Using Tablets for Library Services

Library & Knowledge Management

Library Support through Tablets

• Audience Survey– How many have a tablet?– What kind?– How do you use them now?

• IFPRI Library Services• Demonstrations• Questions

IFPRI Library Research Support

• Publications and research material– GoodReader, Mendeley

• Document Delivery– Dropbox, FTP, Filesanywhere

• Interlibrary Loan– Email, Dropbox, FTP, Filesanywhere

• Journal Access– Mobile web site

Applications to Cover Today

• GoodReader: PDF reader for iPad – Download files through iTunes– Download over Internet using FTP or HTTP

• Dropbox: File storage and sharing• Mendeley: Research profile manager– Download through iPad client– Share over the Internet

Library Services through TabletsMendeley

Online Profile

iPad

Dropbox

Mendeley Desktop

Client

PDFs

PC

iTunes

Things to keep in mind with Tablets

• Tablets are peripheral devices, not fully functioning computers– iPads tied to a single primary computer

• Features change, apps updated almost daily– Learn to learn how to use them

• The iPad barely existed a year ago– Expect changes over the next year, this is an

exciting tool