Tablets and e-Readers:Information at Your FingertipsEmily J. Hurst, MSLSTechnology CoordinatorNational Network of Libraries of MedicineSouth Central Region

Agenda

Tablet Computer – Defined

Slate Size

Touch Screen

Mobile

Tablet History

1972 Dynabook Illustration 1987 Apple Newton

Tablet Take-Off•2010 Apple Introduces iPad

•450,000 iPad units sold first weekend

•September 2012 – 84 Million units sold

• Photos from Mashable.com http://mashable.com/2010/05/28/ipad-international-launch/

Tablet Ownership Today - US

• Tablet Ownership 2013: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Tablet-Ownership-2013.aspx

Who’s Buying Tablets?

• Tablet Ownership 2013: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Tablet-Ownership-2013.aspx

A World of Options

•Currently over 100 tablet models on the market

Screen Size

Best of Both Worlds?

• Photo: Sarah Tew/CNET

Game Changer?

Operating Systems

• Q1 2013: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57555318-37/ipad-still-dominates-tablets-but-android-grabs-market-share/

More OS to Come

Apps All Around

App Development• “We invite you to develop computer and mobile

applications using {free} National Library of Medicine (NLM) resources.”

• NLM API’s: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/api/

Step Inside the Stores

• https://play.google.com/ • https://itunes.apple.com/us/

Restricted Access

• Photo: Barnes and Noble Nook HD vs. Kindle Fire HR: Specs Compared: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410230,00.asp PCMag.com

Mobile Apps vs. Mobile Sites

• Mobile Apps▫ An application designed to run

on a specific OS▫ Programming for each OS is

necessary▫ Provides rich user interaction

by integrating with existing tablet or smartphone features (GPS, camera, etc)

▫ Do not have to rely on Internet connectivity

▫ Can push alerts to users▫ Preinstalled or downloaded

from an application directory

• Mobile Sites▫ Free to access▫ Mobile version of the website▫ Mobile site generators help

create mobile versions of current websites

▫ Mobile site programming (HTML)

▫ Cannot push alerts to users▫ Internet connection required

Mobile Gallery of Apps and Sites•http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile/

Hands on Activity•Work with a partner answer and use the iPad 2 to

answer the activity questions.

Break – 15 mins

Accessibility

Tablets in Education

Rising Student Device Ownership

• Pearson Foundation Survey on Students and Tablets 2012: http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/downloads/PF_Tablet_Survey_Summary_2012.pdf

Emerging Trend

Managing Multiple Devices

•Volume Purchase Plans – Apple▫http://www.apple.com/education/volume-purchase-p

rogram/

Other Options

Tablets in Your Library

• Product Images from: http://www.ipadenclosures.com/

Accessories

In Practice

Whatdoyoucallit

•e-reader

•e-book reader

•e-book device

•What about tablets?

Digital Book Worms

• Pearson Foundation Survey on Students and Tablets 2012: http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/downloads/PF_Tablet_Survey_Summary_2012.pdf

e-Books & Libraries

• Pew Internet and American Life Project - E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines: http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/12/27/e-book-reading-jumps-print-book-reading-declines/

eReader Devices

• Photo: Sarah Tew/CNET

e-Books on other Devices

Display Difference

New Advances

eReaders – More than Just BooksInternet Email

Music/MP3

Other File Types

Common e-book File Formats

File Format File Extension eReaders

ePub .epub Kindle Devices, Android Devices, Apple iOS Devices, Barnes and Noble Nook Devices, and others

iBook .ibooks Apple iOS Devices

KF8 (Amazon Kindle)

.azw, .kf8 Kindle, Kindle Fire

Mobieocket .prc, .mobi Kindle Devices, Android Decices, Apple iOS Devices, and others

Portable Document Format

.pdf Kindle Devices, Nook Devices, Android Devices, Appile iOS Devices, Sony Reader, and others

Plain Text Files .txt All eReaders

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats

Free e-Books•Project Gutenberg

▫http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Free e-Books from NLM•NCBI Bookshelf

▫http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books

Hands On Activities•Use the Kindle 2 to answer the activity questions.

Think Legal

Medicine Meets e-Book•The Kindled Library Project

▫http://kindledlibrary.wetpaint.com/

Outreach with eReaders•Funding for outreach project available.

Crystal Ball?•Tablets not going away

•More low cost options

•How long will laptops last?

•More e-content content available

•How long will eReaders last?

Resources• Information at Your Fingertips weblinks:

http://ow.ly/bNY8Z • iPads and Tablets in Libraries:

http://tabletsinlibraries.tumblr.com/

Questions

Petting Zoo

Photo from flickr.com by Rich Moffitt

Contact

Emily J. Hurst, MSLSTechnology CoordinatorNational Network of Libraries of Medicine

South Central Regionemily.hurst@exch.library.tmc.edu(800) 338.7657 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX only)

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of

Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.