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
Part Two
Part the Second
•Why hardware is ultimately not important
•Why hardware is ultimately very important
• Legal issues
• How to...
why is hardware not important?
managing iOS
iTunes
Apple Configurator
Example!
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/enterprise/
http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/integration/
managing android
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/10/bring-your-phone-to-work-day-managing.html
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/04/putting-android-to-work-for-your.html
managing windows 8
?
•Windows 8 for x86/x64 tablets = System Center Configuration Manager and Windows Intune
•Windows RT (for ARM tablets) = Intune, maybe?
OS = management
Decisions to Make
management questions
management questions
• Preloading content
management questions
• Preloading content
•Wiping personal data at check-in
management questions
• Preloading content
•Wiping personal data at check-in
•Who manages?
management questions
• Preloading content
•Wiping personal data at check-in
•Who manages?
• Legal issues with apps/content
best practicesaka
what we did
feedbooks
gutenberg
calibre
cataloging and representation
assumptions
•findable by title/author
•minimizing future edits
•obvious in catalog
how we did it
Bibliographic entry = Generic (eReader)Added titles/authors = findable via search
Item = individual eReaders
why is hardware very important?
Hackerspaces&
Makerspaces&
FabLabs
Raspberry Pi
$25
Fayetteville Free Library FablabFayetteville, NY
http://www.fayettevillefreelibrary.org/about-us/services/fablab
Allen County Public LibraryFort Wayne, IN
http://tekventure.org/maker-station/
Summary
Summary
• Gadgets are important for Services
Summary
• Gadgets are important for Services
• OS is important for Management
Summary
• Gadgets are important for Services
• OS is important for Management
• Play before you Buy
Summary
• Gadgets are important for Services
• OS is important for Management
• Play before you Buy
• Have a plan
Questions?
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