iACCESSThere Is An App For That
Marian and Gerald Logan
Your future patrons and many of your current ones will never fill out a paper survey. Try this one……
http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Gather Data
Public Libraries have done a great job of catering to their clients.
Public Libraries have kept up with the times……. School libraries have not………
Reason: Librarians
Grande Prairie Public Library
Who Are Your PatronsGPPL’s patrons
12000 Active patrons250 000 visits last year9000 eBooks circulated last yearOn schedule for 13 000 this year
(yes everyone received an iPad or Kindle for Christmas)
Who Are Your PatronsGPPL’s patrons
125 000 web site hitsFrom: Computers?
Smartphones?eReaders?
Base your website on HTML5 not Adobe Flash
Adobe has announced it will end support for Flash on mobile devices
HTML 5 Demo
Many developers are moving to this because it is a standard not a closed source application. Development software has no Adobe license fees.
The Apps (finally)
TRAC app: The The Regional Automation Consortium’s library search app.
The Apps
Overdrive The The Regional Automation Consortium’s electronic book solution.
Other Sources
Project Gutenberg38 000 copyright free
ebooksVarious formats
Other Sources
Project Gutenberg Canada
Canadian copyright free ebooks
Fewer formatsFrench and Engish
Other Sources
Open Library
The Apps
iBooks
The Apps
Kindle
The Apps
Toy Story This is the best ebook I have found for children.
You can read itIt will read the story to youIt can record you reading the story
The Apps
Flipbook an accumulator from the digital world. Very Current
The Apps
Google: This app is limited compared to the desktop site.
Most interesting is the voice and googles search
The Apps
History Maps
The Apps
Dictionary Everyone needs a good dictionary, this one is light and it is free.
The Apps
GTN Gateway To NatureLocal
The Apps
French Resources
LL French
Fre-Eng Free
The Apps
OECD Factbook
The Apps
Qwiki a great app that scours the internet for items that fit your search term and turns it into a video
The Apps
Wikipedia You either love it or hate it. Regardless your patrons are using it. The format is not appealing.
Try Discover Wikibot
The Apps
QR CodesThey can do a lot of things.
Use QR Codes They can take your patrons to a
website.
Send an email to your information desk.
Read a message to you.
Map location
Use a variety of readers and scannersi-NigmaNEOreaderQRReader
QR Resources qrstuff.com
http://www.2learn.ca/web2/QRT.aspx
http://engageyourstudents.wikispaces.com
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