App Guide for March 2013 Integrating iPads Workshop

The App Guide for Part 2 of the “Integrating iPads…” workshop has been posted!  You can find it here, or visit the “Apps” page of this site, where the document is also linked.  

App Guide March 2013 from Rebecca Miller

We will discuss these apps, and more, on Thursday for the conclusion of Integrating iPads and Tablet Computers into Library Services.  Follow the discussion on Twitter:  #libtablet

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Slides for Part I of Integrating iPads Workshop

Thanks to all who joined us yesterday for a fantastic discussion about tablets in libraries!  The slides from yesterday’s workshops are now posted on the ALA TechSource blog:

http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2013/03/slides-resources-from-the-integrating-tablets-workshop.html

We’re going to be posting some of the interesting tweets and other ideas submitted by workshop participants throughout the next week, so stay tuned for those, in addition to our App Guide that we’ll be posting right before Part II of the workshop next Thursday, March 21!

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Recommended Reading…

Part I of the two part ALA TechSource Workshop Integrating iPads and Tablet Computers into Library Services will be held today at 2:30 p.m. (Eastern).  Part II will be held next week, same time, on March 21.  

Whether or not you can attend, check out our recommended reading list for lots of good information about tablets in libraries!

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The pre-print of the Introduction to the forthcoming issue of Library Technology Reports, entitled Rethinking Reference & Instruction with Tablets, is now available for free in the Virginia Tech institutional repository: http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/19057 The introduction describes and contextualizes the projects highlighted within the issue; the full publication (9 chapters, total) will be available for purchase in the ALA Store within the next few weeks.  

The pre-print of the Introduction to the forthcoming issue of Library Technology Reports, entitled Rethinking Reference & Instruction with Tablets, is now available for free in the Virginia Tech institutional repository:

http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/19057

The introduction describes and contextualizes the projects highlighted within the issue; the full publication (9 chapters, total) will be available for purchase in the ALA Store within the next few weeks.  

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Now available for pre-order in the ALA Store!   http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=4025

Now available for pre-order in the ALA Store!  

http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=4025

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Tablets Have Reached 'Critical Mass' in US

Tablets, led mainly by the iPad, have “quickly reached a critical mass in the U.S.,” with one of every four smartphone owners also using a tablet in the three-month period ending in April, according to comScore.

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iPads, Tablets, and Gadgets in the Library: Planning, Budgeting, and Implementation

Asynchronous eCourse beginning July 2 and continuing for 6 weeks
An ALA Editions eCourse facilitated by Rebecca Miller, Carolyn Meier and Heather Moorefield-Lang.  It’s going to be awesome!

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jdarlack
asks:
I'm interested in surveying libraries involved in theological education (seminaries, divinity schools, Christian colleges, etc.) about the use of tablet computers in their particular settings. Do you have a sample survey that you have used to query academic libraries about the use of tablets?

Unfortunately, no, we don’t have a sample survey about tablet use in libraries.  I’m not really sure that anyone has administered any similar surveys, so I’d definitely be interested to see what you come up with!

Rebecca

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ajlerner
asks:
Do you know of any public libraries implementing "roving reference," roaming, floating, wandering... ? We're trying to put together some previous research, but there is nearly nothing relating to the public library environment. Thank you. Adina

There’s definitely not as much in the literature about this topic, but I was able to track down one article:  http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/alj/58/ALJ_Feb2009_Vol58_N1_web.pdf#page=74

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kdhallett
asks:
can you point me to sample user agreements for checking out iPads?

The sample agreements we highlighted in our session are linked on this page:  http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2012/03/continuing-the-conversation-integrating-ipads-and-tablet-computers-into-library-service.  Let me know if I can help with anything else!

Rebecca

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