Research Guides: iPads, Librarians, and Morris Library: ALA Presentation

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Mobile Goes Both Ways: Using the iPad in Reference

Mobile Goes Both Ways: Using the iPad for Virtual Reference

RUSA MARS' Virtual Reference Discussion Forum at ALA Annual 2011

4-5:30 pm, Saturday, June 25th Embassy Suites ( 6th floor ), Bayou Jean Lafitte Ballroom - Section 4

Megan Lotts and Stephanie Graves from Southern Illinois University Carbondale will kick off the the Virtual Reference Discussion Forum at ALA Annual. They are pioneering efforts to use iPads to unchain librarians from the reference desk and make roving librarians truly mobile. SIUC brought iPads into Reference in Fall 2010 and has begun using them to expand their service points to anywhere a librarian can roam, providing virtual reference and a fully-connected librarian presence in the stacks. Come and hear about the victories and pitfalls of their implementation--and where they are going next!

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