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Librarians Do It Better With PDAs

Librarians Do It Better With PDAs. Sharon Bandle & Bob Penzenik Alaska Technology Associates. PDA = Personal Digital Assistant. By any other name: NOT a Palm Pilot !. • Handheld Computer • Pocket Computer • Personal Organizer.

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Librarians Do It Better With PDAs

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  1. Librarians Do It BetterWith PDAs Sharon Bandle & Bob Penzenik Alaska Technology Associates

  2. PDA = Personal Digital Assistant By any other name: NOT a Palm Pilot! • Handheld Computer • Pocket Computer • Personal Organizer Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  3. PDA technology - major brands • Palm One • Dell • Sony • Blackberry • Compaq • Casio • HP Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  4. Technology is evolving PDA and cell phone hybrids Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  5. PDA technology - extras • synchronization cradles • folding keyboards • memory cards • wireless: Bluetooth & WiFi Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  6. PDA technology - operating systems Two major players • Palm OS • Microsoft Pocket PC Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  7. PDA technology - desktop support Two players • PCs • Macintosh Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  8. Basic PDA Applications • Calendar • To do list • Notes • Contact list • Memos Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  9. Advanced PDA Applications • e-mail • Internet access • SMS text messaging • Databases • e-Books, etc. Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  10. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • Interface w/MS Office Calendar To do list Notes Contact list Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  11. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • Alaska Airlines (www.alaskaair.com) Interactive Schedules continuously updated Cost: Free Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  12. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • AvantGo (www.avantgo.com) Participating sources (624) - real time info Cost: Free Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  13. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • Acrobat Reader (www.adobe.com/reader) Viewing PDF documents Cost: Free Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  14. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • Documents To Go (www.dataviz.com) WP, SS, PP, Pictures, Charts and more Cost: around $50 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  15. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • Nexus (www.pocketsensei.com/nexus.php) Dictionary - 340,000 definitions Cost: around $15 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  16. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • powerOne (Desktop-Windows only) (www.infinitysw.com/) Advanced Calculator Cost: Free Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  17. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • WorldMate (www.mobimate.com/worldmate/) World travel info: time, currency, etc Cost: $30 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  18. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • eReaderPro (www.palmdigitalmedia.com) eBooks (see list) Cost: $10 (comes with 5 books) Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  19. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • FileMaker Mobile 7 (www.filemaker.com/products/mbl/) FileMaker documents, create and sync files Cost: $70 Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  20. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • Maps (www.mapquest.com) Need AvantGo Maps in PDA format Cost: Free Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  21. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • GPS interface Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  22. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • Web browsing Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  23. Neat Nifty PDA Applications • e-mail (send & receive) Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  24. Caution! If your life is in your PDA… • Passwords • Credit card numbers • Banking information • Library security codes, etc Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  25. Security! If your life is in your PDA… • Passwords • Encryption • Back-ups Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  26. Questions… Librarians Do It Better With PDAs Alaska Technology Associates

  27. Librarians Do It BetterWith PDAs Sharon Bandle & Bob Penzenik Alaska Technology Associates

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