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Sunday, May 7, 2017

A Fantastic Reading List on e books and e readers in libraries

Posted by beni in , , , , , , , , , , | May 07, 2017

A Fantastic Reading List on e books and e readers in libraries


 
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Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on July 26, 2011 - 8:30am
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On August 4 and August 11, Sue Polanka will present the two-part Workshop, Integrating E-Books and E-Readers into Your Library. Our workshop presenters recommend advance readings to encourage learning and focused discussion. Whether youre planning to attend this event or not, check out the reading list Sue has put together--its a fantastic overview of what librarians need to know about e-books and e-readers right now. You can register for this workshop, at either an individual or group rate at the ALA Store.


Session 1: Purchasing eBooks for Libraries 

Acquiring eBooks by Lisa Sibert and Carolyn Morris from No Shelf Required: E?Books in Libraries by Sue Polanka, pages 95?124 http://www.alaeditions.org/%20No_Shelf_Chapter_6
Collection Development for E-Books  (E-Book Task Force Tip Sheets) by Anne Behler. 
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oitp/ebook_collection_dev.pdf

What libraries can do when they buy an ebook
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2011/06/what-libraries-can-do-when-they-buy-an-ebook.html

Ebook Summit: Our Ebook Challenge http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/887220-264/ebook_summit_our_ebook_challenge.html.csp

OSLA: eBook Feasibility Study for Public Libraries
http://www.cosla.org/documents/COSLA2270_Report_Final1.pdf

E?book Distributors for the Public and School Library Markethttp://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=3070294

In Survey of Academic Librarians and Ebooks, Pointers Toward a Better System 
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6722546.html

Off The Shelf: eBook Aggregators http://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=2710528 


Session 2: Lending eBook Readers in Libraries 

May a Library Lend eBook Readers? Peter Hirtlehttp://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2010/06/may-a-library-lend-e-book-readers.html

E?Readers and Libraries by Beth Bouwman

The River Forest Public Library Experience with the Kindle by Blaise Dierks from No Shelf Required: E?Books in Libraries by Sue Polanka , pages 68 ?69http://www.alaeditions.org/files/NoShelfRequired_68-69.pdf

The Penn State University SONY E?book Reader Project by Anne Behler, from No Shelf Required: E?Books in Libraries by Sue Polanka, pages 88 – 90 
http://www.alaeditions.org/no-shelf-required-pages-88-90 

For reference: 

Facebook Page – Ebook Readers in Libraries http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14473239090#!/group.php?gid=14473239090&v=info

Kindles at the Unquiet Library http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/kindles

eReaders Home Page – Duke University Libraries http://library.duke.edu/ereaders/

Sunday, April 9, 2017

a list of the best BlackBerry add on applications for productivity

Posted by beni in , , , , , , , , , , | April 09, 2017

a list of the best BlackBerry add on applications for productivity



My excuses for using a BlackBerry are (a) Verizon delivers great voice quality, as does the BlackBerry Tour (b) physical keyboard and (3) it doesnt seduce me with an almost infinite variety of wonderful time sucking applications.

Here are what Ive found to be the core productivity applications. With the addition to the list of the wonderful Timr app for timetracking, I dont know why youd want anything more (except true e-mail sync without a BlackBerry Enterprise Server ... grrr!). The following are in descending order of utility (to me). The first two get assigned BlackBerry function keys for easy access.

  1. GMail. Specialized application. Not push mail but the next best thing. Great to have my entire e-mail database at my mobile fingertips.
  2. Timr. My new favorite. Wonderful new application for time tracking with OTA sync to a Web interface.
  3. Kindle. A beautifully executed BlackBerry application. You really can read an entire, full length book on a BlackBerry.
  4. TweetGenius. Makes Twitter even easier to use than on a full sized browser. THAT is an amazing feat of design brilliance.
  5. Pandora. Has worked wonderfully for me except when it once started blasting the Yeah Yeah Yeahs our of the speaker during a funeral service (really). Still havent figured out what happened.
  6. Google Sync. In the background, this syncs my Google Calendar to my BlackBerry calendar. Invaluable. Without this or something like this Id have to ditch my BlackBerry. I wonder if RIM has any idea of the utility that Google delivers to their platform?
  7. Google Maps. A lifesaver.
  8. Bing Search. Ive found it moderately more useful for mobile than Google.
  9. Google Search.
  10. PageOnce. This is a great tool for consolidating all sorts of information like airplane itineraries from multiple carriers and credit card transactions and balances. Its strange that their website isnt as nice as their BlackBerry application. 
  11. Evernote. It works ok for notes but needs a revision. Great for capturing photos of receipts and syncing them up to the cloud and then to my desktop.
  12. Yammer. Super for posting Yammer updates to your company.
  13. BeejiveIM. Excellent IM application that includes everything but Skype.
  14. IM+ for Skype. Waiting for the new Verizon-Skype deal to hit my BlackBerry. This program does work fine but its pricey.
  15. Salesforce. Surprisingly how much data they make accessible through this application. Fast and nice. And with the Spring 2010 release, its available on all platforms as a data access (but not comprehensive data editing) tool.Publish Post
  16. Facebook. Adequate. Not great.
  17. Google Voice. Useful occasionally for looking up voice mails poorly converted to text.

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