1. Rebecca K. Miller, Heather Moorefield-Lang, and Carolyn Meier
March 21, 2013

2. Courtesy of www.istockphoto.com

3. Image courtesy of Montlieu Academy of Technology

4. Your Questions..
 Thanks for a fabulous discussion last
week!
 We‘ve researched some solutions and
worked those into this week‘s
presentation
 We‘ll answer a few now--

5. Your Questions…
 SirsiDynix & tablets
 Printing on mobile devices
 Apple TV as a security risk
 ADA compliance

6. SirsiDynix & Tablets
http://www.sirsidynix.com/press/sirsidynix-reveals-new-mobile-circulation-client-at-cosugi-2013

7. Small Scale Mobile Printing
 AirPrint (IOS) or CloudPrint (Android)
and an internet linked printer
 Device will need to be on same wireless
as your printer

8. Large Scale Mobile Printing
 Printing is sent to an email address i.e.
colorprintnewman@vt.edu;
printnewman@vt.edu
 Attached to the student/faculty ID
number
 Works for laptops, desktops,
smartphones, tablets etc.

9. Apple TV and Security
 Apple TV doesn‘t have ability to join a
secure network because it was meant
for home use
 In order to work – Apple TV and iPad
must be on same network

10. WorkArounds
 Create a wireless network within the
classroom or computer lab by using a
wireless router and securing the network
with a password
 Create a wireless network and do not
broadcast the SSID

11. Connecting to LCD
Projector

12. ADA Compliance
 Every tablet can comply with ADA
standards
 By design, tablets are mobile and
accessible
 No mouse or keyboard needed, can pinch
and arrange screens, make larger or
smaller
 Not only useful for ADA but also for aging
populations
 A small selection of research in this field, it
is growing

14. L.E. Phillips Memorial
Public Library
Eau Claire, Wisconsin

15. Program specifics
 iPad program launched on September 21, 2011
 Funding
 $50,000 grant from the Presto Foundation
 To provide tools to address accessibility issues, and to
help the community be able to explore new technologies
 Program basics (at the start):
 Circulating 32 iPad1 devices, 6 for in-house use
 64 GB, Wi-Fi only
 7-day loan period
 Content:
 1000 public domain e-books
 10 audiobooks (because of space and restoration time)
 Free apps and shortcuts (to avoid legal issues)

16. L.E. Phillips Memorial iPad
Webpage
http://www.ecpubliclibrary.info/services/library-services/ipads.html
• Available through
grant funding
• Content loaded onto
each device
Marketing & Media
Help guides
User agreements
Non-Flash tutorials

17. iPad Catalog Record (10/2011)
10/3/2011
12 days in, the iPad
circulation program is
extremely popular

18. iPad Catalog Record (3/2012)
3/3/2012
5 months later,
popularity remains

19. iPad Catalog Record (3/2013)
Popularity
waning a bit,
for a number of
reasons…

20. User Survey
Available: http://eauclairepubliclibrary.com/survey/index.php?sid=56372

21. Media Coverage

22. Lessons from Phillips Memorial
 Be proactive and anticipatory when coming up with
policies and help documentation
 When you have many tablets (e.g., 32), don‘t
circulate them all at once; instead, allow staff to
become familiar with the checkout procedure by
releasing a few at a time
 Lend the devices out to staff first, so the staff can
become familiar with them
 Seriously consider the content that you place on the
device—how much space is there? What‘s legal?
 Make sure that the library website, and help
documents, are tablet friendly: mobile, and not
Flash-based.
 Assess the entire program from day one!

23. Houston Public Library
Program specifics:
 Started January 2011: 3 iPads available
to enhance ―early literacy stations‖
 Children (accompanied by a 14+ year
old) can check out for 1 hour
 Includes educational apps to aid in ―literacy
and mathematical development‖
 See references for full article

24. North Shore Public Library, NY
Program Specifics
 8 iPads
 Checked out to patrons with a library card
 Can be used anywhere in the library
 To replace children‘s gaming computers
 Internet connectivity cut off
 Use Children‘s Technology Review
(http://childrenstech.com/) to find relevant apps
Information from
http://sclsyouthservices.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/ipads-
replace-desktop-computers-at-north-shore-public-library/

25. South Orange Public Library
 http://www1.youseemore.com/southorange/default
.asp
 Located in South Orange, New Jersey,
 Circulate E-readers for 14 days
 PanDigital, Sony E-Readers, Nooks, and Kindles
 Adult check out only at this time
Image Courtesy of the South Orange Public Library Facebook Page

26. Circulation form for E-Readers from South Orange Public Libraries
Form courtesy of South Orange Public
Library

27. Workshops
 Workshops on e-readers
 Early workshops very well attended
 Sparser as time went on
 Now offer bimonthly workshops that cover
a myriad of topics including e-readers
 All staff are trained for e-readers to aid
patrons at any time for quick tutorials
 Challenge is keeping up with new devices
as they are released

29. Books

30. Cloud Storage

31. Text and Number Tools

32. Presentation Tools
Android IOS

33. Flipboard

34. Zite

35. News Readers

36. Evernote

37. Khan Academy

38. Google Maps

40. Charlottesville Schools
Charlottesville, VA

41. Devices
 Fujitsu 580 Tablets (Lifebook)
 Windows 7
 Full Computer in a Tablet form
 Every student 6-12 grade in the school
system
Image courtesy of http://www.fujitsu.com/us/

42. Strategic Plan
 Started planning in  Teachers received
2009 tablets in Summer,
 Decided to adopt 2011 for training
tablets instead of  Students received
textbooks. tablets in
 Had two December, 2011
committees
textbook and
tablets

43. How Are They Used?
 Physics: Doing  Math: Handwriting
experiments: Probes features
attached to tablets  Music: All types of
 Library: When music apps. Vocal
French delegation parts on the tablets.
was visiting,  Courses for virtual
students and high school
librarian were
researching
 Government: Polling

44. Challenges
 Earthquake in Japan set orders back.
Always have a back up plan.
 Set your deadline out. If you think it will
arrive in December tell everyone it will
be January just to be safe.
 Gain additional funding if you can.
 Internet access for all students.

45. Montlieu Academy of Technology
High Point, NC

46. Image courtesy of Montlieu Academy of Technolog

47. Grant
 Montlieu: Given half a million dollars for all
of their students, approximately 430
students, to have an iPad
 They stay at school. But next year 4th and
5th will get to take them home
 Teachers each got an iPad and a Mac
Book Pro as well as cart for charging
 Tech Person hired for training

48. Image courtesy of Montlieu Academy of Technology

49. Examples
 Facetime to read  Letters Learning for
books from another Letters
room  Doodle Buddy for
 Facetime to speak letters
to class when  Take screenshots of
teacher is not at work to show
school that day parents for
 Digital pen pals parent/teacher
using Facetime with conferences
other schools across
the country or world

50. Apps & Content
 Rocket Math for  Cutting and pasting
math skills skills
 Communication by  Safari/Internet
e-mail for parents. searching skills
 Concept mapping  Parents are learning
tools too from their
 Puppet Pals for children
StoryTelling

51. For Teachers
 Meet every quarter and share apps. Have
to ―sell‖ your app. The best apps get
purchased for the educators.
 Teacher Pal: Seating arrangements, picture
of the child, information on each child. Very
useful for substitutes.
 Differentiated instruction for the children.
21st Century learning skills and Technology
skills for the teachers.

52. Liberty Middle School
Ashland, VA

53.  12 iPads that stay in the library for teacher
circulation
 Two rolling carts with 30 iPads each for
classroom use
 One cart stays complete with 30 while the
other cart can be broken up for smaller
groups and classes.
Image courtesy of www.apple.com

54.  Online reserve system
 Every iPad has a barcode for circulation
stats
 Tablets are due on the 15th and 30th of
the month regardless of checkout date
 Teacher check out only at this time
 Student can use ―blue tickets‖ for in-
class use of iPads. Behavior incentive

56. Smartboard Apps
Doceri
Class
Dojo

57. Bloom‘s Taxonomy for iPads and
Tablets
Used with permission from Kathy Schrock
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html

58. Science 360 and
Science 360 Radio

59. History Maps of the World

60. Tree Identification
Leaf Snap
Virginia Tech Tree
Identification

61. American Museum of Natural
History, N.Y.

62. Edmodo

63. Student Organizers
IOS - iStudiez Android – Assignment
Planner

64. Anatomy 4D

66. Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
Newman Library

67. iPad Tours
 Ten iPads that can be checked out at the library
circulation desk for library tours
 Screencasts on each section of the library
 Numbered QR codes linked to screencasts
 QR codes are scannable
 iPad scans code and tells student about that part
of the library
 Beautiful in its simplicity

70. Set Up
 Initial tours done in other universities relied
on student‘s personal devices to scan the
QR codes
 When iPad 1 came out we waited for 2
because a camera would be on it.
 Tour has become very popular. Students
like being able to tour at their convenience

71. Roving Reference
• Logistics?
• Apps?
• What happens to the reference
desk?

72. Ideas from the literature…
 Roving reference can take place inside the library or
offsite, within another building entirely
 Roving reference can augment library services in a
variety of library environments
 Offsite: Mobility and convenience for students and
faculty
 Within the library: Being proactive in reaching out to
students
 Ease and convenience for librarians
 Users‘ ability to identify rovers
 Communication with other staff members

73. The literature
 Brown, C., Sulz, D., and Pow, V. (2011, August). Roving reference with iPads: A study
of the use of iPads as technological support and service assessment. Paper presented
at the annual conference of the International Federation of Library Associations, San
Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved from http://conference.ifla.org/past/ifla77/197-brown-
en.pdf
 Courtois, M. and Liriano, M. (2000). Tips for roving reference: How to best serve
library users. College & Research Libraries News, 61(4): 289-90, 315.
 Forsyth, E. (2009). Fancy walkie-talkies, Star Trek communicators, or roving
reference? Australian Library Journal, 58(1): 73-84. Retrieved from
http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/alj/58/ALJ_Feb2009_Vol58_N1_web.pdf#page=74
 Holmes, C. and Woznicki, L. (2010). Librarians at your doorstep: Roving reference at
Towson University. College & Research Libraries News, 71(11): 582-585. Retrieved
from http://crln.acrl.org/content/71/11/582.full
 Lotts, M. and Graves, S. (2011). Using the iPad for reference services: Librarians go
mobile. College & Research Libraries News, 72(4): 217-220. Retrieved from
http://crln.acrl.org/content/72/4/217.full
 Miller, R. K., Meier, C., and Moorefield-Lang, H. (2012). Rethinking reference and
instruction with tablets. Library Technology Reports, 48(8).
 Smith, M.A. and Pietraszewski, B.A. (2004). Enabling the roving reference librarian:
wireless access with tablet PCs. Reference Services Review, 32(3): 249-255

74. University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS
Image courtesy of www.amazon.com

75. “Tablets are like the Swiss Army Knife to
academic excellence”
--statement from former Chief Information
Officer for The University of Southern
Mississippi.
 700 Samsung Galaxy tablets
 1 For every Honors College and McNair
Student at Southern Miss
 Received as Freshmen/Sophomores
continue through college using them for their
senior thesis

76. Uses
 Course Projects
 Videos (Flipped Classroom)
 Access Readings
 Distribute Presentations to Students
 Student email
 Different professors are using them at
different levels depending on comfort

77. Successes
 Convenience, students enjoy having
everything in one device
 Mobility
 Opportunity to try tablet technology
through college

78. Cautionary Tale
 University did not have everything planned
for tablet project
 Logistics were determined later
 Students thought they were getting to keep
tablets initially
 Grant funded project, this was not the case
 Tablets were not barcoded initially, had to
be recalled and catalogued.
 Have a plan going in

79. Radford University
Radford, VA
Image courtesy of www.radford.edu

80. i-Textbooks
 Dr. Bruce Mahin, Professor of Music at
Radford University
 Looked at music textbooks available,
decided to write his own
 Music Fundamentals, History
 Breaking barriers between music and
non-musicians

81. • Had the textbook for
three semesters
• At this time not
required, a
supplemental text
• Not all students have
access to the same
tech and this is IOS
based
• Provides content
through alternative
format on Desire 2
Learn (Similar to
Blackboard) Image courtesy of http://www.mahinmedia.com/

82. • Interactive
• Has audio and
music scores built in
• Students have
enjoyed having the
content for class
Image courtesy of http://www.mahinmedia.com/

83. Publishing in iBook
 Easy to do, easy to update to new
editions.
 Remember writing a book, is still writing
a book. Have to edit, produce,
proofread, etc. Writing a book still takes
time.
 Dr. Mahin felt it was worth it to have the
book he wanted for class.

85. iAnnotate

86. Reference

87. IEEE Xplore

88. JStor

89. MEDlineplus

90. WorldCat

91. Gale AML
College Version

92. Gale AML
College Version

93. Gale AML
College Version

95. Ted Talks

96. Photo Apps

97. Music and Radio

98. Penultimate

99. Paper

100. Where Do you Get all of These
Apps?
 Google Play, Apple App Store, Amazon App Store
 Some websites will also have an app to download

102. Staying Up to Date
 Higher Ed Blogs  Apple blogs
 Professor Hacker  Apple Gazette
 Center for Learning and  The Unofficial Apple
Performance Weblog
Technologies  Cult of Mac
 The Apple Blog
 Mobile Learning  Edible Apple
 Apple ‗n apps  JK on the run
 iPad insight  World of Apple
 Just another iPad blog
 Upside Learning blog
 Marc Prensky‘s weblog
 Endgadget

103. Other Relevant Blogs
 Android blogs
 Androinica
 Android and me
 Android guys tabletsinlibraries.tumblr.com
 Hello Android
 IM Android
 Mobile Moo
 Android Official blog

104. More Great Resources
 Horizon Report
 EDUCAUSE
 ECAR (the research
arm of EDUCAUSE)
 Chronicle of Higher
Education
 Library Technology
Reports
 LITA Guides

105. After Tablets…What‘s Next?
Google Glass (Project Glass)
Apple Watch (Smart Watch)
Image courtesy of www.dispatch.com
Image courtesy of mashable.com

106. After Tablets…What‘s Next?
Basically—
The way in which objects around us
will gather data and connect to
controls or other machines via the
Internet
Examples—
• Fitbit sensors to analyze
workout performance
• Ninja Blocks home safety
system
Library services—
• Mobile device interacting with
physical library
Image courtesy of http://semanticweb.com
• Smart objects that will create a
presence for e-resources

107. Final Q&A
 What final questions can we answer for
you?
 We‘ll answer as many questions as time
permits, then follow up on our Tumblr
and/or the ALA TechSource blog
afterwards.

108. References: Part II
 Allison. (2011, August 9). iPads replace desktop computers at North Shore Public
Library. Retrieved from http://sclsyouthservices.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/ipads-
replace-desktop-computers-at-north-shore-public-library/
 Anderson, C. and Wolff, M. (2010, August 17). The Web is dead. Long live the
Internet. Wired Magazine. Retrieved from
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip/all/1
 Bogost, I. (2011, January 12). What is an app? A shortened, slang application.
Retrieved from http://www.bogost.com/blog/what_is_an_app.shtml
 Jobs, S. (2010, April). Thoughts on Flash. Retrieved from
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
 Turner, A. (2011, January 28). Houston libraries want preschoolers to check out iPads.
Houston Chronicle. Retrieved from
http://www.chron.com/business/technology/article/Houston-libraries-want-preschoolers-
to-check-out-1689013.php

109. Credits & thanks, Part II
 Angela Caldwell, Kindergarten Teacher, Montlieu
Academy of Technology
 Kim McCallister, Library Media Specialist, Liberty
Middle School, Ashland, Virginia
 Neal Henshaw, Classroom Manager, University
Libraries, Virginia Tech
 Maria Lewis (Coordinator for Technology Integration)
and Anne Evans (Coordinator for History and Social
Sciences), Charlottesville Schools
 Patrick Tomlin, Art and Architecture Librarian,
University Libraries, Virginia Tech
 Dr. Bruce Mahin, Professor of Music, Music
Department, Radford University
 Dr. Dave Davies, Director of Honors College, The
University of Southern Mississippi