Mobile: PDAs and Handhelds in Libraries | Ebook Devices in Academic Libraries

• Hawaii Library Association, Maui October 24-25
  • Searching Tips and Tricks full slides (pdf)
  • Ebooks full slides (pdf)
  • SecondLife full slides (pdf)
  • Mobile Information full slides (pdf)
• Impact of Mobile Devices in Libraries, Metropolitan Library System, Chicago Illinois, June 19 2008, slides (pdf)
• Simmons 2.0, Board of Trustees Facilities & Technology Committee, Simmons College, Boston MA May 15, 2008 large size slides (pdf) with talking points (pdf)
• Information on the Go, American Academy of the History of Dentistry, at Simmons College, Boston MA May 2, 2008 slides (pdf)
• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Connecticut Library Association, Groton CT, April 28, 2008 full slides (pdf)
• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam NY, April 22, 2008 full slides (pdf) and six to a page (pdf)
• Mobile Trends: Hi Tech & High Touch, Computers in Libraries, Crystal City Virginia, April 7, 2008. full slides (pdf) and six to a page (pdf)
• Mobile Search, Computers in Libraries, Crystal City Virginia, April 7, 2008. full slides (pdf) and six to a page (pdf)
• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Education Institute (Ontario Librarian Association) Webcast April 1, 2008 full slides (pdf) and six to a page (pdf)
• Central Massachusetts Regional Library System: Library 2.0 Social Networking Sixpack, Shrewsbury, MA, February 20, 2008 links
• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, SouthEastern Massachusetts Library System, John Curtis Free Library, Hanover MA, December 5, 2007 slides (pdf) handout
• FLC's Emerging Technologies, Fenway Library Consortium Professional Development and Networking Day, November 16, 2007. slides (pdf) - if you want full talking points, email fox@simmons.edu
• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries full morning workshop for LILRC, Farmingdale Public Library, Long Island NY, Nov 9 2007, slides (pdf) Handout
• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Internet Librarian, Oct 31 2007, slides (pdf)
• Mobile Search, Internet Librarian, Oct 29 2007, slides (pdf). Gary's links: http://digbig.com/4twhh
• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Central Massachusetts Regional Library System, Shrewsbury MA, June 11, 2007, slides (pdf)
• New Frontiers: New and Emerging Technologies for Libraries, Rhode Island Library Association, Providence RI, June 7, 2007 Handout || Presentation || Printable 6 to a page slides
• Getting A Second Life, Massachusetts Library Association, Sturbridge MA, May 4, 2007, slides
• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Computers in Libraries, Washington DC, April 18, 2007, full slides (pdf)
• Mobile Search (with Gary Price), Computers in Libraries, Washington DC, April 18, 2007, full slides (pdf)
• Libraries on the Go: Handheld and Mobile Access to Information, TCLC, Rosemont College, PA, April 12, 2007 full slides (pdf)
• Libraries on the Go: Handheld and Mobile Access to Information, Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix AZ, November 6, 2006 full slides (pdf) | links (pdf)
• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Internet Librarian, Monterey CA, October 25, 2006, full slides (pdf)
• Mobile Technologies in Libraries, North Atlantic Health Science Libraries, Hartford CT, Oct 16, 2006 full slides (pdf)
• Mobile Handheld Trends in Libraries, New York Public Library, New York NY, Sept 12, 2006 full slides (pdf) | Printable 6 to a page slides (pdf)
• Eresource Management for GSLIS @ Mt Holyoke, July 29 1006 slides (pdf)
• New Technologies, Canadian Library Association, Ottawa June 15, 2006 Slides
• Product Pipeline: Ebooks. Library Journal Net Connect (Spring 2006 supp) p. 18-20, 22
• New Technologies, Rhode Island OLIS Continuing Education, April 25, 2006 Handout || Printable 6 to a page slides
• Computers in Libraries 2006, Washington DC, March 26, 2006 "Planning for a Handheld Mobile Future" Full-sized slides version || Printable 6 to a page slides
• ACRL/NEC ITIG "New Technologies for Libraries" Smithfield RI December 9, 2005: presentation | handout
• Massachusetts Library Association "Handheld and Mobile: Libraries on the Go" Lowell MA November 18, 2005
• Internet Librarian, Monterey CA October 25, 2005, "Planning for a Handheld Mobile Future"
• A Taste of New Technologies SLA@Simmons October 5, 2005 - includes pseudo-podcast
• A Taste of New Technologies SLA August 25, 2005
• Tools in Personal Environments: A Taste of New Technologies NEASIST May 3, 2005 Syndicate, Aggregate, Communicate: New Web Tools in Real Applications for Libraries, Companies and Regular Folk
• Computer in Libraries 2005, "Building Communities in the “Palm” of Your Hand" Washington DC March 17, 2005 Full version | short version (6 slides per page)
• Computer in Libraries 2005, "Dead and Emerging Technologies" panel participation, Washington DC March 16, 2005
• "eBook Reading Devices", eBooks in Illinois Academic Libraries Conference, March 2005 
• Massachusetts Conference of Chief Librarians of Public Higher Educational Institutions (MCCLPHEI) “Wireless Technologies in Libraries: A Public Services Perspective” Falmouth, MA July 6, 2004
• Computer in Libraries 2004, "PDA's in Libraries" Washington DC March 12, 2004
• Proquest University: ALA Midwinter Preconference "Wireless in Libraries"San Diego January 9, 2004
• Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA) Technology Briefing, "You Can Take It with You: PDA Solutions for Libraries" Keynote Speaker November 11, 2003 (conference overview)
• "Wireless Update: A Public Services Perspective" New England Library Association (NELA) Annual Conference October 27, 2003 (conference overview)
• State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA) 35th Annual Conference "PDAs in Academic Libraries: We've got the Whole World in Our Palms" June 4, 2003, Stony Brook, NY (conference overview)
• ACRL Western NY/Ontario "PDAs in Academic Libraries: We've got the Whole World in Our Palms" May 2, 2003, Buffalo NY (conference overview)
• "A Library in Your Palm" in Library Journal's netConnect April 15, 2003
• NERCOMP: We've Got the Whole World in Our Palms, Jan 15, 2003
• Basic Business Resources Online (last updated 3/14/02)
• Business Information (LIS430) URLs and Glossary

• MLS Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science Boston MA 1998 (Beta Phi Mu member)
• MA Literature Boston College Boston MA 1994
• BA History and Literature Trinity College, Hartford CT 1992
• Montrose High School 1988

Megan Fox is the Associate Director for Technology and Special Projects for the Simmons College Library. She is responsible for leading the innovative and effective use of technology across all departments to enhance Library services, as well as coordinating internal and external communications, managing online databases, and providing institutional research support.   Megan received her MA in Literature from Boston College in 1994 and her MLS in Library and Information Science from Simmons in 1998.  At Simmons, Megan also teaches graduate and continuing education courses for the Graduate School of Library & Information Science. Her specialties include online resources, searching the Web, business information, and mobile technologies. Megan has been a frequent speaker at Computers in Libraries, Internet Librarian and at numerous other library conferences and associations.

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