Download or read book Public Librarian Use of Google and Its Features and Apps written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 200+ page report presents detailed data on the use by public librarians of Gmail, YouTube, Google Images, Google Scholar, Google Forms, Chrome, Google Advanced Search, Google Maps, Google Drive and many many other Google applications and apps. The report helps its readers to answer questions such as: which Google features and apps do public librarians find most useful? How much time do they spend using these apps? What are they using them for? Sixty librarians from public libraries across the United States took part in the survey and data is broken out by age and gender and general work title of the librarian, and the budget size and population service area of the participating libraries. Just a few of the study's many findings are that:The percentage of total use of search engines accounted for by the use of the Google search engine was a mean 81.12 percent, the median was 90 percent, and the range was 5 to 100 percent. . Public librarians between the ages of 30 and 39 use Google Photos most often, a 42.86 percent plurality use Google Photos often and 14.29 percent more use it very often.Of the entire sample, 41.67 percent never really use Google Drive, 11.67 percent seldom use it, 10 percent sometimes use it, 6.67 percent often use it, and 30 percent use Google Drive very often.

Download or read book Law Librarian Use of Google and Its Apps Features written by Primary Research Group (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 200+ page study present detailed data and commentary about how law librarians are using Google and its apps and features such as: Gmail, Google Scholar, Google Drive, Notifications, Alerts, Google Books, Google Maps, Chrome, Google Images, Google+, Hangouts, Calendar, Translate, Google Public Data Explorer and many other applications. The reports presents data on how valued each of these services are and who is using them, how much and with what impact. Google is a major productivity tool and its proper use enormously benefits law librarians who know best how to exploit its many free and relatively low cost features. This report quantifies and details their efforts. Data is broken out by many criteria such as type of law library, work title of librarian, and age, gender and compensation level of librarian, among others. Just a few of this comprehensive study's many findings are that:*Use of the Google search engine accounted for 73.23%, of total search engine use was by the law librarians sampled. *A majority (80.96%) of respondents reported Google Maps to be either useful (16.67%), quite useful (45.24%), or essential (19.05%).*Just under half (45.24%) of respondents used Google Patent Search. A strong majority of these respondents were associated with law firm libraries.*A small minority (7.14%) of the sample noted that Google Public Data Explorer was useful, quite useful, or essential to them, with younger individuals (30 to 49) and those from government agencies/private companies being most likely to feel that this application was useful.*Respondents spent, on average, 35.81 hours per month using Chrome for work.*Respondents spent, on average, 2.90 hours per month using Google Drive for work (range: 0.00 to 30.00 hours). Those from college/universities and those from law firm libraries spent the most time using this tool (mean: 4.26 hours and 3.20 hours, respectively).

Download or read book Corporate Business Librarian Use of Google and Its Features Apps written by Primary Research Group and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report presents findings from a survey of 22 corporate and business librarians, predominantly drawn from major corporations and leading business schools. The 188-page study presents detailed data on use of Google, YouTube, Chrome, Gmail, Drive and a myriad of other Google Features and Apps including but not limited to: Google Maps, Google Advanced Search, Google Books, Google Scholar, Google Images, Google Photos, Google Notifications, Google Calendar, Google Sky, Google Forms, Google Groups and many others. Data is broken out separately for corporate and business education libraries (largely those of MBA programs) and by library size and by age, gender and compensation level of survey participant, among other variables. In addition to providing data on the extent of use and usefulness of these various features and apps, respondents identify their favored features and apps and how they benefit from them. Just a few of the surveys major findings are that: *For librarians sampled working in corporate libraries 57.75 percent of searches are conducted through the Google search engine; the median is 58 percent, in a range of 40 to 75 percent. *31.82 percent of all librarians sampled said they use Google Images very often, 27.27 percent use it often, 27.2 percent sometimes use it, and 9.09 percent said they never really use it.*In the past month, the librarians in the sample spent on Google Maps a mean of 1.1 hours of their work time; the median was 0.88 hours in a range of 0 to 5 hours. *YouTube is most useful to librarians working in libraries with more than 12 FTE staff, 60 percent of whom said it is essential while the remaining 40 percent said it is quite useful. For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.

Download or read book Google Scholar and More written by William Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In only a few years, Google has become an authoritative provider of multiple products which have changed the digital information landscape. This book discusses how libraries can go beyond Google’s basic search and Scholar functions to expand services for their patrons. Respected authorities reveal the expanding variety of new Google applications developed in the past few years, many of which have not received wide attention and are as yet not often used in libraries. Applications explored include Google Co-op, Google News, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. This book also discusses different important aspects of the company’s expansion of functions, such as the failure of the Google Answers experiment, the broad variety of free Google applications that librarians can use to collaborate, and the success of Google’s Blogger, among others. A helpful chronology of Google’s growth is provided, as well as comparative analyses between various Google functions and other functions that are currently available. The book is extensively referenced. This book is an invaluable resource for academic librarians, public librarians, school librarians, library science faculty, and special librarians. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Library Administration.

Download or read book Academic Librarian Use of Google and Its Apps Features written by Primary Research Group Staff and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nearly 400 page report gives highly detailed data on the use by academic librarians of Google and its profuse apps and features. The study gives detailed data on use of Google Scholar, Google Books, Notifications, Forms, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Alerts, Google+ and dozens of other features.Google has made available - mostly absolutely free - one of the most advanced sets of information management tools ever devised, and this study helps its readers to pin down exactly how academic librarians are using these tools and how they are advancing the interests of their institutions through the use of these tools. Data is the report is broken out by eight categories, determining use by personal characteristics of the librarian such as job title, age and gender and even income level, as well as institutional characteristics such as college Carnegie class or type, enrollment and level of tuition. Just a few of the report's many findings are that:*Google Scholar was, by far, the most popular feature named.*40.45% of librarians sampled often use Google Maps in connection with their work and another 27% use it very often.*Use of Google Analytics was especially pronounced by librarians in technical services and cataloging; 43% of librarians working in this area use Google Analytics either often or very often in connection with their work, a far higher rate than for other academic librarians.*Google Forms was particularly valued by librarians in institutions that charged more than $26,000 annually for tuition, as 50% of librarians in the sample working at these institutions thought Google Forms was either very useful or essential to their work, a far higher percentage than at institutions charging less for tuition. *The librarians sampled spent a median of 1 hour in the past month using Google Images. *Librarians earning more than $100,000 per year were much more likely than others to use a search engine other than Google, which accounted for 74.7% of their searches, a far lower percentage than for librarians at lower salary levels, for whom Google accounted for about 89% of their searches.

Download or read book Apps for Librarians written by Nicole Hennig and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can your library—and your patrons—benefit from mobile apps? This guidebook offers a solid foundation in "app-literacy," supplying librarians with the knowledge to review and recommend apps, offer workshops, and become the app expert for their communities. Smartphones and other mobile devices that support downloadable applications—universally referred to as "apps"—can be used to foster productivity, conduct research, or read and study. Additionally, savvy librarians can better serve their communities by gaining expertise in mobile technologies and being qualified to make app recommendations to patrons. This book introduces you to the apps that can help you save time and increase your own productivity as well as serve as a curator and reviewer of apps and resident expert to benefit your patrons. Apps for Librarians: Using the Best Mobile Technology to Educate, Create, and Engage will save you from wading through and learning about the millions of apps available today and direct you to the very best apps in areas important to education, the workplace, and professional development. Organized by function—reading, writing, reference, multi-media, and productivity—apps are profiled with the following information: title, developer, price, platforms, general description, examples of use, and key features that make it worthwhile for learning and creative work.

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Download or read book The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries written by Carol Smallwood and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carol Smallwood's The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries, Volume 1: Instruction, Administration, and Staff Productivity explores how Google's suite of tools, from Google Docs (now Google Drive), Google Scholar, Hangout, Forms, and others made freely available to the Internet Community can be used by libraries to expand the role of digital operations in the management of library materials, to communicate with their patrons and collaborators, to exploit the resources on the Web, and many others. The book has 29 chapters organized into sections that focus on ways that Google’s suite of tools can be applied to address problems in a specific area of library concern. The section headings are: Library Instruction for Users; Collaboration within and among libraries; Library Administration; Collection Management; and Library Productivity. In each topical area, the chapters show how librarians are taking advantage of these tools to change the way that their library works. All of this without the burden of an additional bill to pay. Through these carefully selected case studies from real libraries, you will be able to learn about the surprising and powerful potential that exists through Google tools to improve library operations.

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Download or read book The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries written by Carol Smallwood and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Forward by Michael Lesk: Google has now developed services far beyond text search. Google software will translate languages and support collaborative writing. The chapters in this book look at many Google services, from music to finance, and describe how they can be used by students and other library users. Going beyond information resources, there are now successful collaboration services available from Google and others. You can make conference calls with video and shared screens using Google Hangouts, Writing documents with small numbers of colleagues often involved delays while each author in sequence took over the writing and made edits. Today Google Docs enables multiple people to edit the same document at once. An ingenious use of color lets each participant watch in real time as the other participants edit, and keeps track of who is doing what. If the goal is to create a website rather than to write a report, Google Sites is now one of the most popular platforms. Google is also involved in social networking, with services such as Google+ Other tools view social developments over time and space. The Google Trends service, for example, will show you when and where people are searching for topics. Not surprisingly, searches for “swimwear” peak in June and searches for “snowmobile” peak in January. The Complete Guide to Using Google in Libraries, Volume 2: Research, User Applications, and Networking has 30 chapters divided into four parts: Research, User Applications, Networking, Searching. The contributors are practitioners who use the services they write about and they provide how-to advice that will help public, school, academic, and special librarians; library consultants, LIS faculty and students, and technology professionals.

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Download or read book Libraries and Google written by William Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the benefitsand drawbacksof Google® Google® has become a nearly omnipresent tool of the Internet, with its potential only now beginning to be realized. How can librarians effectively integrate this powerful search engine to provide service to their patrons? Libraries and Google® presents leading authorities discussing the many possibilities of using Google® products as effective, user-friendly tools in libraries. Google Scholar and Print are extensively explored with an eye toward offering an expanded view of what is and may be possible for the future, with practical insights on how to make the most of the product’s capabilities. It seems certain that Google® is here to stay. Libraries and Google® comprehensively examines this disruptive technology that is seen as both a threat and an opportunity by both librarians and publishers. Both perspectives are explored in depth, along with practical applications of this and other Google® technology that may be new to librarians. Google® products and other more familiar research tools are compared for effectiveness and ease of use. The various unique needs of users and scholars are detailed and considered as a springboard for insightful discussion of the future role of librarians in today’s world. Potential problems are closely examined, such as copyright issues of digitization, and privacy concerns sparked by its collection of personal information about its users. The book comprehensively explores the path libraries need to travel to benefit from the search tool, rather than being overwhelmed and destroyed by it. Topics in Libraries and Google® include: the viewpoint that Google® may make libraries obsolete new opportunities for libraries through using Google® products technical aspects of purchasing and implementing Google® search products with proprietary vendor databases testing the performance of Google Scholar and Print practical use of Google®’s products personal privacy issues making digitized library resources more accessible digitization of copyrighted materials much, much more! Libraries and Google® is horizon-expanding reading for all librarians, library science educators and students, library administrators, publishers, and university presses. Volume 2 of Libraries and Google® is in preparation. Google® is a Registered Service Mark of Google, Inc., Mountain View, California. Libraries and Google® is an independent publication offered by The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, New York, and is not affiliated with, nor has it been authorized, sponsored, endorsed, licensed, or otherwise approved by, Google, Inc.

Download or read book Reinventing Reference written by Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection takes a critical look at the overarching trends that affect current library policy and practice regarding the process of delivering information services, and how factors such as public policy, economics, and popular culture will continue to affect those trends in the future

Download or read book Best Technologies for Public Libraries written by Christopher DeCristofaro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging technologies can intimidate with their cost and uncertainty—this book provides flexible options for adopting the most popular ones. Introducing new technologies to your library can be a daunting process; they can be costly, they may be unfamiliar to many staff members, and their success is far from assured. To address these concerns, Best Technologies for Public Libraries accommodates budgets large and small, providing options for both the ambitious and the cost-conscious. Authors Christopher DeCristofaro, James Hutter, and Nick Tanzi provide a resource for staff looking to incorporate a number of emerging technologies into their library and makerspaces. Each chapter explores a new technology, including 3D printing, drones, augmented reality, and virtual reality, covering how the technologies work, the selection process, training, sample programming, best practices, and relevant policy. By describing a variety of program and service ideas across age groups, the book gives readers the ability to first evaluate them within the context of their own organization before incorporating ideas à la carte. This approach helps readers to adopt these new technologies and create policies with uses already in mind.

Download or read book Googlization of Libraries written by William Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes a variety of articles which look critically and judiciously at Google and its products, with a focus on Google Scholar and Google Book Search. It also examines their usefulness in a public service context. Its ultimate aim is to assess the use of Google as a major information resource. Its subject matter deals with online megasearch engines and their influence on reference librarianship, the impact of Google on information seeking, librarianship and the development of book digitization projects in which Google Book Search plays its part. This book will be of interest to librarians across all educational sectors, library science scholars and publishers. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Library Administration.

Download or read book Using Tablets and Apps in Libraries written by Elizabeth Willse and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book Innovation in Public Libraries written by Kirstie Nicholson and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation in Public Libraries: Learning from International Library Practice examines the recent activities of successful and innovative libraries around the world, presenting their initiatives in areas including library design, events and programs, and creating customer experiences. This timely guide provides an overview of these libraries’ successful experiences and identifies emerging global trends and themes. The author offers library practitioners guidance on how to pursue these trends in their own library environment, identifying achievable goals when planning building and design improvements, and developing customer interactions in order to emulate the experiences of international libraries. Presents a range of successful and innovative practices in one book, covering library innovation in building design, programs and events, and in customer experience and approach Provides an international perspective on library activities, with libraries in different countries discussed Analyzes the experiences of various libraries to identify common trends and themes Provides practical advice for librarians who wish to emulate the activities of the libraries discussed, with recommended goals to action Examines both the big picture of emerging global trends and themes, as well as highlighting the daily experiences of individual libraries