Download or read book Location aware Services and QR Codes for Libraries written by Joseph H. Murphy and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The go-to resource for straightforward instruction on using Foursquare, Facebook Places, Gowalla, Bizzy, Google Wallet, augmented reality programs, and QR codes in your library! The book guides you through each step in the implementation process, giving you the information you need to successfully use location aware technologies in library environments. It covers how to create a Foursquare campaign and use it to enhance staff training, use Facebook Places to connect with patrons, create an augmented reality program, create a QR code campaign, create a Gowalla marketing initiative, implement a mobile payment service with Google Wallet and Near Field communication. Once you learn these location-based services and applications, you can meet your mobile user's digital-age needs successfully.
Download or read book Using Mobile Technology to Deliver Library Services written by Andrew Walsh and published by Facet Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an essential practical guide for all information professionals who want to get to grips with or improve their use of mobile services. Packed with easy to implement ideas, practical examples and international case studies, this provides you with the ultimate toolkit, exploring ideas as simple as renewals and reminders to the more complex such as access to e-books and virtual worlds. Jargon-free coverage of the background and context to mobile delivery will enable you to fully understand the challenges and embrace the opportunities, getting to grips with critical issues such as what sort of services users really want. Key topics covered include: • context including market penetration, range and functionality of devices • texting • apps vs. mobile websites • mobile information literacy vs. other information literacies • mobiles in teaching • linking the physical and virtual worlds via mobile devices • E-books for mobiles • the future of mobile delivery. Readership: This is an essential practical guide for all information professionals who want to get to grips with or improve their use of mobile services. It would also be invaluable for museum staff facing the same challenges. Library and information students and academics will find it a useful introduction to the topic.
Download or read book Drupal in Libraries written by Kenneth J. Varnum and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go step-by-step through the decisions and tasks needed to develop and launch a Drupal-powered site and learn the advantages of the open source approach.
Download or read book Screencasting for Libraries written by Greg R. Notess and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No.17 in The Tech Set. Create engaging library training with instructional videos that demonstrate how to use software, databases, search engines or even your OPAC.
Download or read book Cloud Computing for Libraries written by Marshall Breeding and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides the practical information and 'real world' advice required to take full advantage of what cloud computing can provide." --Midwest Book Review
Download or read book User Experience UX Design for Libraries written by Aaron Schmidt and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: User experience (UX) characterizes how a person feels about using a product, system or service. UX design incorporates the practical aspects of utility, ease of use and efficiency to make your web design and functionality decisions with patrons in mind. This results in a better design, a more intuitive interface, and a more enjoyable experience. This book shows you how to get there by providing hands-on steps and best practices for UX design principles, practices, and tools to engage with patrons online and build the best web presence for your library. You ll find out how to conduct a usability test, perform a card sort, make decisions on how to build the architecture of your site, create personas as a cornerstone of your website planning process, create a content strategy, and perform an experience-based evaluation of your site.
Download or read book Strategic Planning for Social Media in Libraries written by Sarah K. Steiner and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide provides a scalable, step-by-step plan for creating and maintaining a successful library social media strategic plan.
Download or read book Next Gen Library Redesign written by Michael Lascarides and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise guide will help you choose and implement the techniques and best practices used by today's forward-thinking libraries to create the best possible patron experiences.
Download or read book Building Mobile Library Applications written by Jason Clark and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to the process of planning, developing, and launching mobile library applications.
Download or read book Semantic Web Technologies and Social Searching for Librarians written by Robin M. Fay and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here’s a practical guide to the future of web-based technology, especially search. It provides the knowledge and skills necessary to implement semantic web technology.
Download or read book Library Use of QR Codes written by Primary Research Group and published by Primary Research Group Inc. This book was released on 2014 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study presents data from 50 academic, public and special libraries about how they are using QR codes. The report presents detailed information on how many QR codes are being used, where they are used, how they are generated and how much they are being used. The study looks at the growth of QR codes in libraries over time, and at how libraries are monitoring, publicizing and educating their patron base about them.
Download or read book IM and SMS Reference Services for Libraries written by Amanda Bielskas and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual offers insightful information on the technological aspects of providing an SMS and IM service, as well as how to create a training programme for librarians and how to build an internship programme to expand the service.
Download or read book Marketing with Social Media written by Beth C. Thomsett-Scott and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get up to speed quickly on using social media to promote your library. This basic guide will get you ready to set up your account and explore such tools as Facebook, wikis, YouTube, Pinterest Google+, Foursquare, blogging platforms, QR codes, and Twitter. After an introductory survey of the tools, chapters cover maintaining accounts, coordinating with colleagues, planning for sustainablility, best practices, evaluation with built-in analytics, and references for additional information.
Download or read book Library and Information Science written by Michael Bemis and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance.
Download or read book E Reference Context and Discoverability in Libraries Issues and Concepts written by Polanka, Sue and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the issues of reference context and discoverability in school, public, and academic libraries, as well as within the reference publishing community.
Download or read book Law Librarianship in the Digital Age written by Ellyssa Kroski and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is absolutely essential that today’s law librarians are digitally literate in addition to possessing an understanding and awareness of recent advancements and trends in information technology as they pertain to the library field. Law Libraries in the Digital Age offers a one-stop, comprehensive guide to achieving both of those goals. This go-to resource covers the most cutting-edge developments that face today’s modern law libraries, including e-Books, mobile device management, Web scale discovery, cloud computing, social software, and much more. These critical issues and concepts are approached from the perspective of tech-savvy library leaders who each discuss how forward-thinking libraries are tackling such traditional library practices as reference, collection development, technical services, and administration in this new “digital age.” Each chapter explores the key concepts and issues that are currently being discussed at major law library conferences and events today and looks ahead to what’s on the horizon for law libraries in the future. Chapters have been written by the field’s top innovators from all areas of legal librarianship, including academic, government, and private law libraries, who have strived to provide inspiration and guidance to tomorrow’s law library leaders.
Download or read book Location Aware Services and QR Codes for Libraries written by Joseph H. Murphy and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The go-to resource for straightforward instruction on using Foursquare, Facebook Places, Gowalla, Bizzy, Google Wallet, augmented reality programs, and QR codes in your library!
