Handheld Librarian: Online Conference

HANDHELD LIBRARIAN VI ONLINE CONFERENCE
FEBRUARY 1-2, 2012

Mobile solutions for libraries that work!

Register at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/.

Individuals: $65 for both days; Group: $95 for both days
The conference will feature professional development for librarians by librarians. This is the grass-roots nature of our highly successful program. Handheld Librarian VI will build on the success of prior conferences in which an array of presenters share their experiences and insights on topics addressing themes such as ebooks, location-based social networking, lending devices, reference and mobile technologies impacting society. You can see the quality of the content by looking through our past archives.

Our exciting one day conference, February 1, will feature presentations from your peers, along with two keynotes from respected thought leaders in the library world.

Michael Stephens, Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University, will address the conference in the morning. His research focuses on use of emerging technologies in libraries and technology learning programs. He currently writes the monthly column “Office Hours” in Library Journal exploring issues, ideas and emerging trends in library and information science education. Stephens has spoken about emerging technologies, innovation, and libraries to audiences in over 26 states and in five countries, including a 2009 speaking/research tour of Australia. Our afternoon keynote features Stephen Abram. Stephen has over 30 years in libraries as a practicing librarian and in the information industry. He has visited hundreds of libraries in many different countries and is uniquely positioned to spark ideas and insights. Stephen is currently Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Markets at Gale Cengage in Toronto, Canada. He has been Vice President Innovation for SirsiDynix and the Chief Strategist for the SirsiDynix Institute, VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia

Mobile Gift Cards: The Next Big Trend

Seasons Greetings from DALL. Attention techie holiday shoppers!!! If you purchase gift cards for your loved ones during the holidays, CBS News Money Watch presented a video on mobile gift cards. Starbucks and Target unveiled this new technology to send gifts cards to your smartphone. Will this trend catch on to shoppers? Watch it here.

7 Essential Apps for Busy Legal Professionals

7 Essential Apps for Busy Legal Professionals
by Tim Baran on August 17, 2011
Lawyerist.com

Tim Baran covers seven essential mobile apps for lawyers and librarians on the go.

Shepardizing App for iPhone

I saw this on Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites blog about LexisNexis releasing an app for Shepardizing from your iPhone. http://www.legaline.com/lawsites.html

Very cool…

Full story at the Martindale blog:
http://blog.martindale.com/need-to-get-cases-and-shepardize-weve-got-an-app-for-that

And the app is free!