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Technology for Libraries - Resource Links
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The best information on this topic has been compiled by
Megan Fox
"PDAs & Handhelds in Libraries in Academia"
Visit her site at:
http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/PDA.html
Read from Library
Journals Jan. 15, 2003 Net Connect Issue
Palm Will
Release Lending Software
Brian Kenney
-- 1/15/2003
Excerpt quoted
from article
Palm Digital
Media will release a library version of the Palm Retail Encryption Server
Software.
The software
will allow libraries to check out Palm Reader e-books for patrons using
PC and Mac
desktops, notebooks, handheld devices, and the new Tablet PC.
To use the
device, readers will first need a library-enabled version
of the Palm
Reader e-book software.
Read entire
article:
http://libraryjournal.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA266425
Read from Computers
In Libraries March
2003 issue
Taming
the Wireless Frontier: PDAs, Tablets, and Laptops at Home on the Range
by Joe Williams
• education services librarian at Medical Sciences Library
This Texas-based
education services librarian likens designing wireless programs to settling
a new frontier.
Once his associates
got the lay of the land and made some important decisions about responsibility
and security, they started to make downright good use of all the new-fangled
technology. Now they're loaning laptops and PDAs, and they have reference
librarians roving the range, wire-free.
Other articles
of interest in March
issue:
- 10 Myths About PDAs—Debunked!
- Our Plan for a Wireless Loan Service
- Could the Flexibility of Wireless Solve a Problem for You?
- PDA Avoidance: They'll Get You Eventually!
- Does Wireless Really Mean No More Wires?
Wireless internet for bookworms
Excerpt quoted
Libraries could soon be lending laptops so visitors can browse the internet, as well as the bookshelves.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3565603.stm
Web resource & blog |
Tame the Web: Technology & Libraries
http://homepage.mac.com/mstephens7/B143020931/
Here are some quick links to get you started with resources & tutorials etc.
The
Handheld Librarian
Librarians
sharing news, applications, and ideas of interest with others working
with handheld
computer technology.
http://www.handheldlib.blogspot.com/
Technology User Group
- PDAs & Libraries
http://www.librarypdas.blogspot.com/
PDA
Libraries - A Yahoo Discussion/Email Group
(you'll have
to join yahoo's egroups)
This group
is for a discussion of the role PDAS are playing and might play
in the library
setting from policies and procedures of loaning,
a discussion
of hardware, materials (e-books and other materials) for pdas,
and pda applications
for libraries.
Subscribe:
pdalibraries-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Related:
LIBRARY-PDAS@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Mari Stoddard,
moderator (she teaches a four hour course on
Palmtop Computers
in the Library for Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association
– Continuing
Education)
To subscribe,
send mail to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU with the command:
SUBSCRIBE
LIBRARY-PDAS
**please note:
the above information is quoted from the following website
http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/PDA.html
regarding
PDAs and Handhelds in Libraries and Academia
by Megan Fox.
Library Planet
- PDA edition
http://www.libraryplanet.com/pda.html
PDF File
MIDWEST LIBRARIES
REPORTING PDA SUPPORT OR PROGRAMS
http://www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov/gmr/newsletter/1/pdamidwest.pdf
Take a look
at this Libraries - PDA resources and how they have developed
a program
to give PDA users information about the Library on their PDA
Quoted from
their site:
Do you have
a busy schedule? Do you need key information about library system services
and local libraries conveniently available on your PDA (Portable Digital
Assistant)?
Now you can
have library hours, contact information, directions, phone and fax numbers,
upcoming library
event schedules, and more at your fingertips when and where you need it.
**Lincoln
Trail Libraries System PDA - FAQs
http://www.ltls.org/pda_faq.html
**Lincoln Trail Libraries
System is a multitype consortium of 121 academic,
public, school and special
libraries located in a nine-county area of East Central Illinois.
Article preview
HANDHELDS AND LIBRARIES
Note: This is a
preview of an article Mr. Arnold wrote for the
November 2001 issue of
the UK journal "
Serials".
http://www.arnoldit.com/articles/HendersonUK/handhelds-libs.html
Article available - PDF
File:
Handhelds and libraries.
How can libraries prepare
for the wireless and wireline needs of their patrons, users and customers?
Stephen
E. Arnold
http://www.arnoldit.com/speeches/PricingPDF/libraries.pdf
See: Stephen Arnold - Article
archives for other articles of interest
http://www.arnoldit.com/speeches/article3801.htm
Navy - Beyond the Desktop
- Newsletter article:
Personal Digital Assistants
for Libraries and Library Users
By R. James King(Specialist
in Library Information Technology,
Naval Research Laboratory
Ruth H. Hooker Research Library)
http://www.chips.navy.mil/archives/02_spring/index2_files/beyond_the_desktop.htm
Viginia Commonwealth University
School of Medicine
Computer Based Instruction
Lab
Power Point Presentation:
PDAs and Hospitals
What can we do in hospital
libraries to lead the way?
http://www.cbil.vcu.edu/mac/events/2001/colevins.ppt
Personal Digital Assistants
for the Health Sciences
Library Sites
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin-www/pda/libraries.html
From Dartmouth Biomedical
Libraries - Grand rounds
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/new.htmld/lgr_pda.shtml
see the power point presentation
link
Hardware and Operating
System Overview (Powerpoint presentation)
Dave Izzo, Manager of
Computing and Media Services, Biomedical Libraries
Knowledge Management in
Health Services
Health Services
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
PDAs and Productivity
http://courses.washington.edu/hs590a/weblinks/pdas.html
Arizona Health
Sciences Library
PDA Initiatives
in Health Care Libraries
Chart from
AMIA poster, November 2001
http://educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda/lib.htm
See also:
OSF Saint Francis Medical
Center
Library & Resource
Center
PDA Headquarters
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsp/temp/pda.shtml
**Read about the grant
project to implement their PDA resource program
http://pdagrant.osfsaintfrancis.org
Related information
about GRANTS available from PALM.com
Quoted from site:
The Palm Education Pioneer
(PEP) Grant Program gives Palm™ handhelds to K-12 teachers and their students
so that they can explore new ways to teach and learn.
Palm is teaming with
SRI International's Center for Technology in Learning (CTL). CTL is administering
the program as well evaluating the uses, experiences, and effectiveness
of Palm handhelds in K-12 teaching and learning. The research results will
add to the knowledge of "best practices" for the entire learning community.
Palm announced the first round of PEP awards at the Florida Education Technology
Conference (FETC) in January 2001 and the second round of PEP awards at
the National Education Technology Conference (NECC) in June, 2001. The
awardees from across the United States represent projects in a variety
of grade levels and academic programs.
For information on grant
projects and research results, visit http://www.palmgrants.sri.com/.
**
NOTE**
To
find information about Grants, Grantwritng and fundraising for Libraries,
which
includes funding and grants for new "technology" general resources,
see
the find$.html page on librarysupportstaff.com
Articles of interest to Librarians
Handhelds &
Libraries
http://www.arnoldit.com/articles/HendersonUK/handhelds-libs.html
Shipman JP, Morton AC
The new black bag: PDAs,
health care and library services
Reference
Services Review 2001 Jul;29(3):229-238
Related PDA Information ~ (and because I work in a Hospital Medical Library)
PDA use in healthcare is a growing area of technology. Library staff in
healthcare settings are becoming educated and involved in their use as well.
Many libraries are engaged in teaching about PDA use.
- Check out some of the Health Science Libraries Online that have
extensive PDA listing resources for their Physicians and employees
USC Norris
Medical Library /Links
PDA's
for the Health Sciences
Resources
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/nml/lis/tutorials/pdaresources.html
University of Alberta
Libraries
PDAs
Resources for Health
Care Professions /links
http://www.library.ualverta.ca/subject/pdas/
Medical Center Library
-- Duke University
PDA Formatted Files
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/respub/pdaformat/
Evidence Based Medicine
Resources for the PDA
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/respub/pdaformat/ebm.html
Articles of
interest:
**not online**
Journal
of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries
Volume: 1
Issue: 1 Pgs: 113 - 118 2003/2004
PDAs: Exploring the Role of the Medical Librarian
Abstract:
Handheld computers,
particularly personal digital assistants (PDAs), are being used in ever
increasing numbers by health care providers. Medical librarians have responded
to this technology by providing library services to PDA users in the form
of Web-based resource pages, training sessions, user groups, library channels,
electronic reference resources, hardware support, and software recommendations.
Free
Quality PDA Software for Physicians
Volume: 1
Issue: 1 Pgs: 69 - 88 2003/ 2004
Abstract:
As PDAs are
becoming practical tools for health care professionals, medical librarians
are frequently asked to give recommendations of PDA software. Based on
recommendations from medical librarians, physicians, and medical students,
an annotated list of free PDA software has been compiled to meet the needs
of medical librarians. The list includes software for Palm OS and Pocket
PC and is divided into sections based on the software's function.
Visit Ithaca
College and Learn more about Palm OS
with the FREE
Tutorial
and of course
Palms'
Online Support Site
Think everyone
understands how to use a Palm, but you?
Read this
article by a Stanford Medical Student
Is
there a Geek in the House?
Websites of
Interest for Medical Professionals:
PDA Portal
A "PDA Portal"
feature (http://www.acponline.org/pda/index.html)
offers free documents, resources, and surveys that can be downloaded directly
to personal digital assistants (PDAs) on topics such as bioterrorism, clinical
references, ethics manuals, uniform requirements for manuscripts, teaching
in a physician’s office, and results of the ACP-ASIM survey on PDA use.
Medical Pocket
PC
http://www.medicalpocketpc.com/
General PDA Resources
& News
PDA Street -
http://www.pdastreet.com/
A comprehensive site
for PDA news. Useful for coverage of developments
outside the mainstream
Palm & PDA new channels.
Lots of discussion forums
for the various handheld flavors.
PALM
http://www.palm.com/
PalmPower online magazine
http://www.palmpower.com/
PocketPC online magazine
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/
Software Libraries for
PDAs
http://pdacentral.planetmirror.com/pdasoft.html
Microsoft Windows CE Net
the operating system
that is powering the next generation of smart mobile and small footprint
devices.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/ce.net/default.asp
Handheld PC 2000 in the
Enterprise
http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/handheldpc/why_hpc2k.asp
UTHSCSA Library
- *very good tutorial
Tutorials
for PDAs
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/consultation/guides/tutorials/main.cfm
OWLS Online
Wireless Learning Solutions
PDA Tutorials
http://owls.sit.ecu.edu/pda.htm
Hardin Library
for the Health Sciences (University of Iowa)
PDA tutorials
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin-www/pda/tutorials.html
Duke University
Medical Center Library
Using PDAs
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/respub/guides/pdatutorial/
WIRELESS Technology Resource Links
Read the latest Wireless
LISNews
http://wireless.lisnews.com/
Keep up with
the latest in Wireless News with EWeek
wireless.eweek.com
Sign up and
read reports on eSchool News
http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/
Wireless Librarian : LibWireless
Discussion Group
http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/wireless/libwireless.html
To subscribe,
send a blank message to:
libwireless-subscribe@ls.suny.edu
The address
to send messages to LibWireless is:
libwireless@ls.suny.edu
To unsubscribe,
send a blank message to:
libwireless-unsubscribe@ls.suny.edu
Libraries with Wireless
Networks
http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/wireless/wirelesslibraries.htm
Related:
Wireless in
Libraries pathfinder
Should your
Library go Wireless?
http://www.geocities.com/karinwikoff/IST511Wireless.htm
Online articles:
Computers in
Libraries - March
2003
Taming the
Wireless Frontier:
PDAs, Tablets,
and Laptops at Home on the Range
by Joe Williams.
Does
Wireless Really Mean No More Wires?
by Janet L.
Balas
Wireless Not
Evil in Libraries
http://www.stargeek.com/grok.php?p=wireless+technologies
Jenny Levine
on Dead Technologies
http://www.tametheweb.com/ttwblog/archives/000044.html
CONSIDERATIONS
FOR USING WIRELESS COMPUTERS IN LIBRARIES
by Amy S.
Van Epps | Library Link January 2003
Technobibliio
June 15, 2003
Going wireless
http://www.technobiblio.com/archives/000042.html
Pathfinder
http://waypath.com/query?type=kws&key=wireless+libraries
Library Journal
Online | Aug. 15, 2002
Digital
Libraries: Free as a Bird: Wireless Networking Libraries
by Roy Tennant
also
A
Hard Look at Wireless Networks
Marshall Breeding
-- 7/15/2002 [contains a Wireless Glossary]
Seattle Weekly
Neo Libraries
Now in the
stacks: e-books, e-audio, and wireless Internet access.
by Frank Catalano
| August
27 - September 2, 2003
The
Wireless Student & the Library
Bill Drew
-- 7/15/2002
Bill Drew
tells how wireless laptop users have changed SUNY-Morrisville
Word document
Technology
Platforms in Libraries
WIRELESS NETWORKS
By Deborah
Liddle and Stuart Smitton, Walsall Libraries,
Learning and
Archive Services on behalf of EARL, the Library Association and UKOLN
An issue paper
from the Networked Services Policy Taskgroup Series editor: Penny Garrod
(UKOLN)
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/public/earl/issuepapers/wireless.html
Introduction
to Wireless Technologies
by Monica
Pawlan
June 2001
http://wireless.java.sun.com/getstart/articles/intro/
Intels' resources
Getting Connected without
wires
http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/getting_connected.htm
Chris De Herrera's Windows
CE Website
Wireless LAN Configuration
http://www.cewindows.net/wce/wirelesslan.htm
Wireless online resources
Palowireless (from: Australia)
http://www.palowireless.com/wireless/library.asp
Miscellaneous resources: for Techies and those wanting to learn more ~
Libraries & Technology
Excerpt quoted from website
This page has references
to a variety of sites related, in some manner, to library technology. While
covering many aspects of the subject, there is somewhat more emphasis on
technology use and issues in public libraries. Sites in the Networking
section are more broadly inclusive to include intellectual freedom issues,
especially in how IF relates to technology. Sites referenced on this page
do not imply any type of endorsement.
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/pld/librarytech.html
Some Useful Wireless Web Sites
Computers in Libraries **Some full text available online
Wireless Library
www.palowireless.com/wireless/library.asp
D-Lib Edu : Resources for Education in Digital Libraries
Related Interesting reading:
2002 Recommended Specifications
for Public Access Workstations in Federal Depository Libraries
www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/computers/rs.html
School Library Journal
| May 5, 2003
Why 21st-century skills
are a librarian's new best friend
slj.reviewsnews.com/
Laptop Lessons
Walter Minkel -- 3/1/2003
TechKnowledge
Henrico
County schools learned them the hard way
Personal Digital Assistants & Wireless Technolgy for Libraries - Resource Links
Related links on librarysupportstaff.com- Live Reference / Digital services in Libraries
- Marketing your library with the Internet & Your Library website
Resources for Library Webmasters
Please feel free to let
me know your comments
on these pages, or let
me know of resources you feel should be included,
or "deleted" from this
page.
Contact, Me ~ Mary Niederlander
via e-mail, write to:
mary@librarysupportstaff.com
THANK YOU!!