Infosync: Handheld Computers and Libraries

Infosync: Handheld Computing and Libraries/Sponsored
by Chicago Library System

Who is Epocrates? Is he related to Print Boy? Does
Print Boy have a bluetooth? For the answer to these
and other questions on the "hot" topic of handheld
computing in libraries come to InfoSync! More and
more, health sciences and academic libraries are
providing support and content for handheld computing.
This day-long workshop will include an introduction to
PDAs, expansion devices, and other handheld goodies
and an overview of current applications available to
the medical and academic communities. Hear how other
libraries are coping with innovative solutions and
exciting projects; what works and what doesn't; what
the future may hold and more!

Instructors:
Tom Peters, Director, Center for Library Initiatives,
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
Peg Burnette, Reference/Systems Librarian, University
of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health
Sciences-Peoria
Lori Bell, formerly of OSF Saint Francis Medical
Center, Director, Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center

Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2002

Place: Chicago Library System

Fee: $65.00

To register, go to this website:
http://www.chilibsys.org/CE/workshops/InfoSync.htm

PDA Initiatives in a Teaching Hospital: Plugging in the Library

The following is an abstract of a presentation from Steve Grove and Christine Dziedzina which was presented at the Midwest Chapter meeting of the Medical Library Association in Minneapolis, September 30:

" Christine Dziedzina and Steven Grove, of the Brittingham Memorial Library at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, OHIO have undertaken an initiative to lead a PDA program in their institution. With the establishment of a PDA Users Group, as well as coordination with their Information Systems Department, the Library will provide for and coordinate the efficient distribution of some of their institution's applications in PDA format. By utilizing the technical assistance of Information Systems, library staff use a dedicated workstation in the library to synch an electronic bundle of PDA tools (ONLY ME, security program;Hospital phone; and an on-call schedule[soon to be announced]). Brittingham Memorial Library will act as a distribution point for new
CLIE PEG-SJ 20 PDAs for medical staff who use their book funds to purchase a PDA."

Please email Steve for more information.

Greetings

I'm Tom Dennis, handheld librarian. I'm still "syncing" (mostly catching up with this blog so that I don't post duplicates of past posts), but please do send me stuff if you'd like to see it posted here; I've already got one submission pending. I've also got a link to Georgetown University's crade-free docking station, courtesy of Carol Galganski.

Exploring PlanetPDA!

Check out our article in October Computers in Libraries! Exploring PlanetPDA: The Librarian as Astronaut, Innovator, and Expert. The article chronicles our PDA project and was authored by Carol Galganski, Tom Peters, and myself. Happy reading!