iPad Applications for the Librarian
Published on Nov 19, 2015
Presentation information from the March 2014 Massachusetts Health Science Libraries Network (MAHSLIN) conference at Olin College, Needham, Massachusetts.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
iPad Applications for the Librarian
Kate Donovan, PhDc, MBA, BS | Boston Children's Hospital
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Overview
- Introduction to the iPad
- Free iTunes Account
- The iPad's Potential
- What's Next in Technology?
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How to set up a free itunes account
- Sign out of current Apple ID
- Go to App Store and select a free app
- Tap INSTALL APP
- Create New Apple ID
- Confirm Your Country
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How to set up a free itunes account (cont)
- Agree with Terms and Conditions
- Fill in your new Apple ID and Password
- Create and answer your secret question
- Select NONE for Payment Method
- Fill in Billing Address
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How to set up a free itunes account (cont)
- Submit application for new Apple ID
- Wait for verification email
- When email arrives, verify your account
- Start downloading your free apps
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Apps and Creativity
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ibooks author
- FREE
- Create beautiful interactive books
- Easy drag and drop templates
- Add images, sounds and movie files
- Publish to be read on iPad or iOS device
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Web based software programs
CHROME IS BROWSER OF CHOICE
Google Chrome has a ton of add on apps that really make this the browser of choice.
Prezi
Cloud based zooming presentation software
http://prezi.com/
Not only is this a great presentation program, it is also a great collaboration tool. You can collaborate real time with other uses you have given access to. Great for presentations and brainstorming!
Not only is this a great presentation program, it is also a great collaboration tool. You can collaborate real time with other uses you have given access to. Great for presentations and brainstorming!
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Prezi example
http://prezi.com/
Make sure you know your audience when using Prezi. Sometimes the zooming can be overwhelming if the room is small. Images tell great stories!
Make sure you know your audience when using Prezi. Sometimes the zooming can be overwhelming if the room is small. Images tell great stories!
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Canva
Amazingly simple graphic design
https://www.canva.com/
Looking for different but professional graphics for your presentations, posters or pamphlets - look no further. This is a free sight with easy amazing graphics! *some additional graphics cost a bit of money - usually 1-2 dollars. keep in mind you can import images as well.
Looking for different but professional graphics for your presentations, posters or pamphlets - look no further. This is a free sight with easy amazing graphics! *some additional graphics cost a bit of money - usually 1-2 dollars. keep in mind you can import images as well.
easily create great posters, etc.
Great way to share slide decks
Take some time to explore
http://www.slideshare.net/
Sign up for a free account and explore some amazing slide decks from subject matter experts.
Sign up for a free account and explore some amazing slide decks from subject matter experts.
Twitter Medium
Everyone's stories and ideas
https://medium.com/
Use you existing Twitter account to read the latest posts/blogs from influencers around the world
Use you existing Twitter account to read the latest posts/blogs from influencers around the world
MURAL.ly
Visual Collaboration for Creative People
https://mural.ly/
Mural.ly is an online whiteboard designed to visually organize ideas and collaborate in a playful way.
Currently it is only available as a web app but a mobile app is in the works!
Mural.ly is an online whiteboard designed to visually organize ideas and collaborate in a playful way.
Currently it is only available as a web app but a mobile app is in the works!
Storify
Make the web tell a story.
https://storify.com/
Collect media from across the web. Publish on Storify, embed anywhere. Share and notify sources, go viral.
Collect media from across the web. Publish on Storify, embed anywhere. Share and notify sources, go viral.
Paper.li
Create your online newspaper in minutes
http://paper.li/
Sign up to create beautiful online newspapers that you can email or post to social media.
Automatically find, publish & promote engaging articles, photos and videos from across the web.
Sign up to create beautiful online newspapers that you can email or post to social media.
Automatically find, publish & promote engaging articles, photos and videos from across the web.
List.li
Listly is lists made social and fun! If you like lists, you'll love Listly.
http://list.ly/
Listly is lists made social and fun! If you like lists, you'll love Listly.
Great resource to find quick information about a selected subject. Take some time to explore and curate your own list!
Listly is lists made social and fun! If you like lists, you'll love Listly.
Great resource to find quick information about a selected subject. Take some time to explore and curate your own list!
iPad APPS
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scoop.it
Build engaged audiences through publishing by curation.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scoop.it/id487321972?mt=8
Scoop.it helps professionals and businesses publish content online in a meaningful, easy and rewarding way.
Scoop.it is also available on your computer
http://www.scoop.it/
Scoop.it helps professionals and businesses publish content online in a meaningful, easy and rewarding way.
Scoop.it is also available on your computer
http://www.scoop.it/
Skitch
Snap the image. Mark it up. Share.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skitch-snap.-mark-up.-send./id490505997?mt=...
This is a great tool by Evernote available to both PC and Mac. Get your point across with fewer words using annotation, shapes and sketches, so that your ideas become reality faster.
This is also available as a web app.
http://evernote.com/skitch/
This is a great tool by Evernote available to both PC and Mac. Get your point across with fewer words using annotation, shapes and sketches, so that your ideas become reality faster.
This is also available as a web app.
http://evernote.com/skitch/
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Evernote
Great way to keep track of everything
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8
Evernote apps and products make modern life manageable, by letting you easily collect and find everything that matters.
Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web.
Also available as a web app for your computer
https://www.evernote.com/Login.action?targetUrl=%2FHome.action
Evernote apps and products make modern life manageable, by letting you easily collect and find everything that matters.
Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet and the web.
Also available as a web app for your computer
https://www.evernote.com/Login.action?targetUrl=%2FHome.action
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Social network and microblogging platform
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters.
Twitter is also a web app.
https://twitter.com/
Other helpful Twitter tools
http://www.tchat.io/
http://tweetchat.com/
both help search hashtags and navigate tweet chats.
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 140 characters.
Twitter is also a web app.
https://twitter.com/
Other helpful Twitter tools
http://www.tchat.io/
http://tweetchat.com/
both help search hashtags and navigate tweet chats.
Put articles, videos or pretty much anything into Pocket
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-formerly-read-it-later/id309601447?m...
Put articles, videos or pretty much anything into Pocket. You don't even need internet connection.
You can also use Pocket as a web application
https://getpocket.com/
Put articles, videos or pretty much anything into Pocket. You don't even need internet connection.
You can also use Pocket as a web application
https://getpocket.com/
Prezi for ipad
You can now CREATE on the iPad!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/prezi/id407759942?mt=8
The iPad app has gotten much more robust with its recent updates. You can now create Prezi's right on your iPad not just view them!
Not only is this a great presentation program, it is also a great collaboration tool. You can collaborate real time with other uses you have given access to. Great for presentations and brainstorming!
http://prezi.com/
The iPad app has gotten much more robust with its recent updates. You can now create Prezi's right on your iPad not just view them!
Not only is this a great presentation program, it is also a great collaboration tool. You can collaborate real time with other uses you have given access to. Great for presentations and brainstorming!
http://prezi.com/
sound gecko
Listen to news, websites,
and documents
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/soundgecko/id541781633?mt=8
This is such a cool app!
It takes just a few seconds to turn your favorites websites, blogs and documents into audio. Listen to text on the go!
Also available as a web app.
http://soundgecko.com/
This is such a cool app!
It takes just a few seconds to turn your favorites websites, blogs and documents into audio. Listen to text on the go!
Also available as a web app.
http://soundgecko.com/
Flipboard is Your Personal Magazine
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flipboard-your-social-news/id358801284?mt=8
Great app to curate materials. Limitation is that is does not allow you to flip in .pdf files. Flipboard is your personal magazine, filled with the things you care about. Use Twitter to pull materials that are relevant to your magazine topic. Websites such as www.tchat.io or www.tweetchat.com can help you search for materials using hashtags.
This is also a web application
https://flipboard.com/
Check out the Boston Children's Hospital Mobility Flipboard - over 15,000 readers in less than a year!
https://flipboard.com/section/boston-children's-hospital-mobility-bKAdqn
Great app to curate materials. Limitation is that is does not allow you to flip in .pdf files. Flipboard is your personal magazine, filled with the things you care about. Use Twitter to pull materials that are relevant to your magazine topic. Websites such as www.tchat.io or www.tweetchat.com can help you search for materials using hashtags.
This is also a web application
https://flipboard.com/
Check out the Boston Children's Hospital Mobility Flipboard - over 15,000 readers in less than a year!
https://flipboard.com/section/boston-children's-hospital-mobility-bKAdqn
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Dropbox
Non HIPAA compliant cloud storage
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8
Dropbox is a free cloud storage service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!
Keep in mind that Dropbox currently is NOT HIPAA compliant therefore patient information should not be uploaded to the sight.
You can also access your contents via a web application
https://www.dropbox.com/
Dropbox is a free cloud storage service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!
Keep in mind that Dropbox currently is NOT HIPAA compliant therefore patient information should not be uploaded to the sight.
You can also access your contents via a web application
https://www.dropbox.com/
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BOX
HIPAA compliant cloud storage- NOT FREE
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/box-for-iphone-and-ipad/id290853822?mt=8
Securely send and share large business files. This is NOT FREE but is HIPAA compliant. Cloud computing options are on the rise, so keep your eyes open for other options.
Box is also available as a web app.
https://app.box.com/login/
book creator
Create interactive books right on the iPad
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-creator-free/id661166101?mt=8
The simple way to create your own beautiful iBooks, right on the iPad.
Read them in iBooks, send them to your friends, or submit them to the iBooks Store.
Ideal for children’s picture books, photo books, art books, cook books, manuals, textbooks, and the list goes on.
The free version doesn't allow video to be used.
The simple way to create your own beautiful iBooks, right on the iPad.
Read them in iBooks, send them to your friends, or submit them to the iBooks Store.
Ideal for children’s picture books, photo books, art books, cook books, manuals, textbooks, and the list goes on.
The free version doesn't allow video to be used.
Trello
Great app for collaborating projects!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trello-organize-anything/id461504587?mt=8
Trello is the fastest, easiest way to organize anything, from your day-to-day work, to a favorite side project, to your greatest life plans.
This is a great app to use when collaborating projects!
Trello is also available as a web app.
https://trello.com/
Trello is the fastest, easiest way to organize anything, from your day-to-day work, to a favorite side project, to your greatest life plans.
This is a great app to use when collaborating projects!
Trello is also available as a web app.
https://trello.com/
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Haiku Deck
Story telling, simple.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/haiku-deck-presentation-slideshow/id5363287...
Meet Haiku Deck, a completely new kind of presentation software. We make telling your story simple, beautiful, and fun.
Also available as a web app in beta
http://www.haikudeck.com/
Meet Haiku Deck, a completely new kind of presentation software. We make telling your story simple, beautiful, and fun.
Also available as a web app in beta
http://www.haikudeck.com/
explain everything
Fantastic Screencasting app
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/explain-everything/id431493086?mt=8
This is a fantastic app for education!
Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere.
Create slides, draw in any color, add shapes, add text, and use a laser pointer. Rotate, move, scale, copy, paste, clone, and lock any object added to the stage.
Add new or existing photos and videos. Import PDF, PPT, DOC, XLS, Keynote(*), Pages(*), Numbers(*), and RTF files from Evernote, Dropbox, Box, GDrive, WebDAV, Email, iTunes, and any app that allows you to open these files types using "Open In…". Export MP4 movies, PDF documents, PNG images, or XPL project files directly from your iPad.
This is a fantastic app for education!
Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere.
Create slides, draw in any color, add shapes, add text, and use a laser pointer. Rotate, move, scale, copy, paste, clone, and lock any object added to the stage.
Add new or existing photos and videos. Import PDF, PPT, DOC, XLS, Keynote(*), Pages(*), Numbers(*), and RTF files from Evernote, Dropbox, Box, GDrive, WebDAV, Email, iTunes, and any app that allows you to open these files types using "Open In…". Export MP4 movies, PDF documents, PNG images, or XPL project files directly from your iPad.
DUOLINGO
Free language education for the world
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/duolingo-learn-languages-for/id570060128?mt...
Learning languages in Duolingo is completely free – now and forever – with no ads or hidden fees. Wondering how that can be? It’s because you create value by translating real-world documents while you’re learning.
Here’s how it works: Somebody who needs a webpage translated uploads it to Duolingo. That document then gets presented to Duolingo students who can translate it in order to practice the language they are learning. When the document is fully translated, Duolingo returns it to the original content owner who, depending on the type of document they uploaded, pays for the translation.
Learning languages in Duolingo is completely free – now and forever – with no ads or hidden fees. Wondering how that can be? It’s because you create value by translating real-world documents while you’re learning.
Here’s how it works: Somebody who needs a webpage translated uploads it to Duolingo. That document then gets presented to Duolingo students who can translate it in order to practice the language they are learning. When the document is fully translated, Duolingo returns it to the original content owner who, depending on the type of document they uploaded, pays for the translation.
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snapguide
Create and share step by step guides
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapguide/id421477397?mt=8
Snapguide is a free iOS app and web service for those that want to create and share step-by-step "how to guides." The service provides easy to understand instructions for a wide array of topics including cooking, gardening, crafts, repairs, do-it-yourself projects, fashion tips, entertaining and more.
Users are invited to create their own guides using the iPhone app. Snap pictures and videos of your project, add captions, and share your guide with the Snapguide community.
Snapguide is also a web app.
http://snapguide.com/
Check out one of Boston Children's Hospital's Snapguides on Baclofen Pump Refills
http://snapguide.com/guides/prepare-for-a-baclofen-refill/
Snapguide is a free iOS app and web service for those that want to create and share step-by-step "how to guides." The service provides easy to understand instructions for a wide array of topics including cooking, gardening, crafts, repairs, do-it-yourself projects, fashion tips, entertaining and more.
Users are invited to create their own guides using the iPhone app. Snap pictures and videos of your project, add captions, and share your guide with the Snapguide community.
Snapguide is also a web app.
http://snapguide.com/
Check out one of Boston Children's Hospital's Snapguides on Baclofen Pump Refills
http://snapguide.com/guides/prepare-for-a-baclofen-refill/
Thinglink
Make your images interactive
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/thinglink/id647304300?mt=8
Make easy interactive images that come to life for learners. Add audio, video and pop out.
You can sign up for a free education account if you have an .edu email address.
https://www.thinglink.com/edu?showNavi=true
Make easy interactive images that come to life for learners. Add audio, video and pop out.
You can sign up for a free education account if you have an .edu email address.
https://www.thinglink.com/edu?showNavi=true
mendeley
Personal library of research
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mendeley/id380669300?mt=8
Your personal library of research
Mendeley is a free reference manager for students and researchers.
Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read & annotate PDFs on any device.
They have great reference materials online too!
Also available as a web app.
http://www.mendeley.com/en/2/
Your personal library of research
Mendeley is a free reference manager for students and researchers.
Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read & annotate PDFs on any device.
They have great reference materials online too!
Also available as a web app.
http://www.mendeley.com/en/2/
Artstudio
Great drawing app for education
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/artstudio-for-ipad-draw-paint/id364017607?m...
ArtStudio is a professional drawing / painting application. This is a great tool when educating. You can upload images and draw right over them. I.e. upload a picture of a colon then draw over it to explain anatomy to a new resident.
ArtStudio is a professional drawing / painting application. This is a great tool when educating. You can upload images and draw right over them. I.e. upload a picture of a colon then draw over it to explain anatomy to a new resident.
directr
Simple, Powerful Video Creation for Everyone
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/directr-simple-powerful-video/id526717506?m...
Directr is the easiest way to make great video. Our unique storyboard-driven creation process helps you easily make great video you'll be excited to share.
They also have a business edition which is also great!
Directr is the easiest way to make great video. Our unique storyboard-driven creation process helps you easily make great video you'll be excited to share.
They also have a business edition which is also great!
Quick QR code
QR Code reader and creator
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-qr-code-reader-creator/id651355383?mt...
The quickest and most efficient QR Code reader and creator.
This is a great way to organize and share information.
There is also an online QR code generation that works quite well separate from this app.
https://qrcode.kaywa.com/
The quickest and most efficient QR Code reader and creator.
This is a great way to organize and share information.
There is also an online QR code generation that works quite well separate from this app.
https://qrcode.kaywa.com/
soundcloud
Great place to post your podcasts
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/soundcloud-music-audio-discovery/id33635315...
Create podcasts easily within the app or use Garageband that comes with the iPad. Great way to share audio, recorded presentations and interviews.
Also available as a web app.
https://soundcloud.com/
Create podcasts easily within the app or use Garageband that comes with the iPad. Great way to share audio, recorded presentations and interviews.
Also available as a web app.
https://soundcloud.com/
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Possibilities are endless!
New apps for creating content are being created daily. The ones outlines are just a few that have been proven helpful in the medical community. Try things out. See what works for you and your organization. Creativity is endless with the right tools!
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what's next?
Technology is advancing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Y42TsNdqo
Great video to show the potential of iBeacons. Imagine if YOUR institution or library was organized using this technology! I see education being incorporated into this as well!
Exciting stuff and it is available in your iPad's iOS!
Great video to show the potential of iBeacons. Imagine if YOUR institution or library was organized using this technology! I see education being incorporated into this as well!
Exciting stuff and it is available in your iPad's iOS!
Contact Info
kate.donovan@childrens.harvard.edu | @_The_Kate_D
Feel free to reach out to me if you have an questions or app recommendations.
