[Web4lib] Unique Uses of iPad in Libraries

Linda Babli lbabli at mywinterhaven.com
Thu May 19 12:51:15 EDT 2011


We have 8 iPads that can be used by our patrons as follows:
*       Requires a Library Card from any library in Polk County.
*       Must leave your Driver's License or a current photo ID for security
*       May only be used INSIDE the Library
*       Check-out time: 2 hours
*       May renew for an additional 2 hours if no one is waiting
*       $1.00 per hour late fee if not returned on time
*       Holds not permitted
*       Youths 17 and under must have a legally responsible adult (parent or caregiver) check out the iPad.

Patron are not permitted to download apps and cannot set up their email accounts on the iPads.  They can, however, check email via the internet using Safari.
The iPads are cataloged and we check them out to the person.  Each iPad is numbered 1 through 8 and has a cooresponding card with a barcode.  These cards are kept on a ring and we paperclip the patron's driver's license to the appropriate card.  We have check out, check in and maintenance instructions for staff.
If anyone is interested in these instructions as well as the sign we use, just email me at lbabli at mywinterhaven.com

Linda Babli
Reference & Information Services
Winter Haven Public Library
863-291-5880

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   1. LJ?s 2d annual survey of ebooks and academic libraries
      (Roy Tennant)
   2. Re: Desktop sharing for remote user support (Thomas Edelblute)
   3. Re: Desktop sharing for remote user support (Cary Gordon)
   4. Unique Uses of iPad in Libraries (Mark Gooch)
   5. Re: Unique Uses of iPad in Libraries
      (A.J.P.van.den.Brekel at med.umcg.nl)
   6. Kindle (Robert Balliot)
   7. Not Your Father's SubjectsPlus (Andrew Darby)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 13:46:58 -0700
From: Roy Tennant <tennantr at oclc.org>
Subject: [Web4lib] LJ?s 2d annual survey of ebooks and academic
        libraries
To: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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Posted on behalf of Francine Fialkoff.
Roy

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There?s still time to participate in LJ?s 2d annual survey of ebooks and
academic libraries
Library Journal is fielding our second annual ebook penetration survey
<http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/articlereview/890363-457/ebook_survey_2011
.html.csp>  designed to delve into the changing shape of academic library
ebook collections. As we did with last year?s results, we?ll review the
top-level findings as part of our second annual virtual ebook summit on
October 12th.  Why not weigh in? You might even win a nook!

Best,
Francine

Francine Fialkoff
Editor-in-Chief
Library Journal
ffialkoff at mediasourceinc.com
646-380-0715


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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 22:12:19 +0000
From: Thomas Edelblute <TEdelblute at anaheim.net>
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Desktop sharing for remote user support
To: Eva Agbada <eagbada at ccp.edu>, "web4lib at webjunction.org"
        <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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        <52882995E3FA484FA4FFBF4C2C837CFE0527B0 at COAMBOX2.anaheim.intranet>
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I have used join.me as a screen sharing site for capturing error messages on other peoples computers (Mac and PC).  But I don't remember any video conferencing capabilities in it.  If there is something there join.me I don't know about, I would love to hear about it.


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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Eva Agbada
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 1:10 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Desktop sharing for remote user support

(With apologies  for cross-posting)

Hi everyone,
We are looking into web-conferencing options to support our DE students and
were wondering if anyone on the list has used join.me to accomplish this?
 If you have, would you be able to share your experiences?  If you use
another product (Skype, WebEx, etc...), we would also love to hear about
your experiences.

In particular, we're interested in hearing about best-practices and/or any
significant hurdles to overcome in providing synchronous support and
instruction to DE students.

Please feel free to email me off-line.  And if anyone is interested, I'll be
happy to compile the results and share them.

Thanks in advance!

-Eva



 Eva Agbada
Assistant Professor | Systems Librarian
*E* eagbada at ccp.edu | *T* 215.751.8396 | *F* 215.751.8762
1700 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 18:59:29 -0700
From: Cary Gordon <listuser at chillco.com>
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Desktop sharing for remote user support
To: Eva Agbada <eagbada at ccp.edu>
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
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We use GoToMeeting, which is reliable and includes POTS and VOIP voice
conferencing.

join.me seems to be a platform for marketing their paid service, much
as they do with the free version of their main product, LogMeIn.

You can acheive great economy through free and open-source software.
Free services, on the other hand, usually have a gotcha.

Cary

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Eva Agbada <eagbada at ccp.edu> wrote:
> (With apologies ?for cross-posting)
>
> Hi everyone,
> We are looking into web-conferencing options to support our DE students and
> were wondering if anyone on the list has used join.me to accomplish this?
> ?If you have, would you be able to share your experiences? ?If you use
> another product (Skype, WebEx, etc...), we would also love to hear about
> your experiences.
>
> In particular, we're interested in hearing about best-practices and/or any
> significant hurdles to overcome in providing synchronous support and
> instruction to DE students.
>
> Please feel free to email me off-line. ?And if anyone is interested, I'll be
> happy to compile the results and share them.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -Eva
>
>
>
> ?Eva Agbada
> Assistant Professor | Systems Librarian
> *E* eagbada at ccp.edu | *T* 215.751.8396 | *F* 215.751.8762
> 1700 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
> _______________________________________________
> Web4lib mailing list
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>



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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 07:58:57 -0400
From: Mark Gooch <mgooch at wooster.edu>
Subject: [Web4lib] Unique Uses of iPad in Libraries
To: COLLIB-L at ala.org, lita-l at ala.org, web4lib
        <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Message-ID: <4DD50601.2030703 at wooster.edu>
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I apologize in advance for the cross-posting of this message.  I'm
curious to hear how folks are using iPads in their libraries. If folks
would want to respond to me I can compile responses for the list.

Thanks
Mark

--
Mark D. Gooch
Technology and Government Information Librarian
The College of Wooster Libraries
1140 Beall Avenue
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone: 330/263-2522
FAX: 330/263-2253
mgooch at wooster.edu
AIM: mgooch90
Yahoo! IM: mgooch1





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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 14:26:44 +0200
From: "A.J.P.van.den.Brekel at med.umcg.nl"
        <A.J.P.van.den.Brekel at med.umcg.nl>
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Unique Uses of iPad in Libraries
To: "Mark Gooch" <mgooch at wooster.edu>, "COLLIB-L at ala.org"
        <COLLIB-L at ala.org>,     "lita-l at ala.org" <lita-l at ala.org>, web4lib
        <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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Dear Mark,
Here is the link to our wiki about the iPAd on Loan Project!
http://ipadscmb.pbworks.com/w/page/31492905/iPad-on-loan-:-a-project-of-the-CMB-UMCG
 best regards

Guus van den Brekel


Central Medical Library, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)641628117 (mobile) or +31 (0)503632632
MSN name : a.j.p.van.den.brekel at med.umcg.nl
Google Chat: brekelajp at gmail.com
Skype: Digicmb
Website: www.rug.nl/umcg/bibliotheek

http://mobileCMB.nl <http://mobilecmb.nl/>




Scan the qr-code with your mobile and go directly to the (web) app!


Linkedin: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/guusvandenbrekel
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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Mark Gooch
Sent: donderdag 19 mei 2011 13:59
To: COLLIB-L at ala.org; lita-l at ala.org; web4lib
Subject: [Web4lib] Unique Uses of iPad in Libraries

I apologize in advance for the cross-posting of this message.  I'm curious to hear how folks are using iPads in their libraries. If folks would want to respond to me I can compile responses for the list.

Thanks
Mark

--
Mark D. Gooch
Technology and Government Information Librarian The College of Wooster Libraries 1140 Beall Avenue Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone: 330/263-2522
FAX: 330/263-2253
mgooch at wooster.edu
AIM: mgooch90
Yahoo! IM: mgooch1



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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 10:02:35 -0400
From: Robert Balliot <rballiot at gmail.com>
Subject: [Web4lib] Kindle
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Message-ID: <BANLkTiktwGHZYHq40Bj5wAEsuiFqA_fRoQ at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

 Kindle books now outsell all other books on Amazon:

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1565581&highlight
=

The partnership of Overdrive and Amazon trends to becoming more and more
beneficial to library circulation when that interface is implemented:

http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/kindles-and-android-and-nooks-oh-my/


R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com


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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 11:22:39 -0400
From: Andrew Darby <darby.lists at gmail.com>
Subject: [Web4lib] Not Your Father's SubjectsPlus
To: Web4Lib <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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Hello, all.  The 1.0 version of SubjectsPlus is available:

http://code.google.com/p/subjectsplus/downloads/list

// What is SubjectsPlus? //

SubjectsPlus is a free and open source LAMP application to manage your
subject/course guides, and can also produce an A-Z list of databases,
staff list, FAQs, and a suggestion box.  It's completely customizable
so you can integrate it seamlessly into your existing website (with a
little work) or you can just stick in your header/footer.

You can find out more from the informational website:

http://www.subjectsplus.com/

There's also a wiki with helpful docs:

http://www.subjectsplus.com/wiki/

and a Google group where you can ask questions and share ideas:

http://groups.google.com/group/subjectsplus

// New in 1.0 //

* Improved default public pages (but you should still localize them)
* Completely rewritten/improved admin
* More flexible guide layouts
* Proper internationalization support (French version mostly done,
others coming as soon as someone does it)




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