Winds of Change: Librarians in a Mobile World

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Librarians in Mobile World

*Winds of Change

*Who Am I?

*Librarian

*Mother

*Geek

*Gamer

*Technophile

*What Do I Do?

*Mary Livermore Library

* The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

* Part of the UNC System

* Founded in 1887

* Traditionally Native American

* Rural campus

* 6,222 FTE

*Where I Work

*Why Am I Here?

*How Does This Relate to information management?

*My Favorite Apps for Librarians

*Things to remember about using apps in library settings

*My Favorite Apps

For Librarians

*Goodreads

*Dropbox

*Wikipedia/Wikipanion

*IMDB

*EasyBib

*WorldCat Mobile

*An E-reader

*Pocket

*Evernote

*Scan2PDF Mobile

*Barcode Scanner

*Some Things to Remember

About Mobile Librarianship

*Mobile Design and Usability

*Flexibility

*Quick Change

*Timing

*Appropriateness

*Collaboration

*Beta testing

*Failure is OK

*Take Advantage of Freebies

*Consider Multiple Platforms

*Have fun!