Keeping current with emerging technologies
For librarians and educators
New book: Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies: Best Practices for Information Professionals
Learn the best methods for keeping up (no matter what new technology is trending) There are many books and articles written for librarians about specific emerging technologies, but it’s hard to find a comprehensive resource for the best methods for keeping up and...
Cyber Security and Privacy: July 6 webinar
If you read today’s headlines about security breaches, you might be thinking of going back to fax machines and snail mail. Or you might be assuming that privacy is dead and we may as well get used to it (and you have nothing to hide, right?) While there is no such...
Best Podcasts for Diverse Audiences: ebook set
Best Podcasts for Diverse Audiences Do you love podcasts? I do. There are so many new, fun, inspiring, educational, and diverse podcasts that it can be hard to find the best ones! I thoroughly enjoyed creating this ebook set -- a guide to some excellent podcasts. You...
Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies: Best Practices for Information Professionals
I've just submitted the manuscript for my next book, Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies: Best Practices for Information Professionals. It will be published by Libraries Unlimited in 2017. Methods, not specific technologies There are many books and articles written...
Podcasts for diverse audiences
Are there many podcasts by and for people other than white male techno-geeks? That's something I looked into when writing the report, "Podcast literacy: recommending the best educational, diverse, and accessible podcasts for library users" (coming in 2017 from ALA...
Podcast literacy: recommending the best educational, diverse, and accessible podcasts for library users
This summer I'm working on a new report that will be part of ALA's Library Technology Reports series. I'm looking forward to doing the research on this -- podcasts are booming! Here's the Table of Contents -- let me know if you have more ideas for what to include....
Apps that wow: show how useful your smartphone or tablet can be
Do you ever get questions from people who want to see what your new device can do? Here are a few apps for showing off the potential of mobile devices for educational use. Science Brain and Nervous System Pro Learn the anatomy of the brain and nervous system. Slice...
Win a free book in my Goodreads giveaways
Goodreads Book Giveaway Apps for Librarians by Nicole Hennig Giveaway ends May 23, 2016. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway Goodreads Book Giveaway Selecting and Evaluating the Best Mobile Apps for Library Services by Nicole Hennig Giveaway ends May...
Mobile Learning Trends
Recently I wrote a technical report for ALA called Mobile Learning Trends: Accessibility, Ecosystems, Content Creation. Published in April of 2016, it focuses on three trends: Natural user interfaces and accessibility Multi-device ecosystems Content creation with...
50 best apps for those who use both Android and iOS
Many people use multiple mobile platforms these days. A common situation is one where you have both an Android smartphone and an iPad. it’s true that when you get used to certain tasks on one platform, they aren’t automatic on the other, but once you get past that,...