Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries

By (author) Elizabeth Willse Series edited by Ellyssa Kroski

Publication date:

04 September 2015

Length of book:

156 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442243897

Over 52 million tablet devices were sold during the fourth quarter of 2012 and sales are predicted to continue to increase in years to come. These lightweight mobile computing devices are quickly becoming an integral part of patrons’ everyday lives. Libraries are responding by incorporating them into their programs and services. Using Tablets and App in Libraries outlines how libraries can support this new BYOD (bring your own device) culture including offering app events and instruction, installing mounted tablets within the library, offering tablet lending programs, initiating tablet training programs for staff, and ways to evaluate and use quality apps.

Discover how you can implement a successful tablet program in your library. Through this comprehensive guide, readers will learn:

How to integrate the potential of tablet technology into existing library programs and staff workflows
How to Host a Staff Training Technology Petting Zoo
How to provide tablet support and training for your patrons
How to use tablets in your story time and other children’s programming
How to circulate tablets in your library
How to use tablets to promote library services
How to use tablets in your physical spaces to provide and gather information

Foreword by Ellyssa Kroski
Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter One: An Introduction
Chapter Two: Getting Started
Chapter Three: Tools and Applications
Chapter Four: Library Examples and Case Studies
Chapter Five: Step-by-Step Library Projects
Chapter Six: Tips and Tricks
Chapter Seven: Future Trends
Chapter Eight: Recommended Reading

Index
About the Author

I enthusiastically recommend the Library Technology Essentials series. Many libraries will want to invest in the entire set as a professional development resource since they will inevitably face some degree of involvement with each of the volume topics. Library technologists will want one of these books at their side as they launch new projects or initiatives. Ellyssa Kroski has shepherded a collection that makes an important contribution to the professional practice of library technology.