by Nicole Hennig | Jun 18, 2014
Many universities and libraries offer access to Lynda.com for online training on technical topics. It’s useful for learning how to use specific software, such as Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, or Excel.
I had access to Lynda.com for several years while I was working at MIT and I used it for those types of courses. But recently I was searching for training on iBooks Author and I also found many other interesting courses that are worth looking at. So I thought I would make a list of some of the most interesting and varied courses that you might not be aware of in Lynda.com. (more…)
by Nicole Hennig | Jun 9, 2014
Chicago Public Library makerspace visualization
(Katie Day on Flickr).
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by Nicole Hennig | May 24, 2014
The world needs more high quality app reviews. Have you noticed that most reviews in Apple’s app store are not well-informed? Many people dash off a tech support question, or write something based on a misunderstanding of what the app does.
Librarians have been reviewing books for years. Now is the time to do the same with mobile apps.
App Review Checklist
Here’s a checklist I’ve developed as a guideline for reviewing mobile apps. (more…)
by Nicole Hennig | May 23, 2014
What are the best apps for librarians to know about and use? To answer that, consider two things: 1) Librarians use apps for their own professional work, and 2) Librarians recommend apps to their users for all sorts of tasks.
So asking this is kind of like asking “what are the best books for librarians?” It’s too broad!
In spite of that, there are some core, standard apps that everyone who recommends apps should be familiar with. These are core for the following reasons:
- They have been around for more than a year and usage is growing.
- They are part of an ecosystem that works as native mobile app, web app, and possibly a desktop app.
- They offer easy ways to send information into and out of these apps.
- They cover the most basic, useful things that people want to do with their mobile devices.
So given that, here’s my list:
(all are for both Android and iOS, except Fantastical and iBooks) (more…)
