Apps for Librarians: Using the Best Mobile Technology to Educate, Create, and Engage

217 Pages·2014·1.17 MB·English

by  Nicole Hennig

Apps for Librarians

Apps for
Librarians
Using the Best Mobile
Technology to Educate,
Create, and Engage
Nicole Hennig
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Contents
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Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
WhyaBook?............................................... xi
WhoThisBookIsFor ........................................ xi
PlatformsIncluded........................................... xi
ConventionsUsed ...........................................xii
Platforms ..................................................xii
OtherPlatforms .............................................xii
WhatThisBookDoesn’tCover ................................xiii
CompanionWebsite.........................................xiii
Notes....................................................xiii
CHAPTER1:MobileIsHeretoStay ....................................1
StatisticsonMobileAppUse....................................1
NaturalUserInterfaces.........................................2
MobileDevicesAreEnablingBetterLearningExperiences.............2
MobileAppsAreImprovingLifeforThosewithSpecialNeeds..........3
TheDigitalDivide............................................3
NewRolesforLibrariesandLibrarians ............................5
Notes......................................................6
CHAPTER2:AppsforReading.........................................9
ReadingeBooks..............................................9
DownloadingandReadingFreeeBooks...........................11
ReadingLibraryeBooks.......................................12
AccesstoBrailleandTalkingBooksfortheBlind...................13
ReadingandAnnotatingDocuments .............................14
SavingWebPagesforReadingOffline............................15
ReadingNewsviaRSS........................................16
ReadingMagazines ..........................................17
ReadingMagazinesandNewspapers .............................18
FindingBookReviews........................................20
SharingYourReading ........................................20
InteractiveMulti-touchBookApps...............................21
Notes.....................................................31
CHAPTER3:AppsforProductivity ....................................33
ManagingFilesintheCloud ...................................33
ManagingPasswordsSecurely..................................34
CreatingTo-DoLists .........................................36
ManagingCalendars..........................................36
AccessingYourDesktopRemotely...............................37
PrintingWirelesslyfromiOSDevices ............................38
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Accessories:Keyboards,Stands,Styluses..........................39
Notes.....................................................41
CHAPTER4:AppsforResearchandReference..........................43
Dictionary .................................................43
WikipediaClient ............................................44
PrivateSearchEngine ........................................45
SpecializedSearchEngine.....................................46
UnitConversions ............................................47
Mapping...................................................48
Mappingin3D..............................................49
LanguageDictionaries ........................................50
LanguageLearning...........................................51
NewsPublications ...........................................52
MovieListings..............................................54
MovieRatingsandMetadata ...................................55
SpecializedReference ........................................56
AppReviews ...............................................57
SubscriptionDatabases........................................58
FindingOpen-AccessArticles ..................................61
Notes.....................................................61
CHAPTER5:AppsforTakingNotesandWriting ........................63
TakingandOrganizingNotes...................................63
HandwritingandDrawing .....................................65
VoiceandLectureRecording...................................66
SpeechRecognition ..........................................67
Scanning ..................................................68
DesigningPosters,Newsletters,Reports,andEditingMicrosoftOffice
Documents...............................................69
ManagingCitationsandBibliographies ...........................70
MindMapping..............................................71
MoreAppsforTakingNotesandWriting..........................72
Notes.....................................................73
CHAPTER6:AppsforMultimedia.....................................75
ViewingandStudyingArt .....................................75
VirtualMuseumVisits ........................................76
Drawing...................................................77
CreatingArt................................................78
CreatingComicBooks........................................79
MakingPhotoCollages .......................................80
SpecializedCameraTool ......................................81
EditingPhotos ..............................................82
IdentifyingMusic............................................83
ListeningtoRadioStationsWorldwide............................84
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ListeningtoStreamingMusic...................................86
CreatingandComposingMusic.................................87
CreatingBeautiful,MusicalSounds..............................88
PlayingVirtualInstruments ....................................89
PlayingMusicwithOthers.....................................90
WatchingVideos ............................................92
StreamingVideosfromYourComputertoYourMobileDevice.........93
ListeningtoEducationalLectures ...............................94
ListeningtoAudioandVideoPodcasts ...........................96
EditingMovies..............................................98
Notes.....................................................99
CHAPTER7:AppsforSocialMedia...................................101
TwitterandOtherSocialMediaUpdates .........................101
SchedulingYourSocialMediaUpdates ..........................102
ManagingFacebookPagesontheGo............................103
EditingYourBlog ..........................................104
SharingPhotoswithFilters....................................105
SharingandOrganizingYourPhotos ............................107
Notes....................................................108
CHAPTER8:AppsforCommunication................................109
AudioandVideoCallsovertheInternet..........................109
One-on-OneorGroupVideoChats..............................110
InstantMessaging...........................................111
FreeCross-PlatformTextMessaging ............................112
Notes....................................................113
CHAPTER9:AppsforContentCreationandCuration ..................115
CreatingPresentations .......................................115
PresentingPowerPointSlides..................................116
CreatingSimple,BeautifulPresentations .........................117
CreatingInteractiveBooksVeryEasily ..........................117
CreatingInteractiveBooksforApple’siBookstore..................119
ScreencastingandInteractiveWhiteboards........................120
CreatingDesignsfor3DPrinting...............................122
CuratingWebContent .......................................123
WirelesslyShowtheDisplayofiOSDevicesonaLargeScreen........126
MirrorYouriOSDevicesonYourMacorWindowsPC..............127
Notes....................................................128
CHAPTER10:AppsforShowcasingSpecialCollections.................131
ShowcasingSpecialCollections................................131
ViewingRareManuscripts....................................132
PhotoExhibitwithWalkingTour...............................133
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ShowcasingExhibits ........................................134
Notes....................................................134
CHAPTER11:AppsforGoingBeyondtheLibraryCatalog...............135
BarcodeScanning ..........................................135
Kiosks ...................................................137
MobileLibraryCatalog ......................................138
AugmentedReality..........................................139
Location-BasedCheck-Ins....................................140
Crowdfunding .............................................142
Notes....................................................143
CHAPTER12:AppsforProfessionalDevelopment .....................145
ResumeCreation ...........................................145
CreatingYourPersonalSocialSiteandMakingConnectionswith
Colleagues..............................................146
SearchingforJobs ..........................................147
JobSearchingandNetworking.................................148
Conferences...............................................149
ScanandSaveBusinessCards.................................151
AttendingWebinars .........................................152
Notes....................................................153
CHAPTER13:ElementofApp-Literacy ...............................155
Apple’siOSHumanInterfaceGuidelines.........................155
MobileDeviceCapabilities ...................................156
Jailbreaking:WhatLibrariansShouldKnow ......................159
Apple’sAccessibilityFeaturesforMobileDevices..................160
ReviewingApps:AChecklist..................................161
Notes....................................................163
CHAPTER14:FurtherResources.....................................165
IdeasforUsingMobileAppsinYourLibrary......................165
HowtoKeepUp ...........................................168
Books....................................................170
BlogsandWebsites .........................................173
Articles ..................................................175
Notes....................................................185
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Alphabetical list of Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
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Acknowledgments
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Iwould like to thankmy friendsandcolleagues fromthe MITLibraries
whosupported myenthusiasmand evangelismfortheworldof mobile
appsfromtheday thefirst iPhonewas announced.I’despecially liketo
thanktheuser experience librarians,who are fabulous UXprofessionals:
DarcyDuke, MelissaFeiden, RemleeGreen, StephanieHartman,Lisa
Horowitz,and GeorgianaMcReynolds.
I’d also liketo thank all of the studentswho’veparticipated in myonline
courses:Appsfor Librariansand Educators, and TheBook as iPadApp
(http://nicolehennig.com/courses/).Yourfeedbackandenthusiasmforthe
topichelped mecontinuallyimprove thecourse and inspiredme towrite
thisbook.