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9 Ways Mobile is Moving into Academia

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

The folks at Best Colleges Online have created a list of 9 Ways Mobile is Moving into Academia. Mobile devices have made computing ubiquitous and colleges and universities are taking advantage of all that mobile has to offer in the areas of marketing, learning, mobile library access and more. Here are the first 5 ways discussed:

  1. Expanding university apps and mobile web
  2. Nomadic learning
  3. Augmented reality learning scenarios
  4. Mobile apps for education
  5. Twitter feedback in class

via Stephen’s Lighthouse

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The Top 30 Most Popular iLibrarian Posts of 2011

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

2011 was quite a year here at iLibrarian! As usual, it’s been a great experience. I’ve been taking a look back at what was particularly popular in terms of posts this past year and I’ve rounded up the top 30 which were the most well-received. I’d love to hear suggestions for future content you’d like to see here at iLibrarian, and I also welcome guest posts! So please go ahead and leave some suggestions in the comments section.

    QR Codes

  1. A Quick Guide to Creating Library QR Codes
  2. QR Code Roundup: 10 Resources for Librarians and Educators

    3. Archiving & Preservation

  3. Personal Digital Archiving: An Overview
  4. Personal Digital Archiving: Part One – Strategy
  5. Personal Digital Archiving: Part Two – Storage Options
  6. Personal Digital Archiving: Part Three – File Formats

    7. Mobile & Apps

  7. 7 Tools to Create a Mobile Library Website (without Technical Knowledge!)
  8. Top 30 Library iPhone Apps – Part 1
  9. Top 30 Library iPhone Apps – Part 2
  10. Top 30 Library iPhone Apps – Part 3
  11. 16 Awesome Instagram Apps & Services- Part I
  12. 16 Awesome Instagram Apps & Services- Part II
  13. 20 iPad Apps Librarians Should Download – Part 1
  14. 20 iPad Apps Librarians Should Download – Part 2
  15. 12 Mobile Check-in Applications

    16. Personal Branding & Job Seekers

  16. 5 Ways to Set Up A Free Personal Landing Page in 5 Minutes
  17. 13 Resources & Tips for Library Job Seekers
  18. 7 More Strategies for Library Job Seekers
  19. A Librarian’s Guide to the Elevator Pitch
  20. 17 Tips to Improve Your Online Presence

    21. Open Access

  21. 50 Open Access Resources for Librarians – Part 1
  22. 50 Open Access Resources for Librarians – Part 2

    23. Data Visualization Tools

  23. 5 Free Online Tools to Create Your Own Infographics
  24. 5 Amazing Free Data Visualization Tools

    25. All the Rest

  25. 25+ Resources to Create Library Videos
  26. 5 e-Book Collections with Over 100,000 Free e-Books
  27. 21 Useful Cloud Computing Resources for Librarians
  28. 18 Usability Resources for Librarians
  29. 450+ Tweeting Librarians List
  30. A Quick Guide to Getting Started with Quora