Gadgets in the Library: Part 1

Gadgets in the LibraryA Practical Guide to Personal Electronics for Librarians

ALA TechSourceMay 10 & 24, 2012

Jason GriffeyHead of Library Information TechnologyUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga

• Introduction

•What do we want from this?

•What sorts of problems are we trying to solve?

•Why gadgets?

Part the First

•Why hardware is ultimately not important

•Why hardware is ultimately very important

• Legal issues

• How to...

Part the Second

• Introduction

•What do we want from this?

•What sorts of problems are we trying to solve?

•Why gadgets?

Part the First

Why Gadgets?

“When we were an agrarian nation, all cars

were trucks. But as people moved more

towards urban centers, people started

to get into cars.”

What does a Post-PC world look like?

single-purpose devices

multi-purpose devices

numbers

In 2008, Apple sold more iPhones thanin 2007.

In 2009, they sold more than in 2007 & 2008 combined

In 2010, they sold more than 2007, 2008, & 2009 combined

In 2011, they sold more than 2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010 combined.

56+ million iPads sold

Visitors to the UTC Library

Gate CountWebsite Visits, excluding in-library

Visitors to the UTC Library

Visitors to the UTC Library428,032

1,973,612

18.25%

39.32%

39.31%

2.89%0.24%

Type of Device onCampus Network

18.25%

39.32%

39.31%

2.89%0.24%

Macintosh OSesWindows OSesMobile DevicesGame ConsolesOther (Mostly Linux)

Type of Device onCampus Network

ChromeOS Nook Generic HPWebOS Kindle Blackberry Android iPod iPhone

5 Droid

5 4169 D

5 4169 393 D

5 4169 393

iPad2173

5 4169 393

iPad2173

iPhone

operating systemsvs

devices

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MassiveConfusion

Android

Windows 8

iOS devices

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iPhoneFirst iOS device

CameraGPS

3G data

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iPod TouchNewest model has camera

No GPSWifi Data

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iPad Models: wifi, 3G, LTE

Has camera3G & LTE versions have GPS

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Android devices

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http://www.android.com/devices/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_devices

Windows 8

eReaders & More

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types, differences, decisions

Barnes and Noble

Managed Program

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circulation & policy

• How long is circ period?

• Insurance & Patron indemnity

• Filtering content for minors?

• Other issues?

Summary

• Gadgets are increasingly the way people interact with information

• Know what your patrons are using

• Operating system is the important bit

• Decisions should be based on use-case

Questions?

Email: griffey@gmail.com

Site: jasongriffey.net

gVoice: 423-443-4770

Twitter: @griffey

Other: Release Candidate

ALA TechSource

Head of Library Information TechnologyUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanoogahttp://pinboard.in/u:griffey/

Jason Griffey

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