gadgets in the library: part 2

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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