Apps for Librarians: Using the Best Mobile Technology to Educate, Create, and Engage [Paperback]

How can your libraryand your patronsbenefit from mobile apps? This guidebook offers a solid foundation in app-literacy, supplying librarians with the knowledge to review and recommend apps, offer workshops, and become the app expert for their communities.

Smartphones and other mobile devices that support downloadable applicationsuniversally referred to as apps can be used to foster productivity, conduct research, or read and study. Additionally, savvy librarians can better serve their communities by gaining expertise in mobile technologies and being qualified to make app recommendations to patrons. This book introduces you to the apps that can help you save time and increase your own productivity as well as serve as a curator and reviewer of apps and resident expert to benefit your patrons.

Apps for Librarians: Using the Best Mobile Technology to Educate, Create, and Engagewill save you from wading through and learning about the millions of apps available today and direct you to the very best apps in areas important to education, the workplace, and professional development. Organized by functionreading, writing, reference, multi-media, and productivityapps are profiled with the following information: title, developer, price, platforms, general description, examples of use, and key features that make it worthwhile for learning and creative work.

A reference shelf treasure, Hennig's highly adaptable work suits the needs of school and public libraries, home schoolers, and college and university education departments. VOYA

An essential reference tool for any librarian looking to stay relevant. Library Journal

In a growing world of mobile technology, Nicole Henning'sApps for Librariansis a timely reference book for those in the library field. . . . lC@