I just got this press release from Crown Logic. It makes me wish I had a Pocket PC instead of a Palm.
"SEEKING BETA TESTERS FOR CLC PROJECT FOR POCKET PC
Crown Logic, developers of handheld productivity software, are seeking beta testers to help test CLC Project for Pocket PC and Pocket PC 2002.
CLC Project is the premier project management application for Pocket PC and Pocket PC 2002 computers. While allowing you to manage an entire project from your Pocket PC, CLC Project dynamically and seamlessly keeps your project synchronized with Microsoft Project 2002. To learn more about CLC Project and to apply to become a beta tester please visit http://www.crownlogic.com "
Tuesday, June 25, 2002
Friday, June 21, 2002
Power point presentations for Point of Care to Your Palm: PDAs Playing in Peoria on web
Hello!
The power point slides and presentations from the June
7 "Point of Care to Your Palm: PDAs Playing in
Peoria!" are up at
http://pdagrant.osfsaintfrancis.org/PDAconference.htm
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and the University of
Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health
Sciences-Peoria hosted the day-long event attended by
approximately seventy people from all types of
libraries. Presentations include:
"Current and Future Trends of PDAs for Libraries and
Health Care Professionals" by Mari Stoddard, keynote
speaker, University of Arizona;
"Integrating PDAs into Library Operations" by Carol
Galganski, OSF SFMC, and Jo Dorsch, UIC-LHS Peoria;
"Personal, Portable, Networked
Information/Communication Appliances and Libraries"
including a project/conference summary and wrap-up by
Tom Peters, Project Evaluator, Center for Library
Initiatives, Committee on Institutional Cooperation;
"Intro to PDAs"; "Overview of Medical Content and
Applications" and others by Lori Bell and Peg
Burnette.
The power point slides and presentations from the June
7 "Point of Care to Your Palm: PDAs Playing in
Peoria!" are up at
http://pdagrant.osfsaintfrancis.org/PDAconference.htm
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and the University of
Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health
Sciences-Peoria hosted the day-long event attended by
approximately seventy people from all types of
libraries. Presentations include:
"Current and Future Trends of PDAs for Libraries and
Health Care Professionals" by Mari Stoddard, keynote
speaker, University of Arizona;
"Integrating PDAs into Library Operations" by Carol
Galganski, OSF SFMC, and Jo Dorsch, UIC-LHS Peoria;
"Personal, Portable, Networked
Information/Communication Appliances and Libraries"
including a project/conference summary and wrap-up by
Tom Peters, Project Evaluator, Center for Library
Initiatives, Committee on Institutional Cooperation;
"Intro to PDAs"; "Overview of Medical Content and
Applications" and others by Lori Bell and Peg
Burnette.
Thursday, June 20, 2002
David Ward, from the University of Illinois, sent an overview of the ALA
LITA Top Tech Trends program and gave me permission to post. What a
great program I wish I could have attended. Thanks for letting me post here, David.Top Tech Trends Annual Program
"ALA Annual 2002
Atlanta
The experts and their trends
Marshall Breeding
1. Library Automation Systems - Vendors are throwing lots of bells
and
whistles on catalogs, and the library community is also looking at the
catalog as a one-stop-shop for searching for different materials
2. Metasearching/Federated Searching/Content Searching - Many
tools
are springing up that lets us search multiple databases and
repositories at
once. Moving into a post Z39.50 world, what tools can come up that
help
make sense of the search sets that these tools produce?
3. Open URL - Using context sensitive linking technology to
provide
better access to full text content
4. RFID - Where can we put wireless barcodes, and what can we do
with
them?
5. WAP enabled cell phones - It is not likely that these will be
used
to search library catalogs any time soon.
Roy Tennant
1. Metasearching - Roy sees it not as one-stop-shopping right now,
but
5-stop-shopping; libraries are still learning how users will users
results
2. Online Reference Assistance - if Metasearching is in the Infant
stage, then Online Reference is in the Toddler stage - tools are
developing, and librarians are learning how to conduct reference better
with them
3. Interoperability Standards - We are in the "Golden Age" of
standards development, and there is much promise in using things like
XML,
Web Services, UDBI, OAI, Dublin Core, etc.
4. Cataloging - It is time to think about the content access we
provide our materials, and how AACR2 is used - my favorite quote :
"stop
measuring the damn book!"
5. Wireless - Using roaming networks, public libraries can become
islands of connectivity for wireless notebook users.
Eric Lease Morgan
1. XML - still a cool thing - recommended http://www.axkit.org - a
toolkit that uses Perl modules that you install on an Apache Server.
The
toolkit makes it easy to create XML and XSLT documents that really work
2. Open Source Software - Eric sees the use of these technologies
by
libraries as an investment in people - since you need good staff to use
them, instead of paying vendors to maintain expensive, flaky software.
3. OAI - Should continue development, as a useful way to share
metadata between 2 machines
4. User Centered Design - Important in everything, from website
design, to library facilities (signage, etc.); we buy services library
users don't even know exist. Eric described a typical user search
through
a catalog, showing how every step along the way got the user another
pointer to information (e.g. bibliographic record, call number, floor
map,
etc.), but ultimately wasted the user's time through inefficiency. In
assessment, we need to ask users to do a task, then see if they can.
Clifford Lynch
First, Clifford noted that version 2.0 of OAI was released last week,
and
that it is more of a standard now, and ready for more robust
implementation.
1. Google's Open API's - Now open to the public for "research"
purposes, these programming interfaces can help with the design of
search
tools for libraries
2. Privacy - Comcast got busted for tracking the clickstreams of
its
broadband users; what are the implication for libraries?
3. Computational Linguistics - Machine Understanding of texts; can
the
tools being developed here be used for semantic based markup of library
texts?
4. Learning Management Systems - Blackboard, WebCT, etc. - what is
the
libraries place in these?
5. Security/Authorization - There are two key trends to consider
here-
A. Shibboleth (from Internet 2) - a distributed Authorization System
for
Access Management and B. The frailty and integrity of digital
information,
and the continued need for preservation
6. Multi-Player Gaming Technology - What are the possible uses for
libraries from technologies like PS2 and Online PC games? How can we
design worlds for users, especially ones they will want to explore?
Joan Frye Williams -
1. Google Answers - this new service allows users to pay for
answersto
questions, bid on by unknown Googlites. It is convenient, and the
answers
aren't too bad. What effect will this have on libraries?
2. Infrared - This technology can be used to beam specific
information
to specific users - for example, a Library Program can be beamed in
multiple languages, and users with Infrared Headphones can tune in to
receive the one they need to hear.
3. Cloaking Cell Phones- the technology exists, if libraries want
to
implement the cone of silence.
4. User Centered Design - Do we need one search tool/interface for
both library professionals and users? We should develop separate tools
for
each, tailored to their needs.
Tom Wilson -
1. Single User Interface (i.e. Metasearching, etc.) - Tom was
troubled
by this, and feels the same interface might not work for all subjects -
so
an interface that works great for medical information might not be the
ideal one to search for geopolitical data
2. Integrated Online Library Systems - We need decent authority
control.
3. WAP interfaces to catalogs - Why would you want to? We need to
develop appropriately packaged information to deliver to these devices
4. Single Vendor Orientation - Libraries need to get away from
their
proclivity to buy things like IOLS systems from one source
5. User Centered Design - Are we providing what users want, or
what we
want?
Walt Crawford
We were running out of time, so Walt didn't really get a fair shake.
1. Multiplier Technologies - Things like Open URL - that make the
resources
you already pay for more valuable, my connecting them to full
text/other
resources. We should look into the development and use of these as
much as possible."
Several references to technology with handhelds - RFID - congratulations
to Ela Area Public Library District for implementing this in their library;
WAP accessible automated catalogs; infrared; and wireless.
Thanks again, David!
LITA Top Tech Trends program and gave me permission to post. What a
great program I wish I could have attended. Thanks for letting me post here, David.Top Tech Trends Annual Program
"ALA Annual 2002
Atlanta
The experts and their trends
Marshall Breeding
1. Library Automation Systems - Vendors are throwing lots of bells
and
whistles on catalogs, and the library community is also looking at the
catalog as a one-stop-shop for searching for different materials
2. Metasearching/Federated Searching/Content Searching - Many
tools
are springing up that lets us search multiple databases and
repositories at
once. Moving into a post Z39.50 world, what tools can come up that
help
make sense of the search sets that these tools produce?
3. Open URL - Using context sensitive linking technology to
provide
better access to full text content
4. RFID - Where can we put wireless barcodes, and what can we do
with
them?
5. WAP enabled cell phones - It is not likely that these will be
used
to search library catalogs any time soon.
Roy Tennant
1. Metasearching - Roy sees it not as one-stop-shopping right now,
but
5-stop-shopping; libraries are still learning how users will users
results
2. Online Reference Assistance - if Metasearching is in the Infant
stage, then Online Reference is in the Toddler stage - tools are
developing, and librarians are learning how to conduct reference better
with them
3. Interoperability Standards - We are in the "Golden Age" of
standards development, and there is much promise in using things like
XML,
Web Services, UDBI, OAI, Dublin Core, etc.
4. Cataloging - It is time to think about the content access we
provide our materials, and how AACR2 is used - my favorite quote :
"stop
measuring the damn book!"
5. Wireless - Using roaming networks, public libraries can become
islands of connectivity for wireless notebook users.
Eric Lease Morgan
1. XML - still a cool thing - recommended http://www.axkit.org - a
toolkit that uses Perl modules that you install on an Apache Server.
The
toolkit makes it easy to create XML and XSLT documents that really work
2. Open Source Software - Eric sees the use of these technologies
by
libraries as an investment in people - since you need good staff to use
them, instead of paying vendors to maintain expensive, flaky software.
3. OAI - Should continue development, as a useful way to share
metadata between 2 machines
4. User Centered Design - Important in everything, from website
design, to library facilities (signage, etc.); we buy services library
users don't even know exist. Eric described a typical user search
through
a catalog, showing how every step along the way got the user another
pointer to information (e.g. bibliographic record, call number, floor
map,
etc.), but ultimately wasted the user's time through inefficiency. In
assessment, we need to ask users to do a task, then see if they can.
Clifford Lynch
First, Clifford noted that version 2.0 of OAI was released last week,
and
that it is more of a standard now, and ready for more robust
implementation.
1. Google's Open API's - Now open to the public for "research"
purposes, these programming interfaces can help with the design of
search
tools for libraries
2. Privacy - Comcast got busted for tracking the clickstreams of
its
broadband users; what are the implication for libraries?
3. Computational Linguistics - Machine Understanding of texts; can
the
tools being developed here be used for semantic based markup of library
texts?
4. Learning Management Systems - Blackboard, WebCT, etc. - what is
the
libraries place in these?
5. Security/Authorization - There are two key trends to consider
here-
A. Shibboleth (from Internet 2) - a distributed Authorization System
for
Access Management and B. The frailty and integrity of digital
information,
and the continued need for preservation
6. Multi-Player Gaming Technology - What are the possible uses for
libraries from technologies like PS2 and Online PC games? How can we
design worlds for users, especially ones they will want to explore?
Joan Frye Williams -
1. Google Answers - this new service allows users to pay for
answersto
questions, bid on by unknown Googlites. It is convenient, and the
answers
aren't too bad. What effect will this have on libraries?
2. Infrared - This technology can be used to beam specific
information
to specific users - for example, a Library Program can be beamed in
multiple languages, and users with Infrared Headphones can tune in to
receive the one they need to hear.
3. Cloaking Cell Phones- the technology exists, if libraries want
to
implement the cone of silence.
4. User Centered Design - Do we need one search tool/interface for
both library professionals and users? We should develop separate tools
for
each, tailored to their needs.
Tom Wilson -
1. Single User Interface (i.e. Metasearching, etc.) - Tom was
troubled
by this, and feels the same interface might not work for all subjects -
so
an interface that works great for medical information might not be the
ideal one to search for geopolitical data
2. Integrated Online Library Systems - We need decent authority
control.
3. WAP interfaces to catalogs - Why would you want to? We need to
develop appropriately packaged information to deliver to these devices
4. Single Vendor Orientation - Libraries need to get away from
their
proclivity to buy things like IOLS systems from one source
5. User Centered Design - Are we providing what users want, or
what we
want?
Walt Crawford
We were running out of time, so Walt didn't really get a fair shake.
1. Multiplier Technologies - Things like Open URL - that make the
resources
you already pay for more valuable, my connecting them to full
text/other
resources. We should look into the development and use of these as
much as possible."
Several references to technology with handhelds - RFID - congratulations
to Ela Area Public Library District for implementing this in their library;
WAP accessible automated catalogs; infrared; and wireless.
Thanks again, David!
ALA LITA Top Tech Trends!
David Ward, from the University of Illinois, sent an overview of the ALA
LITA Top Tech Trends program and gave me permission to post. What a
great program I wish I could have attended. Thanks for letting me post here, David.Top Tech Trends Annual Program
"ALA Annual 2002
Atlanta
The experts and their trends
Marshall Breeding
1. Library Automation Systems - Vendors are throwing lots of bells
and
whistles on catalogs, and the library community is also looking at the
catalog as a one-stop-shop for searching for different materials
2. Metasearching/Federated Searching/Content Searching - Many
tools
are springing up that lets us search multiple databases and
repositories at
once. Moving into a post Z39.50 world, what tools can come up that
help
make sense of the search sets that these tools produce?
3. Open URL - Using context sensitive linking technology to
provide
better access to full text content
4. RFID - Where can we put wireless barcodes, and what can we do
with
them?
5. WAP enabled cell phones - It is not likely that these will be
used
to search library catalogs any time soon.
Roy Tennant
1. Metasearching - Roy sees it not as one-stop-shopping right now,
but
5-stop-shopping; libraries are still learning how users will users
results
2. Online Reference Assistance - if Metasearching is in the Infant
stage, then Online Reference is in the Toddler stage - tools are
developing, and librarians are learning how to conduct reference better
with them
3. Interoperability Standards - We are in the "Golden Age" of
standards development, and there is much promise in using things like
XML,
Web Services, UDBI, OAI, Dublin Core, etc.
4. Cataloging - It is time to think about the content access we
provide our materials, and how AACR2 is used - my favorite quote :
"stop
measuring the damn book!"
5. Wireless - Using roaming networks, public libraries can become
islands of connectivity for wireless notebook users.
Eric Lease Morgan
1. XML - still a cool thing - recommended http://www.axkit.org - a
toolkit that uses Perl modules that you install on an Apache Server.
The
toolkit makes it easy to create XML and XSLT documents that really work
2. Open Source Software - Eric sees the use of these technologies
by
libraries as an investment in people - since you need good staff to use
them, instead of paying vendors to maintain expensive, flaky software.
3. OAI - Should continue development, as a useful way to share
metadata between 2 machines
4. User Centered Design - Important in everything, from website
design, to library facilities (signage, etc.); we buy services library
users don't even know exist. Eric described a typical user search
through
a catalog, showing how every step along the way got the user another
pointer to information (e.g. bibliographic record, call number, floor
map,
etc.), but ultimately wasted the user's time through inefficiency. In
assessment, we need to ask users to do a task, then see if they can.
Clifford Lynch
First, Clifford noted that version 2.0 of OAI was released last week,
and
that it is more of a standard now, and ready for more robust
implementation.
1. Google's Open API's - Now open to the public for "research"
purposes, these programming interfaces can help with the design of
search
tools for libraries
2. Privacy - Comcast got busted for tracking the clickstreams of
its
broadband users; what are the implication for libraries?
3. Computational Linguistics - Machine Understanding of texts; can
the
tools being developed here be used for semantic based markup of library
texts?
4. Learning Management Systems - Blackboard, WebCT, etc. - what is
the
libraries place in these?
5. Security/Authorization - There are two key trends to consider
here-
A. Shibboleth (from Internet 2) - a distributed Authorization System
for
Access Management and B. The frailty and integrity of digital
information,
and the continued need for preservation
6. Multi-Player Gaming Technology - What are the possible uses for
libraries from technologies like PS2 and Online PC games? How can we
design worlds for users, especially ones they will want to explore?
Joan Frye Williams -
1. Google Answers - this new service allows users to pay for
answersto
questions, bid on by unknown Googlites. It is convenient, and the
answers
aren't too bad. What effect will this have on libraries?
2. Infrared - This technology can be used to beam specific
information
to specific users - for example, a Library Program can be beamed in
multiple languages, and users with Infrared Headphones can tune in to
receive the one they need to hear.
3. Cloaking Cell Phones- the technology exists, if libraries want
to
implement the cone of silence.
4. User Centered Design - Do we need one search tool/interface for
both library professionals and users? We should develop separate tools
for
each, tailored to their needs.
Tom Wilson -
1. Single User Interface (i.e. Metasearching, etc.) - Tom was
troubled
by this, and feels the same interface might not work for all subjects -
so
an interface that works great for medical information might not be the
ideal one to search for geopolitical data
2. Integrated Online Library Systems - We need decent authority
control.
3. WAP interfaces to catalogs - Why would you want to? We need to
develop appropriately packaged information to deliver to these devices
4. Single Vendor Orientation - Libraries need to get away from
their
proclivity to buy things like IOLS systems from one source
5. User Centered Design - Are we providing what users want, or
what we
want?
Walt Crawford
We were running out of time, so Walt didn't really get a fair shake.
1. Multiplier Technologies - Things like Open URL - that make the
resources
you already pay for more valuable, my connecting them to full
text/other
resources. We should look into the development and use of these as
much as possible."
Several references to technology with handhelds - RFID - congratulations
to Ela Area Public Library District for implementing this in their library;
WAP accessible automated catalogs; infrared; and wireless.
Thanks again, David!
LITA Top Tech Trends program and gave me permission to post. What a
great program I wish I could have attended. Thanks for letting me post here, David.Top Tech Trends Annual Program
"ALA Annual 2002
Atlanta
The experts and their trends
Marshall Breeding
1. Library Automation Systems - Vendors are throwing lots of bells
and
whistles on catalogs, and the library community is also looking at the
catalog as a one-stop-shop for searching for different materials
2. Metasearching/Federated Searching/Content Searching - Many
tools
are springing up that lets us search multiple databases and
repositories at
once. Moving into a post Z39.50 world, what tools can come up that
help
make sense of the search sets that these tools produce?
3. Open URL - Using context sensitive linking technology to
provide
better access to full text content
4. RFID - Where can we put wireless barcodes, and what can we do
with
them?
5. WAP enabled cell phones - It is not likely that these will be
used
to search library catalogs any time soon.
Roy Tennant
1. Metasearching - Roy sees it not as one-stop-shopping right now,
but
5-stop-shopping; libraries are still learning how users will users
results
2. Online Reference Assistance - if Metasearching is in the Infant
stage, then Online Reference is in the Toddler stage - tools are
developing, and librarians are learning how to conduct reference better
with them
3. Interoperability Standards - We are in the "Golden Age" of
standards development, and there is much promise in using things like
XML,
Web Services, UDBI, OAI, Dublin Core, etc.
4. Cataloging - It is time to think about the content access we
provide our materials, and how AACR2 is used - my favorite quote :
"stop
measuring the damn book!"
5. Wireless - Using roaming networks, public libraries can become
islands of connectivity for wireless notebook users.
Eric Lease Morgan
1. XML - still a cool thing - recommended http://www.axkit.org - a
toolkit that uses Perl modules that you install on an Apache Server.
The
toolkit makes it easy to create XML and XSLT documents that really work
2. Open Source Software - Eric sees the use of these technologies
by
libraries as an investment in people - since you need good staff to use
them, instead of paying vendors to maintain expensive, flaky software.
3. OAI - Should continue development, as a useful way to share
metadata between 2 machines
4. User Centered Design - Important in everything, from website
design, to library facilities (signage, etc.); we buy services library
users don't even know exist. Eric described a typical user search
through
a catalog, showing how every step along the way got the user another
pointer to information (e.g. bibliographic record, call number, floor
map,
etc.), but ultimately wasted the user's time through inefficiency. In
assessment, we need to ask users to do a task, then see if they can.
Clifford Lynch
First, Clifford noted that version 2.0 of OAI was released last week,
and
that it is more of a standard now, and ready for more robust
implementation.
1. Google's Open API's - Now open to the public for "research"
purposes, these programming interfaces can help with the design of
search
tools for libraries
2. Privacy - Comcast got busted for tracking the clickstreams of
its
broadband users; what are the implication for libraries?
3. Computational Linguistics - Machine Understanding of texts; can
the
tools being developed here be used for semantic based markup of library
texts?
4. Learning Management Systems - Blackboard, WebCT, etc. - what is
the
libraries place in these?
5. Security/Authorization - There are two key trends to consider
here-
A. Shibboleth (from Internet 2) - a distributed Authorization System
for
Access Management and B. The frailty and integrity of digital
information,
and the continued need for preservation
6. Multi-Player Gaming Technology - What are the possible uses for
libraries from technologies like PS2 and Online PC games? How can we
design worlds for users, especially ones they will want to explore?
Joan Frye Williams -
1. Google Answers - this new service allows users to pay for
answersto
questions, bid on by unknown Googlites. It is convenient, and the
answers
aren't too bad. What effect will this have on libraries?
2. Infrared - This technology can be used to beam specific
information
to specific users - for example, a Library Program can be beamed in
multiple languages, and users with Infrared Headphones can tune in to
receive the one they need to hear.
3. Cloaking Cell Phones- the technology exists, if libraries want
to
implement the cone of silence.
4. User Centered Design - Do we need one search tool/interface for
both library professionals and users? We should develop separate tools
for
each, tailored to their needs.
Tom Wilson -
1. Single User Interface (i.e. Metasearching, etc.) - Tom was
troubled
by this, and feels the same interface might not work for all subjects -
so
an interface that works great for medical information might not be the
ideal one to search for geopolitical data
2. Integrated Online Library Systems - We need decent authority
control.
3. WAP interfaces to catalogs - Why would you want to? We need to
develop appropriately packaged information to deliver to these devices
4. Single Vendor Orientation - Libraries need to get away from
their
proclivity to buy things like IOLS systems from one source
5. User Centered Design - Are we providing what users want, or
what we
want?
Walt Crawford
We were running out of time, so Walt didn't really get a fair shake.
1. Multiplier Technologies - Things like Open URL - that make the
resources
you already pay for more valuable, my connecting them to full
text/other
resources. We should look into the development and use of these as
much as possible."
Several references to technology with handhelds - RFID - congratulations
to Ela Area Public Library District for implementing this in their library;
WAP accessible automated catalogs; infrared; and wireless.
Thanks again, David!
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
Handstory
Handstory offers users the opportunity to download entire websites
and convert them to view on the palm PDA. This new release of Handstory
also launches a new web clipping service which allows users to select
pre-qualified sites for download to the handheld. Handstory also allows
users to read doc files, e-books, and images and is working on further
enhancements. See story (http://www.palmblvd.com/articles/2002/6/2002-6-18-Download-Websites-to.html)
Cost is $19.95 for Handstory Suite. If anyone tries it, let us know. Maybe some
more competition for avantgo and the beginning of a handy software package
that will read more than one type of document?
and convert them to view on the palm PDA. This new release of Handstory
also launches a new web clipping service which allows users to select
pre-qualified sites for download to the handheld. Handstory also allows
users to read doc files, e-books, and images and is working on further
enhancements. See story (http://www.palmblvd.com/articles/2002/6/2002-6-18-Download-Websites-to.html)
Cost is $19.95 for Handstory Suite. If anyone tries it, let us know. Maybe some
more competition for avantgo and the beginning of a handy software package
that will read more than one type of document?
Friday, June 14, 2002
NBC to offer TV shows for handhelds
A few weeks ago, it was movies on the pocket pc. Now, NBC has partnered with Mazingo, the Avantgo competitor to offer several television shows this fall on handheld devices.Mazingo is also announcing plans to offer text headlines and daily weather broadcasts, partnering with USA Today and the Weather Channel. Read more at this link:http://news.com.com/2100-1023-935802.html?tag=cd_mh(from CNET news.com
PDA vs. Calculator discussion; anyone using the Tribeam?
Cheryl Litt from Michigan has these interesting comments to
share on the calculator vs. PDA. Also, is anyone using the Tribeam?
If so, could you share with the group?
"We are also keeping an eye on this development as we begin our pilot
with
our middle schoolers. Most students today take the ACTs which does not
permit use of the PDAs either. I had a conversation with a woman from
ACT's
research division and I gathered that the issue is more with taking
information OUT of the exam room (by recording questions on the PDA)
rather
than beaming answers to one another. She indicated that they would
continue
to review the use of PDAs for the test. We would be putting our
students at
a disadvantage if they did not have a calculator to use at an ACT or
SAT
that they knew and were comfortable using. We were hoping that one of
the
selling points of the PDAs would be that parents would be a ONE device
that
could do everything -- hopefully the testing policy will change. I
think
that most students would be too busy taking the test to try and copy
questions and if someone really wants to cheat they will find a way
with or
without using a PDA. That's my two cents!
I was also interested in knowing if anyway is actually using TriBeam's
Webtarget infrared access to a LAN. I'd love some first-hand reviews."
I would like some first hand reviews too!
share on the calculator vs. PDA. Also, is anyone using the Tribeam?
If so, could you share with the group?
"We are also keeping an eye on this development as we begin our pilot
with
our middle schoolers. Most students today take the ACTs which does not
permit use of the PDAs either. I had a conversation with a woman from
ACT's
research division and I gathered that the issue is more with taking
information OUT of the exam room (by recording questions on the PDA)
rather
than beaming answers to one another. She indicated that they would
continue
to review the use of PDAs for the test. We would be putting our
students at
a disadvantage if they did not have a calculator to use at an ACT or
SAT
that they knew and were comfortable using. We were hoping that one of
the
selling points of the PDAs would be that parents would be a ONE device
that
could do everything -- hopefully the testing policy will change. I
think
that most students would be too busy taking the test to try and copy
questions and if someone really wants to cheat they will find a way
with or
without using a PDA. That's my two cents!
I was also interested in knowing if anyway is actually using TriBeam's
Webtarget infrared access to a LAN. I'd love some first-hand reviews."
I would like some first hand reviews too!
Thursday, June 13, 2002
Great workshops/interesting encounters
Chicago Library System is having what it looks
like will be a great workshop on handhelds and libraries "A Handheld Workshop." The
speaker/presenter is Theresa Ross Embrey, automation coordinator at CLS. I guarantee
this will be a wonderful workshop! Theresa is one of our own "handheld librarians;" she is
a great speaker, and knows what she is talking about! Having been to CLS, they also have
a great staff and a great director of continuing education! Ir's no surprise we are seeing more
and more workshops for librarians on the wonders of handheld computing. Here is a description
of the workshop from their web page:
"Whether it’s a PDA or a cell phone with text messaging, handheld devices are being increasingly used from the boardroom to the soccer field. With many of these devices adding wireless capabilities, libraries have a unique opportunity to reach out to their communities in new ways. This workshop will provide an introduction to the variety of handheld computing devices, policy decisions a library might encounter, and provide a survey of the various applications available to your library and its users.
Instructor: Theresa Ross Embrey"
You can't beat the cost of $20 either. CLS is having some other great technology workshops I have not seen
elsewhere, one on blogging by Dawn Tortorella, and one on viewlets. Viewlets are streaming training, presentations or demonstrations. How many know what a viewlet is? Looks an awful lot like flash.
Congratulations to CLS for some exciting and innovative programming!
I dreaded the end of our PDA project, but today was a busy PDA day at the reference desk!
I am going to log these encounters because they are very interesting and comprise more of my day
than I realize. First we had a resident come in who wanted me to look at her Handspring Visor and
see if she needed any other tools. She hade Five Minute Clinical Consult, Epocrates, MedCalc, MedRules,
and a few other small programs. She wanted "Harriet Lane" but she did not have room on her handheld.
Her battery was also very low so she went and got new batteries in the middle of our session. We had
a physician come in wanting "Harriet Lane" in print. Our print copy was not in, so I gave him one of our
handhelds with it on it. When I offered it in handheld format, he did not question it, just said ok, took
the handheld and used it. He must have had previous experience, because he did not need any assistance
using the handheld, but this is the first time, I have referred a customer to reference material on a handheld
computer when the print was not in. Another resident came in to look at our pediatrics handheld just
to view some of the materials on it. He was interested in Pediatric Consult and asked how much it was.
Then I received a call from one of our semi-retired physicians who is a great success story! At Christmas,
his wife checked out one of our handhelds for him to try because she wanted to buy him one for Christmas.
He liked it, and she bought him a Palm! A few weeks ago, he was in the library showing me the clinical
tools he had, but also all the personal programs like a baseball statistics program, all the names and addresses,
etc. He was very excited. Today he called; his computer had crashed and he wanted to make sure the data
on his Palm would sync up to the reformatted hard drive and not wipe out his information. These are the
people who make work worthwhile! Peg and I will also be doing a resident orientation on handhelds coming
up. This will be interesting - our first time doing the handheld orientation for residents using Margi to Go.
We certainly didn't have that last year!
Do you think people naturally like the operating system they start out with the best? I started by learning
the Palm OS, and I feel very comfortable with it. Now, I am learning a Pocket PC. It is pretty amazing,
but I find I am much more comfortable with the Palm.
Mark Glissmeyer from pdasupport.com sent this story and commentary on PDAs vs. calculators: (Thanks, Mark!)
"I saw this article I thought your readers might be interested in. It is a CNN article on calculators vs. PDAs-
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/06/12/calculators.vs.handhelds.ap/index.html
They discuss how the Texas Instrument calculators are becoming more PDA like – “The company's new 1.5-megabyte TI-83 Silver Edition -- retails for about $130 -- comes with an address book and organizer and can be loaded with nearly 100 programs from spreadsheets to the periodic table of elements.”
It also points out the power of PDAs- “PDAs are being embraced by many U.S. school districts, where they're used for everything from collecting data in science classes to managing security at football.”
I also like at the end how they point out one important difference though- “Students are permitted to use calculators on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but because of the potential for cheating using infrared messaging, PDAs are banned.”
Sounds to me like a low-cost PDA for students is needed without infrared possibly? It’s tough to say because beaming data is so important too. The price comparison will change though as prices are dropping on PDAs all the time. When good color screens gets down to $200 or less then that may make a big difference too.
More info on these calculators is available at this TI calculator site www.TIcalc.org . They also have a link to that article."
Mark also points to an interesting site on how to build your own ebook library: http://buildelibrary.homestead.com
On Jenny's blog, she mentions "Adobe E-Books Go On Loan at Libraries"
""Adobe Systems released Content Server 3.0, software that lets libraries loan and distribute eBooks written in the company's Portable Document Format. Content server lets administrators offer subscriptions, set expiration dates that disable the eBook on the borrower's computer, and provides packaging and encryption options for Internet delivery.
Content Server is available through eBook software providers Ebrary, Baker & Taylor, Follett and NetLibrary; through Adobe distributors including OverDrive; or from Adobe's eBooks Web site. The software costs $5,000 per site hosting as many as 250 eBooks, and $1,000 for every additional 500 titles." [ZDNet, via LibraryPlanet.com]"
Jenny points out many libraries will not be able to afford this, but she mentions groups of
libraries getting together.
How do you keep up? There is so much exciting "stuff" going on! Any tips: appreciated.
like will be a great workshop on handhelds and libraries "A Handheld Workshop." The
speaker/presenter is Theresa Ross Embrey, automation coordinator at CLS. I guarantee
this will be a wonderful workshop! Theresa is one of our own "handheld librarians;" she is
a great speaker, and knows what she is talking about! Having been to CLS, they also have
a great staff and a great director of continuing education! Ir's no surprise we are seeing more
and more workshops for librarians on the wonders of handheld computing. Here is a description
of the workshop from their web page:
"Whether it’s a PDA or a cell phone with text messaging, handheld devices are being increasingly used from the boardroom to the soccer field. With many of these devices adding wireless capabilities, libraries have a unique opportunity to reach out to their communities in new ways. This workshop will provide an introduction to the variety of handheld computing devices, policy decisions a library might encounter, and provide a survey of the various applications available to your library and its users.
Instructor: Theresa Ross Embrey"
You can't beat the cost of $20 either. CLS is having some other great technology workshops I have not seen
elsewhere, one on blogging by Dawn Tortorella, and one on viewlets. Viewlets are streaming training, presentations or demonstrations. How many know what a viewlet is? Looks an awful lot like flash.
Congratulations to CLS for some exciting and innovative programming!
I dreaded the end of our PDA project, but today was a busy PDA day at the reference desk!
I am going to log these encounters because they are very interesting and comprise more of my day
than I realize. First we had a resident come in who wanted me to look at her Handspring Visor and
see if she needed any other tools. She hade Five Minute Clinical Consult, Epocrates, MedCalc, MedRules,
and a few other small programs. She wanted "Harriet Lane" but she did not have room on her handheld.
Her battery was also very low so she went and got new batteries in the middle of our session. We had
a physician come in wanting "Harriet Lane" in print. Our print copy was not in, so I gave him one of our
handhelds with it on it. When I offered it in handheld format, he did not question it, just said ok, took
the handheld and used it. He must have had previous experience, because he did not need any assistance
using the handheld, but this is the first time, I have referred a customer to reference material on a handheld
computer when the print was not in. Another resident came in to look at our pediatrics handheld just
to view some of the materials on it. He was interested in Pediatric Consult and asked how much it was.
Then I received a call from one of our semi-retired physicians who is a great success story! At Christmas,
his wife checked out one of our handhelds for him to try because she wanted to buy him one for Christmas.
He liked it, and she bought him a Palm! A few weeks ago, he was in the library showing me the clinical
tools he had, but also all the personal programs like a baseball statistics program, all the names and addresses,
etc. He was very excited. Today he called; his computer had crashed and he wanted to make sure the data
on his Palm would sync up to the reformatted hard drive and not wipe out his information. These are the
people who make work worthwhile! Peg and I will also be doing a resident orientation on handhelds coming
up. This will be interesting - our first time doing the handheld orientation for residents using Margi to Go.
We certainly didn't have that last year!
Do you think people naturally like the operating system they start out with the best? I started by learning
the Palm OS, and I feel very comfortable with it. Now, I am learning a Pocket PC. It is pretty amazing,
but I find I am much more comfortable with the Palm.
Mark Glissmeyer from pdasupport.com sent this story and commentary on PDAs vs. calculators: (Thanks, Mark!)
"I saw this article I thought your readers might be interested in. It is a CNN article on calculators vs. PDAs-
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/06/12/calculators.vs.handhelds.ap/index.html
They discuss how the Texas Instrument calculators are becoming more PDA like – “The company's new 1.5-megabyte TI-83 Silver Edition -- retails for about $130 -- comes with an address book and organizer and can be loaded with nearly 100 programs from spreadsheets to the periodic table of elements.”
It also points out the power of PDAs- “PDAs are being embraced by many U.S. school districts, where they're used for everything from collecting data in science classes to managing security at football.”
I also like at the end how they point out one important difference though- “Students are permitted to use calculators on the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but because of the potential for cheating using infrared messaging, PDAs are banned.”
Sounds to me like a low-cost PDA for students is needed without infrared possibly? It’s tough to say because beaming data is so important too. The price comparison will change though as prices are dropping on PDAs all the time. When good color screens gets down to $200 or less then that may make a big difference too.
More info on these calculators is available at this TI calculator site www.TIcalc.org . They also have a link to that article."
Mark also points to an interesting site on how to build your own ebook library: http://buildelibrary.homestead.com
On Jenny's blog, she mentions "Adobe E-Books Go On Loan at Libraries"
""Adobe Systems released Content Server 3.0, software that lets libraries loan and distribute eBooks written in the company's Portable Document Format. Content server lets administrators offer subscriptions, set expiration dates that disable the eBook on the borrower's computer, and provides packaging and encryption options for Internet delivery.
Content Server is available through eBook software providers Ebrary, Baker & Taylor, Follett and NetLibrary; through Adobe distributors including OverDrive; or from Adobe's eBooks Web site. The software costs $5,000 per site hosting as many as 250 eBooks, and $1,000 for every additional 500 titles." [ZDNet, via LibraryPlanet.com]"
Jenny points out many libraries will not be able to afford this, but she mentions groups of
libraries getting together.
How do you keep up? There is so much exciting "stuff" going on! Any tips: appreciated.
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
CatalogaBlog! Wireless Web Browsers and the OPAC
Hey, take a look at this Catalogablog!
"Wireless Web Browsers & the OPAC
Another OPAC I've not seen, but sounds interesting. If you catch it at SLA or ALA let me know how it looks. The III AirPAC is designed for mobile phone, wireless PDA and other mobile devices.
"Patrons can interact with the Millennium system from anywhere accessible by wireless networks, allowing a user to place a hold from a classroom, check due dates and renew items during a long commute, or search the catalog while running errands to find the closest library branch where a desired title is held."
Does the Handheld Librarian know about this one?"
Thanks for the referral, David Bigwood!
"Wireless Web Browsers & the OPAC
Another OPAC I've not seen, but sounds interesting. If you catch it at SLA or ALA let me know how it looks. The III AirPAC is designed for mobile phone, wireless PDA and other mobile devices.
"Patrons can interact with the Millennium system from anywhere accessible by wireless networks, allowing a user to place a hold from a classroom, check due dates and renew items during a long commute, or search the catalog while running errands to find the closest library branch where a desired title is held."
Does the Handheld Librarian know about this one?"
Thanks for the referral, David Bigwood!
ASIS&T meeting on Handheld Applications
The American Society for Information Science and Technology, Potomac Valley Chapter is having a dinner meeting next Wednesday (6-19) with presentations on PDA's and their applications. The speakers will be Sam Taylor of Ovid and Brigit Sullivan of the National Institutes of Health.
I know that they have been diligently planning this meeting for several months now. I am hoping this chapter posts the presentations to their website or does something similar to what ASIS&T does for its Annual Conference. (I'll take anything that we can link to as a resource.)
I know that they have been diligently planning this meeting for several months now. I am hoping this chapter posts the presentations to their website or does something similar to what ASIS&T does for its Annual Conference. (I'll take anything that we can link to as a resource.)
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
Wireless Learning
For a great article on wireless mobile learning with a lot of
interesting links, check out
Web Tools Newsletter. The authors point to Teri Ross Embrey's article in
Computers in Libraries, March 2002 and to this blog. Thanks very much
to the authors for what I consider to be high and unexpected praise:
"among the numerous librarian-authored blogs, Lori Bell's Handheld Librarian
is exemplary in the genre. The site constitutes a continually enhanced
treasure house of resources." Wow! Maybe Handheld Librarian isn't a news
column, but this makes my day! Thanks again!
Today I used some back up buddy modules to "back up" the content of the
Visor Prisms we have to check out to hospital clientele. It couldn't have been
any easier! What a great way to save data in case someone(probably me) lets the battery run
down. All you have to do is put the back up buddy in the visor slot and a screen pops
up when it is engaged and asks if you wish to back up or restore. Within 10 minutes,
voila, you have a module with your content in case your handheld has a fatal error
or the battery runs down. Kudos to Carol Galganski my boss for purchase of these great
modules!
Is anyone out there using pocket pcs and palm os? When we had our PDA conference, we
did a survey of the participants. 14 had PDAs and 17 did not. Of the 14 that did, 2 people
had a Palm and a Pocket. I was somewhat surprised by this. I was also surprised by the fact
that so many librarians had PDAs. I did not expect use to be that prevalent. Of course, it
might have been because those attending were interested in PDAs. Also, many of the librarians
attending were getting ready to implement projects in their libraries. Very few libraries had actually
implemented projects, but there were many getting ready to start projects.
Later this week, I will load the Power Points, including the wonderful Mari Stoddard's to the
project website. The site will also be updated with new article and other links. Carol Galganski, my boss has
supplied many of these (thanks, Carol!). I will let you know when the site is updated. Tom Peters
also had some great power point slides on future roles for libraries, and summarizing our project.
interesting links, check out
Web Tools Newsletter. The authors point to Teri Ross Embrey's article in
Computers in Libraries, March 2002 and to this blog. Thanks very much
to the authors for what I consider to be high and unexpected praise:
"among the numerous librarian-authored blogs, Lori Bell's Handheld Librarian
is exemplary in the genre. The site constitutes a continually enhanced
treasure house of resources." Wow! Maybe Handheld Librarian isn't a news
column, but this makes my day! Thanks again!
Today I used some back up buddy modules to "back up" the content of the
Visor Prisms we have to check out to hospital clientele. It couldn't have been
any easier! What a great way to save data in case someone(probably me) lets the battery run
down. All you have to do is put the back up buddy in the visor slot and a screen pops
up when it is engaged and asks if you wish to back up or restore. Within 10 minutes,
voila, you have a module with your content in case your handheld has a fatal error
or the battery runs down. Kudos to Carol Galganski my boss for purchase of these great
modules!
Is anyone out there using pocket pcs and palm os? When we had our PDA conference, we
did a survey of the participants. 14 had PDAs and 17 did not. Of the 14 that did, 2 people
had a Palm and a Pocket. I was somewhat surprised by this. I was also surprised by the fact
that so many librarians had PDAs. I did not expect use to be that prevalent. Of course, it
might have been because those attending were interested in PDAs. Also, many of the librarians
attending were getting ready to implement projects in their libraries. Very few libraries had actually
implemented projects, but there were many getting ready to start projects.
Later this week, I will load the Power Points, including the wonderful Mari Stoddard's to the
project website. The site will also be updated with new article and other links. Carol Galganski, my boss has
supplied many of these (thanks, Carol!). I will let you know when the site is updated. Tom Peters
also had some great power point slides on future roles for libraries, and summarizing our project.
New Palm OS
This story courtesy of Tom Peters(thanks, Tom!):Palm launches new OS in effort to retain lead in handhelds
A year ago, investors were losing faith in Palm Inc. The once high-flying company itself admitted to frailty and mistakes. But Palm never gave up, and launches Monday a new operating system -- a crucial weapon in its battle to remain dominant in the competitive handheld market.
The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time:
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3437512.htm
The new operating system will be faster, better audio and
video capabilities, built-in wireless networking, and added performance
without much price increase or battery power. These devices
should be in the stores later this summer.
PDAs are being utilized mainly in special and some academic library
settings. Besides the Experience Library, I have not heard of many
public libraries using them, or offering training sessions. A few weeks
ago, I had an opportunity to talk to one of the most forward thinking, creative
public librarians in our area of central Illinois. He works with a computer
users group of retired men who are interested in technology. This librarian
wanted to buy a PDA (Palm or Pocket PC) which he could introduce to
this group and check out to them with all the accessories. He thought they
would really enjoy trying this technology and once they tried it, that they would
probably purchase one. He thought the accessories, capabilities and the low
price would appeal to them. I thought this was a great idea, and an innovative
program a public library could offer to begin to offer this technology to the public
in an introductory way!
Congratulations to Jenny Levine, who has made it big
time in the world of blogging! Jenny is the Shifted Librarian
(http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com) In her pre-library life,
Jenny was a journalist! Read the story below to see how
Jenny's blogging has paid off big time: she is now the Tech
Goddess and her blog has become a regular newspaper column.
Congratulations, Jenny!
"It's official, so now I can finally link to it. I'm a freelance blogger now since the Spartanburg Herald-Journal (in South Carolina) is syndicating some of my content to a blog on their site. Radio makes this obscenely easy on my end, and over at GoUpstate.com I'll be known as the Tech Goddess. Here's the press release.
Andy Rhinehart is the wizard behind the curtains here, and when we first started talking about this, I came to an interesting revelation. My undergraduate degree is in Journalism (University of Kansas, Go Hawks!), specifically Broadcast News. That's a capital "J," in case you're wondering.
But instead of becoming Holly Hunter in Broadcast News, I wound up being a librarian and then a techie librarian, but now I find myself at an interesting nexis of broadcasting and information. I see blogging in general, and the GoUpstate blog in particular, as a new type of "broadcast news," one that I doubt anyone ever imagined back when I was in j-school.
Doc Searls, Dave Winer, Glenn Reynolds, and others are currently debating the differences between "big J" journalism and "little j" journalism, and it will be interesting to see what piece I might be in this puzzle (if any). I don't lay claim to being a journalist in this role, but I am definitely broadcasting news, starting discussions, and informing readers. I'm not quite sure what to call that yet. I'm content to just do my thing and see where it all ends up.
So you can catch all of my posts here at TSL, or you can subscribe to the more techie stuff over at the TechGoddess. Same content, different focus. Down the road, we may try to figure out some unique content for the Herald-Journal's site, but right now we're still taking those necessary baby steps.
I can't say enough great things about Andy, so I'll just sum them all up in a big THANK YOU and note my eternal debt to him. I think it's great that the SHJ is willing to experiment with blogs in this way (they'll be starting their own blog soon, too), and they deserve full credit for their initiative. While some folks are getting bogged down in labeling, it's nice to see others making the most of this rising tide.
Stay tuned, because it's going to be a fun ride!"
A year ago, investors were losing faith in Palm Inc. The once high-flying company itself admitted to frailty and mistakes. But Palm never gave up, and launches Monday a new operating system -- a crucial weapon in its battle to remain dominant in the competitive handheld market.
The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time:
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3437512.htm
The new operating system will be faster, better audio and
video capabilities, built-in wireless networking, and added performance
without much price increase or battery power. These devices
should be in the stores later this summer.
PDAs are being utilized mainly in special and some academic library
settings. Besides the Experience Library, I have not heard of many
public libraries using them, or offering training sessions. A few weeks
ago, I had an opportunity to talk to one of the most forward thinking, creative
public librarians in our area of central Illinois. He works with a computer
users group of retired men who are interested in technology. This librarian
wanted to buy a PDA (Palm or Pocket PC) which he could introduce to
this group and check out to them with all the accessories. He thought they
would really enjoy trying this technology and once they tried it, that they would
probably purchase one. He thought the accessories, capabilities and the low
price would appeal to them. I thought this was a great idea, and an innovative
program a public library could offer to begin to offer this technology to the public
in an introductory way!
Congratulations to Jenny Levine, who has made it big
time in the world of blogging! Jenny is the Shifted Librarian
(http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com) In her pre-library life,
Jenny was a journalist! Read the story below to see how
Jenny's blogging has paid off big time: she is now the Tech
Goddess and her blog has become a regular newspaper column.
Congratulations, Jenny!
"It's official, so now I can finally link to it. I'm a freelance blogger now since the Spartanburg Herald-Journal (in South Carolina) is syndicating some of my content to a blog on their site. Radio makes this obscenely easy on my end, and over at GoUpstate.com I'll be known as the Tech Goddess. Here's the press release.
Andy Rhinehart is the wizard behind the curtains here, and when we first started talking about this, I came to an interesting revelation. My undergraduate degree is in Journalism (University of Kansas, Go Hawks!), specifically Broadcast News. That's a capital "J," in case you're wondering.
But instead of becoming Holly Hunter in Broadcast News, I wound up being a librarian and then a techie librarian, but now I find myself at an interesting nexis of broadcasting and information. I see blogging in general, and the GoUpstate blog in particular, as a new type of "broadcast news," one that I doubt anyone ever imagined back when I was in j-school.
Doc Searls, Dave Winer, Glenn Reynolds, and others are currently debating the differences between "big J" journalism and "little j" journalism, and it will be interesting to see what piece I might be in this puzzle (if any). I don't lay claim to being a journalist in this role, but I am definitely broadcasting news, starting discussions, and informing readers. I'm not quite sure what to call that yet. I'm content to just do my thing and see where it all ends up.
So you can catch all of my posts here at TSL, or you can subscribe to the more techie stuff over at the TechGoddess. Same content, different focus. Down the road, we may try to figure out some unique content for the Herald-Journal's site, but right now we're still taking those necessary baby steps.
I can't say enough great things about Andy, so I'll just sum them all up in a big THANK YOU and note my eternal debt to him. I think it's great that the SHJ is willing to experiment with blogs in this way (they'll be starting their own blog soon, too), and they deserve full credit for their initiative. While some folks are getting bogged down in labeling, it's nice to see others making the most of this rising tide.
Stay tuned, because it's going to be a fun ride!"
Saturday, June 08, 2002
CogniQ Review; other handheld news
This from Wireless Medical Applications:CogniQ Review:
http://www.pdacortex.com/CogniQ_Review.htm
CogniQ is a comprehensive Mobile Knowledge Management solution offered by
Unbound Medicine.
Available content channels include:
* MEDLINE Journals and A2Z Drug Facts
* MEDLINE Journals and Drug Interaction Facts
* MEDLINE Journals and Guide to Natural Products
* MEDLINE Journals, A2Z Drug Facts, and Drug Interaction Facts
* MEDLINE Journals, A2Z Drug Facts, Drug Interaction Facts, and Guide to
Natural Products
CogniQ by Unbound Medicine is the same search engine that powers ovid@
hand for Ovid.
E-Ink and Lexica Viewer
Barbara Fullerton shares these announcements from Planet E-book
___ E Ink unveils displays for phones and handhelds
____________________
E Ink has announced the development of world's
thinnest active-matrix displays and recently
demonstrated the technology at the Society for
Information Display Symposium, Seminar and
Exhibition, in Boston, Massachusetts. The company
has shown two prototype displays, one (1.6 inch
diagonal, 80 ppi) for small devices like cell
phones, the other (240x160 pixel, 96ppi) for
slightly larger handheld devices like PDAs and eBook
readers.
http://www.planetebook.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=384&nl
___ Qvadis releases Lexica viewer
______________________________________
Palm handheld and Windows desktop software and eBook
company Qvadis has announced the release of Lexica.
According to the company the new reference viewing
software gives Palm OS users simple access to a
multilingual translator. Add-ins for languages
including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian
and Portuguese can be used with the viewer.
http://www.planetebook.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=380&nl
Thanks, Barbara!
The PDA Conference at University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
co-hosted with OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and funded by an LSTA
Grant from the Illinois State Library was wonderful! It was great to meet many
of you and to hear about your experiences with libraries and PDAs!
I hope to post more information later, and the presentations, etc. will
be posted on our website sometime next week. I will let you know when.
Highlights of the conference included Mari Stoddard and her wonderful
keynote speech. If you have not had a chance to meet Mari, or attend
one of her PDA CE's at an MLA conference, I encourage you to do so!
She knows her subject, is willing to share her knowledge and talks about
it in terms all of us can understand. Thanks, Mari! It was a true pleasure
to be able to meet the Queen of PDAs in libraries and an honor to have
her at our conference!
It was also great to have Tom Peters, of the CIC, our project evaluator there
for the day. He was a panel moderator and did a wonderful job of summing
up the day, the project, and future roles for libraries in this exciting technology!
His power point slides are packed with great information and we will be posting
them to the website too.
The doctors we had on the panel presentation were great too. We had a medical
student, Ken Smith; Dr. Tom Foster; Dr. Sara Rusch; and Dr. John Hafner. They
are all supportive of libraries and Dr. Rusch really talked about the changing role
of libraries and how they can best support patrons/medical professionals specificly
with information and technology training. Dr. Hafner talked about his experience
in using his PDA and knowledge management resources in the emergency room and
the impact these have had on his practice of medicine.
It was a wonderful day, and I will update you when the website is updated and
the presentations are up.
http://www.pdacortex.com/CogniQ_Review.htm
CogniQ is a comprehensive Mobile Knowledge Management solution offered by
Unbound Medicine.
Available content channels include:
* MEDLINE Journals and A2Z Drug Facts
* MEDLINE Journals and Drug Interaction Facts
* MEDLINE Journals and Guide to Natural Products
* MEDLINE Journals, A2Z Drug Facts, and Drug Interaction Facts
* MEDLINE Journals, A2Z Drug Facts, Drug Interaction Facts, and Guide to
Natural Products
CogniQ by Unbound Medicine is the same search engine that powers ovid@
hand for Ovid.
E-Ink and Lexica Viewer
Barbara Fullerton shares these announcements from Planet E-book
___ E Ink unveils displays for phones and handhelds
____________________
E Ink has announced the development of world's
thinnest active-matrix displays and recently
demonstrated the technology at the Society for
Information Display Symposium, Seminar and
Exhibition, in Boston, Massachusetts. The company
has shown two prototype displays, one (1.6 inch
diagonal, 80 ppi) for small devices like cell
phones, the other (240x160 pixel, 96ppi) for
slightly larger handheld devices like PDAs and eBook
readers.
http://www.planetebook.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=384&nl
___ Qvadis releases Lexica viewer
______________________________________
Palm handheld and Windows desktop software and eBook
company Qvadis has announced the release of Lexica.
According to the company the new reference viewing
software gives Palm OS users simple access to a
multilingual translator. Add-ins for languages
including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian
and Portuguese can be used with the viewer.
http://www.planetebook.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=380&nl
Thanks, Barbara!
The PDA Conference at University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
co-hosted with OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and funded by an LSTA
Grant from the Illinois State Library was wonderful! It was great to meet many
of you and to hear about your experiences with libraries and PDAs!
I hope to post more information later, and the presentations, etc. will
be posted on our website sometime next week. I will let you know when.
Highlights of the conference included Mari Stoddard and her wonderful
keynote speech. If you have not had a chance to meet Mari, or attend
one of her PDA CE's at an MLA conference, I encourage you to do so!
She knows her subject, is willing to share her knowledge and talks about
it in terms all of us can understand. Thanks, Mari! It was a true pleasure
to be able to meet the Queen of PDAs in libraries and an honor to have
her at our conference!
It was also great to have Tom Peters, of the CIC, our project evaluator there
for the day. He was a panel moderator and did a wonderful job of summing
up the day, the project, and future roles for libraries in this exciting technology!
His power point slides are packed with great information and we will be posting
them to the website too.
The doctors we had on the panel presentation were great too. We had a medical
student, Ken Smith; Dr. Tom Foster; Dr. Sara Rusch; and Dr. John Hafner. They
are all supportive of libraries and Dr. Rusch really talked about the changing role
of libraries and how they can best support patrons/medical professionals specificly
with information and technology training. Dr. Hafner talked about his experience
in using his PDA and knowledge management resources in the emergency room and
the impact these have had on his practice of medicine.
It was a wonderful day, and I will update you when the website is updated and
the presentations are up.
Thursday, June 06, 2002
Edupalm.org/Mari Stoddard/Inforetriever Update
Hello, Gary Ankney, author of edupalm.org, has an interesting
site you might want to check out. He offers help in choosing a PDA, and talks
about different applications, specializing on education. He has a table of PDAs
with features and prices. He has some excellent references to some projects
happening in education and also some links to software/ebook downloads.
Go to http://www.edupalm.org. Thanks, Gary!
The June 2002 version of Inforetriever is now available and includes
the following updates:
"Version 4.2 of InfoRetriever has now been released. It includes updated
information for the Web, PocketPC and desktop computer version of our
software:
- 17 new clinical decision rules:
Stroke: prediction of recovery
GI bleed: identification of low risk GI bleeds
Warfarin dosing in outpatients
Venous leg ulcer healing
Stroke: 5 year stroke risk
Canadian C-spine rule in trauma patients
Osteoporosis: need for bone density testing
GI bleed (upper): predicting need for intervention
Asthma relapse in adults
Predicting pressure ulcer development with Braden Score
Diarrhea: need for cultures in nosocomial diarrhea
Pulmonary fibrosis survival
Pneumonia: mortality in nursing home
Stroke: 30 day mortality
Acute MI: prognosis in non-ST elevation AMI
Acute MI: prognosis in ST elevation AMI
Heparin dosing by weight
- 81 new Cochrane Database Abstracts
- 374 new InfoPOEMs, including the addition of over 200 POEMs from 1994
to
1997 to the PocketPC version and
elimination of duplication between the InfoPOEMs and JFP POEMs
- Addition of a number of rules to PocketPC and desktop versions that
were
availble on one platform but not the
other
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and minor enhancements to the user interface
To download it, go to
http://www.infopoems.com/sample/sampledownload.cfm.
If you are already a registered user, you shouldn't have to re-enter
your
PIN number, but just in case, make sure you have it handy (it is shown
on
the "home" screen of the desktop and PocketPC versions of
InfoRetriever).
If your subscription has expired, you can renew it by going to our
website,
http://www.infopoems.com/purchase/individual.cfm, or by calling
877-633-7636.
We also wanted to update you on our progress in making InfoPOEMs and
InfoRetriever your total Clinical Awareness System. Your subscription
now
buys you more information than ever, delivered in more ways than ever.
Plus, we have some great new features planned for version 5.0 of
InfoRetriever that we want to share with you (release date September,
2002).
1. Each subscription now includes a daily InfoPOEMs update, which
automatically sends you one or two of the latest POEMs
via email. In only a few minutes per day you can keep up to date with
the
most relevant information. Each synopsis is written by a member of our
team
of experts, and carefully reviewed by our editorial board at the
University
of Missouri.
2. You can now take key part of InfoRetriever with you on your Palm,
Handspring, TRG, or Clie device! InfoRetriever for Palm includes nearly
100
clinical decision rules and our full diagnostic test and history and
physical exam database. As the Palm devices get more powerful, we'll
add
more features.
3. Version 5.0 of InfoRetriever for the PocketPC, desktop Windows, and
Web
(release date September, 2002) will include a new streamlined interface
for
presenting search results, that lets you answer your questions more
quickly
than ever.
4. We're planning many new features for Version 5.0, including:
- over 20 new clinical decision rules (in addition to the 17 added to
the
just released version 4.2)
- direct links to patient education handouts on the AAFP Web site
- a photo atlas with over 550 images
- improved display of guidelines and tables
- compared with version 4.0, over 400 new Cochrane abstracts; over 350
new
InfoPOEMs summaries; and dozens of new
diagnostic tests, drugs, and practice guidelines.
- the 2003 edition of Griffith's 5 Minute Clinical Consult
- a direct link to the Lexidrugs database, for those users who have it
installed on their PocketPC or desktop computer
InfoRetriever now includes more information than ever, is still updated
every 4 months, and even costs less than it did
one year ago for individual subscribers! However, because so much of
the
information is time-sensitive, the InfoRetriever software will no
longer
run after its expiration date. You'll get plenty of warnings when it's
time
to renew, and even a short grace period, as well as our pledge that
subscription prices will remain reasonable.
Thanks for your support, and please let us know if you have any ideas
for
how to make our software and service even better! If you have any
questions or concerns, don't hesitate to call us at 877-633-7636."
A limited Palm version is also available for free trial.
I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Mari Stoddard, from the
University of Arizona Health Sciences Library this evening.
She is going to be the keynote speaker for our conference tomorrow.
She is going to be great! She is up on all the PDA trends, and I can't
wait to hear her speak. This weekend, I will share highlights of tomorrow's
PDA conference with you.
site you might want to check out. He offers help in choosing a PDA, and talks
about different applications, specializing on education. He has a table of PDAs
with features and prices. He has some excellent references to some projects
happening in education and also some links to software/ebook downloads.
Go to http://www.edupalm.org. Thanks, Gary!
The June 2002 version of Inforetriever is now available and includes
the following updates:
"Version 4.2 of InfoRetriever has now been released. It includes updated
information for the Web, PocketPC and desktop computer version of our
software:
- 17 new clinical decision rules:
Stroke: prediction of recovery
GI bleed: identification of low risk GI bleeds
Warfarin dosing in outpatients
Venous leg ulcer healing
Stroke: 5 year stroke risk
Canadian C-spine rule in trauma patients
Osteoporosis: need for bone density testing
GI bleed (upper): predicting need for intervention
Asthma relapse in adults
Predicting pressure ulcer development with Braden Score
Diarrhea: need for cultures in nosocomial diarrhea
Pulmonary fibrosis survival
Pneumonia: mortality in nursing home
Stroke: 30 day mortality
Acute MI: prognosis in non-ST elevation AMI
Acute MI: prognosis in ST elevation AMI
Heparin dosing by weight
- 81 new Cochrane Database Abstracts
- 374 new InfoPOEMs, including the addition of over 200 POEMs from 1994
to
1997 to the PocketPC version and
elimination of duplication between the InfoPOEMs and JFP POEMs
- Addition of a number of rules to PocketPC and desktop versions that
were
availble on one platform but not the
other
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and minor enhancements to the user interface
To download it, go to
http://www.infopoems.com/sample/sampledownload.cfm.
If you are already a registered user, you shouldn't have to re-enter
your
PIN number, but just in case, make sure you have it handy (it is shown
on
the "home" screen of the desktop and PocketPC versions of
InfoRetriever).
If your subscription has expired, you can renew it by going to our
website,
http://www.infopoems.com/purchase/individual.cfm, or by calling
877-633-7636.
We also wanted to update you on our progress in making InfoPOEMs and
InfoRetriever your total Clinical Awareness System. Your subscription
now
buys you more information than ever, delivered in more ways than ever.
Plus, we have some great new features planned for version 5.0 of
InfoRetriever that we want to share with you (release date September,
2002).
1. Each subscription now includes a daily InfoPOEMs update, which
automatically sends you one or two of the latest POEMs
via email. In only a few minutes per day you can keep up to date with
the
most relevant information. Each synopsis is written by a member of our
team
of experts, and carefully reviewed by our editorial board at the
University
of Missouri.
2. You can now take key part of InfoRetriever with you on your Palm,
Handspring, TRG, or Clie device! InfoRetriever for Palm includes nearly
100
clinical decision rules and our full diagnostic test and history and
physical exam database. As the Palm devices get more powerful, we'll
add
more features.
3. Version 5.0 of InfoRetriever for the PocketPC, desktop Windows, and
Web
(release date September, 2002) will include a new streamlined interface
for
presenting search results, that lets you answer your questions more
quickly
than ever.
4. We're planning many new features for Version 5.0, including:
- over 20 new clinical decision rules (in addition to the 17 added to
the
just released version 4.2)
- direct links to patient education handouts on the AAFP Web site
- a photo atlas with over 550 images
- improved display of guidelines and tables
- compared with version 4.0, over 400 new Cochrane abstracts; over 350
new
InfoPOEMs summaries; and dozens of new
diagnostic tests, drugs, and practice guidelines.
- the 2003 edition of Griffith's 5 Minute Clinical Consult
- a direct link to the Lexidrugs database, for those users who have it
installed on their PocketPC or desktop computer
InfoRetriever now includes more information than ever, is still updated
every 4 months, and even costs less than it did
one year ago for individual subscribers! However, because so much of
the
information is time-sensitive, the InfoRetriever software will no
longer
run after its expiration date. You'll get plenty of warnings when it's
time
to renew, and even a short grace period, as well as our pledge that
subscription prices will remain reasonable.
Thanks for your support, and please let us know if you have any ideas
for
how to make our software and service even better! If you have any
questions or concerns, don't hesitate to call us at 877-633-7636."
A limited Palm version is also available for free trial.
I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting Mari Stoddard, from the
University of Arizona Health Sciences Library this evening.
She is going to be the keynote speaker for our conference tomorrow.
She is going to be great! She is up on all the PDA trends, and I can't
wait to hear her speak. This weekend, I will share highlights of tomorrow's
PDA conference with you.
Tuesday, June 04, 2002
New products available through ovid@hand/unbound medicine
Hello! There are some new and exciting products available through Ovid@hand/
Unbound Medicine. Below is a press release from Fiona Wright, Product
Manager, Clinical Markets for Unbound Medicine.
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Library & Resource Center is using ovid@hand
through the grant project. So far, we have signed up about 60 users. Fiona Wright,
and our Ovid representative, Theresa Gernand will be at the Peoria PDA Conference
this Friday. I hope to see these new products in action and people attending the conference
will be able to ask questions.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Drug Content and Clinical Decision Support Tools Now Available on Ovid@Hand - Ovid’s PDA Solution
NEW YORK, NY, May 17th, 2002 - Ovid Technologies announces the availability of 4 new content features on its personal digital assistant solution, Ovid@Hand: A to Z Drug Facts, Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Guide, and Drug Interaction Facts Multi-Check Module and MedWeaver Disease Profiles.
Ovid@Hand, powered by Unbound Medicine, is an innovative tool that allows busy clinicians, research professionals, and students to find fast, accurate answers to clinical questions, remember important searches relevant to patient care, and stay up-to-date with the latest in medical research, all from their PDA. Users have the convenience of requesting specific information, articles, or searches on their handheld, and hot-syncing to conduct their Ovid searches. Plus the latest tables of contents from a pre-selected personal library of leading medical journals available through Ovid can be reviewed at any time.
With the addition of these new resources, Ovid@Hand can now provide information about drugs, drug interactions and disease profiles, with this same level of convenience:
· A to Z Drug Facts is an ideal resource for students and practicing clinicians. Using either the alphabetical or therapeutic class index, quickly access 700 full drug monographs, covering over 3500 new and orphan drugs. Monographs are divided into pharmacological and patient care considerations, and include indications, dosages, and side effects.
· Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Guide is a must have for all student and practising nurses in classroom and clinical settings, including home care. Using either the alphabetical or therapeutic class index, users can access 900 full drug monographs, covering over 3600 medications. Each monograph provides comprehensive information regarding drug class; product availability; nursing management and adverse effects; IV facts; pharmacokinetics; and dosages for pediatric and geriatric patients, and patients with impaired kidney and hepatic function.
· The Drug Interaction Facts Module contains all of the drug-drug and drug-food interaction information busy clinicians need. This sophisticated multi-check module covers more than 20,000 brand and generic drugs and more than 70 therapeutic classes. Users can enter any number of medications, including combination drugs and foods, and quickly get all the 1-1 interactions, ranked based on severity.
· With MedWeaver Disease Profiles, users get immediate access to over 700 profiles of diseases and conditions, providing information on etiology, symptoms, associated terms & conditions, physician findings, etc. In addition, the disease profiles are integrated with MedWeaver on the Web – an online clinical resource that links a powerful differential diagnosis tool to Ovid MEDLINE® and authoritative websites.
"Every day there are new demands for my time and less and less time to spend helping patients. Having immediate access to the latest medical literature and up-to-date, evidence-based clinical information helps me enhance the care I can provide and assists in reducing potential medication errors,” says Denise Palmman, RN, Akron General Medical Center. Currently, users in the U.S., the U.K., Australia and Malaysia enjoy the benefits of this innovative personal digital assistant solution.
Ovid@Hand is powered by CogniQ™, Unbound Medicine’s mobile knowledge management platform. Unbound Medicine (www.unboundmedicine.com) develops next-generation knowledge management systems for healthcare. The company’s handheld and web-based technology platform and information architecture services help partners provide healthcare professionals with advanced systems for acquiring, managing, and sharing knowledge.
Ovid Technologies, a Wolters-Kluwer International Health & Science company, is a leading provider of electronic information to the scientific, technical and medical markets. Headquartered in New York, Ovid develops sophisticated search software for institutions and bundles this technology with full-text, bibliographic and summary content databases. Ovid software is used by thousands of prominent institutions worldwide, including public and private universities, library consortia, pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals and government agencies. For information, visit www.ovid.com.
Unbound Medicine. Below is a press release from Fiona Wright, Product
Manager, Clinical Markets for Unbound Medicine.
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Library & Resource Center is using ovid@hand
through the grant project. So far, we have signed up about 60 users. Fiona Wright,
and our Ovid representative, Theresa Gernand will be at the Peoria PDA Conference
this Friday. I hope to see these new products in action and people attending the conference
will be able to ask questions.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Drug Content and Clinical Decision Support Tools Now Available on Ovid@Hand - Ovid’s PDA Solution
NEW YORK, NY, May 17th, 2002 - Ovid Technologies announces the availability of 4 new content features on its personal digital assistant solution, Ovid@Hand: A to Z Drug Facts, Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Guide, and Drug Interaction Facts Multi-Check Module and MedWeaver Disease Profiles.
Ovid@Hand, powered by Unbound Medicine, is an innovative tool that allows busy clinicians, research professionals, and students to find fast, accurate answers to clinical questions, remember important searches relevant to patient care, and stay up-to-date with the latest in medical research, all from their PDA. Users have the convenience of requesting specific information, articles, or searches on their handheld, and hot-syncing to conduct their Ovid searches. Plus the latest tables of contents from a pre-selected personal library of leading medical journals available through Ovid can be reviewed at any time.
With the addition of these new resources, Ovid@Hand can now provide information about drugs, drug interactions and disease profiles, with this same level of convenience:
· A to Z Drug Facts is an ideal resource for students and practicing clinicians. Using either the alphabetical or therapeutic class index, quickly access 700 full drug monographs, covering over 3500 new and orphan drugs. Monographs are divided into pharmacological and patient care considerations, and include indications, dosages, and side effects.
· Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Guide is a must have for all student and practising nurses in classroom and clinical settings, including home care. Using either the alphabetical or therapeutic class index, users can access 900 full drug monographs, covering over 3600 medications. Each monograph provides comprehensive information regarding drug class; product availability; nursing management and adverse effects; IV facts; pharmacokinetics; and dosages for pediatric and geriatric patients, and patients with impaired kidney and hepatic function.
· The Drug Interaction Facts Module contains all of the drug-drug and drug-food interaction information busy clinicians need. This sophisticated multi-check module covers more than 20,000 brand and generic drugs and more than 70 therapeutic classes. Users can enter any number of medications, including combination drugs and foods, and quickly get all the 1-1 interactions, ranked based on severity.
· With MedWeaver Disease Profiles, users get immediate access to over 700 profiles of diseases and conditions, providing information on etiology, symptoms, associated terms & conditions, physician findings, etc. In addition, the disease profiles are integrated with MedWeaver on the Web – an online clinical resource that links a powerful differential diagnosis tool to Ovid MEDLINE® and authoritative websites.
"Every day there are new demands for my time and less and less time to spend helping patients. Having immediate access to the latest medical literature and up-to-date, evidence-based clinical information helps me enhance the care I can provide and assists in reducing potential medication errors,” says Denise Palmman, RN, Akron General Medical Center. Currently, users in the U.S., the U.K., Australia and Malaysia enjoy the benefits of this innovative personal digital assistant solution.
Ovid@Hand is powered by CogniQ™, Unbound Medicine’s mobile knowledge management platform. Unbound Medicine (www.unboundmedicine.com) develops next-generation knowledge management systems for healthcare. The company’s handheld and web-based technology platform and information architecture services help partners provide healthcare professionals with advanced systems for acquiring, managing, and sharing knowledge.
Ovid Technologies, a Wolters-Kluwer International Health & Science company, is a leading provider of electronic information to the scientific, technical and medical markets. Headquartered in New York, Ovid develops sophisticated search software for institutions and bundles this technology with full-text, bibliographic and summary content databases. Ovid software is used by thousands of prominent institutions worldwide, including public and private universities, library consortia, pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals and government agencies. For information, visit www.ovid.com.
Books on MP3
David Rothman, who writes the Teleread blog
is promoting MP3 books. "Check out two items at or near the top of the TeleRead Web log on the idea of an MP3 for e-books. I've included a handheld/WiFi angle.
I really hope that the library community can get behind the idea, which comes from Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive and does have some TeleReaderish components. "
If you haven't read the Teleread blog, I urge you to do so! Lot of great links
and ideas for electronic books and integrating them into the school
and library communities.
Regarding MP3 books, several of us in Illinois are trying to get the infamous
Saul Amdursky from the Kalamazoo Public Library,
the first public library in the U.S. to circulate MP3 books from audible, to Illinois,
to share his experiences with us! I do think audio books in this format will
take off in the next year or so, and Saul has said he will come! We just need
to find a date and location! Is anyone else out there circulating audio ebooks?
There is also a program in Ohio called Listen Ohio with Nolanet regional Library
system where they are working as a group of libraries to do this.
Thanks, David!
is promoting MP3 books. "Check out two items at or near the top of the TeleRead Web log
I really hope that the library community can get behind the idea, which comes from Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive and does have some TeleReaderish components. "
If you haven't read the Teleread blog, I urge you to do so! Lot of great links
and ideas for electronic books and integrating them into the school
and library communities.
Regarding MP3 books, several of us in Illinois are trying to get the infamous
Saul Amdursky from the Kalamazoo Public Library,
the first public library in the U.S. to circulate MP3 books from audible, to Illinois,
to share his experiences with us! I do think audio books in this format will
take off in the next year or so, and Saul has said he will come! We just need
to find a date and location! Is anyone else out there circulating audio ebooks?
There is also a program in Ohio called Listen Ohio with Nolanet regional Library
system where they are working as a group of libraries to do this.
Thanks, David!
Monday, June 03, 2002
More handheld links/movies for the pocket pc
Thanks to everyone who responded to the blog questionnaire!
Here are a few more links for the webliography. I am posting them here
and will add them to the more permanent list on the right. Thanks to
the librarians who sent this information!
University of North Carolina Health Sciences Library (http://www.hsl.unc.edu/guides/focusonpda.htm)
VCU Libraries PDA Resource Page (http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/bibs/pda.html
This great update on pocket pc movies from Mark Glissmeyer of PDAsupport.com(thanks, Mark!)
Isn't it amazing to think you can watch movies on a pocket pc?
"All the things I ordered for those PDA movies arrived last week, so I was able to test them out a bit and here is what I found:
The SanDisk SDDR-31-01 USB Imagemate CompactFlash Card Reader works very well at transferring movies to my compact flash card. It takes about 2 ½ minutes for a 100 MB movie to load using this USB card reader, vs. about 10 minutes [or longer] with drag and drop. If anyone transfers large files [or many files like music] to memory cards then a product like this is great. No hotsync needed!
I also received the third movie pack “Fright Night”. This one contains three movies; The Terror which is a semi color movie of 111 MB in size and 80 minutes, Carnival of Souls B&W 87 minutes 104 MB, and The Vampire Bat B&W 71 minutes 87 MB.
I first watched the Africa Screams movie from the “Funny Flix” pack and it looked very good for black and white. This was the only movie though from this pack that would fit on my 128 MB CF card. I earlier thought another movie from that pack “His Girl Friday” would as well but it was a tiny bit larger than my memory card. So without a larger 256 MB memory card only one of the movies on this pack loads unfortunately to my card.
I also ordered a Play Pack for the Pocket PC from Microsoft that was only $5 [It’s free but with a small shipping charge of $5 or so]-
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/software/pocket/pporder.asp
And this has three movies as well-
The Inspector General 1 hour 41 minutes 150 kbps 110 MB color
The Young Master 1 hour 30 minutes 150 kbps 97 MB color
To Kill a Mockingbird 2 hours 9 minutes 93 MB 100 kbps B&W
These movies are longer, the first two are in vivid color, but run at slower bit rates so fast action can be a bit blurry occasionally [all the movies from Pocket PC Films ran at a faster196 kbps]. But these three do fit on a 128 MB memory card individually and are very good movies too. I think if anyone is interested in full length movies on a PDA then this is a great pack to order from Microsoft to see how they look. It also has a few music videos and other things to go along with it. Of the three other movie packs I own I like the “Fright Night” one as well from Pocket PC Films and would recommend it too.
I ran these movies on a newer Compaq iPAQ 3765 with 64 MB RAM and had no problems whatsoever. When I ran the movies on battery power I had to run it on power saver mode [no backlight] to see the full movie. It seems to consume about a third of a charge for each hour of movie usage. On external power there was no problem obviously [using full backlight as well].
If I find any other movies like this I will let you know. And feel free to share this with your readers if you like. "
Mark also shared a press release from Palm about an exciting educational handheld project in
New York:
"I also noticed this release from Palm today you might find interesting. Looks like 5000 Palm handhelds for educators-
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=no&TICK=PALM&STORY=/www/story/06-03-2002/0001739376&EDATE
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today announced it expects more than 5,000 Palm(TM)
handheld computers to be purchased for a three-year grant program designed by
the New York State Council of School Superintendents, the School
Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS), and the State Education
Department (SED). The program was developed to help education leaders
throughout New York state begin to explore technology as a catalyst for
organizational growth and student achievement."
Jenny, Teri, Tom, Peg, Ginny, and Carol: Do you think we could get something
like this for Illinois libraries? :)
Here are a few more links for the webliography. I am posting them here
and will add them to the more permanent list on the right. Thanks to
the librarians who sent this information!
University of North Carolina Health Sciences Library (http://www.hsl.unc.edu/guides/focusonpda.htm)
VCU Libraries PDA Resource Page (http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/bibs/pda.html
This great update on pocket pc movies from Mark Glissmeyer of PDAsupport.com(thanks, Mark!)
Isn't it amazing to think you can watch movies on a pocket pc?
"All the things I ordered for those PDA movies arrived last week, so I was able to test them out a bit and here is what I found:
The SanDisk SDDR-31-01 USB Imagemate CompactFlash Card Reader works very well at transferring movies to my compact flash card. It takes about 2 ½ minutes for a 100 MB movie to load using this USB card reader, vs. about 10 minutes [or longer] with drag and drop. If anyone transfers large files [or many files like music] to memory cards then a product like this is great. No hotsync needed!
I also received the third movie pack “Fright Night”. This one contains three movies; The Terror which is a semi color movie of 111 MB in size and 80 minutes, Carnival of Souls B&W 87 minutes 104 MB, and The Vampire Bat B&W 71 minutes 87 MB.
I first watched the Africa Screams movie from the “Funny Flix” pack and it looked very good for black and white. This was the only movie though from this pack that would fit on my 128 MB CF card. I earlier thought another movie from that pack “His Girl Friday” would as well but it was a tiny bit larger than my memory card. So without a larger 256 MB memory card only one of the movies on this pack loads unfortunately to my card.
I also ordered a Play Pack for the Pocket PC from Microsoft that was only $5 [It’s free but with a small shipping charge of $5 or so]-
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/software/pocket/pporder.asp
And this has three movies as well-
The Inspector General 1 hour 41 minutes 150 kbps 110 MB color
The Young Master 1 hour 30 minutes 150 kbps 97 MB color
To Kill a Mockingbird 2 hours 9 minutes 93 MB 100 kbps B&W
These movies are longer, the first two are in vivid color, but run at slower bit rates so fast action can be a bit blurry occasionally [all the movies from Pocket PC Films ran at a faster196 kbps]. But these three do fit on a 128 MB memory card individually and are very good movies too. I think if anyone is interested in full length movies on a PDA then this is a great pack to order from Microsoft to see how they look. It also has a few music videos and other things to go along with it. Of the three other movie packs I own I like the “Fright Night” one as well from Pocket PC Films and would recommend it too.
I ran these movies on a newer Compaq iPAQ 3765 with 64 MB RAM and had no problems whatsoever. When I ran the movies on battery power I had to run it on power saver mode [no backlight] to see the full movie. It seems to consume about a third of a charge for each hour of movie usage. On external power there was no problem obviously [using full backlight as well].
If I find any other movies like this I will let you know. And feel free to share this with your readers if you like. "
Mark also shared a press release from Palm about an exciting educational handheld project in
New York:
"I also noticed this release from Palm today you might find interesting. Looks like 5000 Palm handhelds for educators-
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=no&TICK=PALM&STORY=/www/story/06-03-2002/0001739376&EDATE
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today announced it expects more than 5,000 Palm(TM)
handheld computers to be purchased for a three-year grant program designed by
the New York State Council of School Superintendents, the School
Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS), and the State Education
Department (SED). The program was developed to help education leaders
throughout New York state begin to explore technology as a catalyst for
organizational growth and student achievement."
Jenny, Teri, Tom, Peg, Ginny, and Carol: Do you think we could get something
like this for Illinois libraries? :)
Saturday, June 01, 2002
Updated webliography for Handheld Librarian
Hello. Here is an updated webliography of handheld librarian links.
It is by no means a comprehensive list. I will post it here and then put
it on the right hand side of the page so it is always available. If you know
of other links that should be included, please let me know. Thanks.
Handheld Libraries/PDAs/Ebooks
Academic Libraries
Take an E-Look at E-Books
Australian E-Book
Newsletter
Beyond the Four
Functions: Academic Uses for a PDA
Can E-Books Improve Libraries?
Charles
J. Keffer Library PDA Edition
Data Collection
in Public Libraries Using Handhelds
Duke University Medical Center Library PDA page
E-Books
Go to College
Electronic Books in Libraries
Lincoln Trail Libraries System
PDA Connect
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Library & Resource Center
PDA Initiatives in
Health Care Libraries
PDAs and Handhelds in Libraries
and Academia
PDAs in the
Midwest
Today's PDAs
Can Put an OPAC in the Palm of your Hand
University of
Alberta PDAs: Resources for Health Care Professionals
University
of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria PDA Headquarters
University of Maryland - Baltimore
University of North
Carolina Health Sciences Library PDA page
University of Texas flash PDA tutorials
Wireless Librarian
Blogs
Library News Daily
Library Stuff
Library Techlog
LibTech Weblog
PalmAddict
The Shifted Librarian
Teleread: Bring the E-Books Home
Other Sites
Consolidated High School/handhelds
ElectronicSchool.com
Paperless Classroom.org
PDASupport.com
Tribeam Wireless Technology
University of Virginia
Electronic Text Center
Wake Forest Pocket PC
Classroom
It is by no means a comprehensive list. I will post it here and then put
it on the right hand side of the page so it is always available. If you know
of other links that should be included, please let me know. Thanks.
Handheld Libraries/PDAs/Ebooks
Academic Libraries
Take an E-Look at E-Books
Australian E-Book
Newsletter
Beyond the Four
Functions: Academic Uses for a PDA
Can E-Books Improve Libraries?
Charles
J. Keffer Library PDA Edition
Data Collection
in Public Libraries Using Handhelds
Duke University Medical Center Library PDA page
E-Books
Go to College
Electronic Books in Libraries
Lincoln Trail Libraries System
PDA Connect
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Library & Resource Center
PDA Initiatives in
Health Care Libraries
PDAs and Handhelds in Libraries
and Academia
PDAs in the
Midwest
Today's PDAs
Can Put an OPAC in the Palm of your Hand
University of
Alberta PDAs: Resources for Health Care Professionals
University
of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria PDA Headquarters
University of Maryland - Baltimore
University of North
Carolina Health Sciences Library PDA page
University of Texas flash PDA tutorials
Wireless Librarian
Blogs
Library News Daily
Library Stuff
Library Techlog
LibTech Weblog
PalmAddict
The Shifted Librarian
Teleread: Bring the E-Books Home
Other Sites
Consolidated High School/handhelds
ElectronicSchool.com
Paperless Classroom.org
PDASupport.com
Tribeam Wireless Technology
University of Virginia
Electronic Text Center
Wake Forest Pocket PC
Classroom
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