Zoo How to provide tablet support and training for your patrons How to use tablets in your story time and other children’s programming How to circulate tablets in your library How to use tablets to promote library services How to use tablets in your physical spaces to provide and gather information
Going Mobile
Going Mobile - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Going Mobile write by Scott La Counte. This book was released on 2012. Going Mobile available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Patrons increasingly expect access to their libraries anywhere, anytime. This Special Report provides practical guidance in how librarians can put the library in the palms of their patrons' hands. Using the HTML skills that many librarians already have along with flexible development tools, technology expert La Counte shows how creating a customized mobile app doesn't need to be expensive or require deep expertise. In straightforward, practical terms he Demonstrates how to establish a presence on the mobile web with mobile websites and phone apps Details open-source development tools such as PhoneGap that allow for the creation of mobile apps that work on a variety of mobile operating systems, with emphasis on the iPhone Discusses methods for assessing a library's user base and getting buy-in from administrators Following the pointers in this Special Report, libraries can easily go wherever their patrons do!
