The document discusses a university library project to use iPads to supplement in-person library support for students. The library initially experimented with using smartphones and then proposed procuring iPads to allow librarians to rove around campus and provide mobile assistance to students. Training was provided to librarians on the iPads and their initial feedback was positive, though they wanted a custom app created. The iPads enabled librarians to both rove on campus and provide off-campus mobile library support to students.

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The Library in our Hands:
Using iPads to supplement library support
for students at the University of South Wales
Emma Harrison
Information Librarian for South Wales Business School,
Newport & Pontypridd
7 March 2014

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Early Experiments: ‘Hands-Free Roving’

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Early Experiments: ‘Roving with Smartphone’

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Project Group: ‘Handheld Devices’

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Making a Case for the Procurement of iPads

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Familiarisation & Refresher Training for Roving Staff

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Initial Feedback from Roving Staff...

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... “and we still need an App!”

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Why is Talis Soprano so useful?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcHJgzUOfHc

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‘External Roving’ (Mobile Library Librarian)

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Why roving is even more important for us now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcHJgzUOf
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcHJgzUOf
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2kuAx7nTPM

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The Library in our Hands:
Using iPads to supplement library support
for students at the University of South Wales
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