Comments on: 10 Ways Your Library Could Use the Ipad http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/2010/02/24/10-ways-your-library-could-use-the-ipad/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:03:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sally http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/2010/02/24/10-ways-your-library-could-use-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-1870 Sally Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:33:03 +0000 http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/?p=293#comment-1870 Just to say that I don't see iPads being able to replace computers in the library, at least not for a while. Students might want to use them to write short (one- or two-page) papers or memos or to take short online quizzes in an info lit class, but the keyboard is just not user friendly enough to want to use for long periods of time (well, at least if you're past 30). In fact, my fingers start cramping when I use it for more than a few minutes at a time. I have invested in a different keyboard for it, which does help to some extent, but it still is not nearly as good as a laptop keyboard. So, long story short, I don't see the iPad as being something students would want to use to write a major research project or to create a presentation that's more than a few slides long. An issue that I haven't been able to figure out so far is how to connect the iPad with a printer. I suppose it will end up being a matter of the library having to purchase new i-Pad-compatible computers if we were to try to go that route. So far, the most valuable academic use I've found for iPad is the ability to download journal articles in PDF which are then remain available to read when the student is away from her laptop or desktop computer or when she doesn't have Internet access. Then, of course, there is also the potential to use iPads to read library-provided e-books in any number of formats. For me personally, the real advantage of iPad is the fact that it is smaller than a laptop and therefore so much easier to carry around. I'm much more likely to want to take my iPad on a plane trip than I was to take my laptop. Just to say that I don’t see iPads being able to replace computers in the library, at least not for a while. Students might want to use them to write short (one- or two-page) papers or memos or to take short online quizzes in an info lit class, but the keyboard is just not user friendly enough to want to use for long periods of time (well, at least if you’re past 30). In fact, my fingers start cramping when I use it for more than a few minutes at a time. I have invested in a different keyboard for it, which does help to some extent, but it still is not nearly as good as a laptop keyboard. So, long story short, I don’t see the iPad as being something students would want to use to write a major research project or to create a presentation that’s more than a few slides long.

An issue that I haven’t been able to figure out so far is how to connect the iPad with a printer. I suppose it will end up being a matter of the library having to purchase new i-Pad-compatible computers if we were to try to go that route.

So far, the most valuable academic use I’ve found for iPad is the ability to download journal articles in PDF which are then remain available to read when the student is away from her laptop or desktop computer or when she doesn’t have Internet access. Then, of course, there is also the potential to use iPads to read library-provided e-books in any number of formats.

For me personally, the real advantage of iPad is the fact that it is smaller than a laptop and therefore so much easier to carry around. I’m much more likely to want to take my iPad on a plane trip than I was to take my laptop.

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]]> By: Ralph http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/2010/02/24/10-ways-your-library-could-use-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-1439 Ralph Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:56:46 +0000 http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/?p=293#comment-1439 It's iPad, not Ipad. It’s iPad, not Ipad.

]]> By: Timm R http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/2010/02/24/10-ways-your-library-could-use-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 Timm R Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:55:36 +0000 http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/?p=293#comment-1388 Hello, instead of having your staff carry around the iPad in high traffic areas, consider iPad stands that let you securely mount iPads to a counter or table. They could be placed on a movable stand as well. Either way it's a lot better than having a monitor attached to a computer hidden in a cabinet. archelonenclosures.com Hello, instead of having your staff carry around the iPad in high traffic areas, consider iPad stands that let you securely mount iPads to a counter or table. They could be placed on a movable stand as well. Either way it’s a lot better than having a monitor attached to a computer hidden in a cabinet. archelonenclosures.com

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]]> By: annalaurab http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/2010/02/24/10-ways-your-library-could-use-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-986 annalaurab Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:05:22 +0000 http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/?p=293#comment-986 I actually don't have one yet and I don't know that I will get one. I was just theorizing about how it could be used. I actually don’t have one yet and I don’t know that I will get one. I was just theorizing about how it could be used.

]]> By: iPad Forum http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/2010/02/24/10-ways-your-library-could-use-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-975 iPad Forum Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:32:40 +0000 http://socialnetworkinglibrarian.com/?p=293#comment-975 im loving the ipad personally. what do you think of it now? was it upto your standards? im loving the ipad personally. what do you think of it now? was it upto your standards?

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