Rebecca K. Miller is the head of library learning services at Penn State University Libraries in State College, Pennsylvania. A 2012 ALA Emerging Leader, she earned an MAEd in instructional design and technology from Virginia Tech in 2014, an MSLS from the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007, and a BA in English and Religion from the College of William & Mary in Virginia in 2004. She is active in regional, state, and national library organizations and has authored and coauthored a number of books, technical reports, and articles on teaching, learning, and instructional technologies in libraries, including Rethinking Reference and Instruction with Tablets (2012), Tablet Computers in the Academic Library (2014), Mobile Devices: Service with Intention (2015), and ARL Spec Kit 349: “Evolution of Library Liaisons” (2015).

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- Description
- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Reviews
- Case studies showing a variety uses for tablets in the academic library and classroom
- Best practices for integrating tablets into existing services
- A survey of tablets and other mobile computing devices currently on the market, such as the iPad, BlackBerry PlayBook, Samsung Galaxy Tab, and Motorola Xoom, as well as a look at the possible future of tablets
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. Exploring Tablets in Higher Education and the Academic Library
Chapter 1. Learning Anywhere, Anytime: Tablet Computers in Higher Education
Jennifer SparrowChapter 2. A Sandbox Adventure With iPads
Jamie Calcagno-Roach, Jonathan R. Paulo, Cindi Sandridge, and Liz ThompsonChapter 3. Tablet Technology in Support of Professional Productivity
Drew Smith and Barbara Lewis
Part 2. Using Tablets in Teaching and Learning
Chapter 4. Teach Anywhere: Building a Classroom in a Box
Meridith WolnickChapter 5. Supporting a University-Wide iPad Initiative: The Academic Library Perspective
Amber Woodard
Part 3. Using Tablets in Reference and Student Services
Chapter 6. Ask Us Anywhere: The User-Driven Evolution of Reference Services
Marissa Ball, Adis Beesting, Ava Iuliano, George Pearson, and Consuella AskewChapter 7. Virginia Tech Newman Library QR Code Tour
Neal Henshaw
Part 4. Using Tablets to Develop, Manage, and Market Collections
Chapter 8. Accessing E-Content Using iPads
Rajiv NarianiChapter 9. Weeding an Academic Library’s Reference Collection With iPads: An Early Experiment at New York University
Meredith Levin
Conclusion. Best Practices, Future Directions, and Further Reading
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
"The multitude of apps recommended by the contributors stimulates the desire to do more investigation and experiment locally. The editors cite core sources to keep up with trends and research on tablets and mobile technology, and each chapter includes references. The index has live links to the words in the text. This is a useful resource at the present time, inexpensively priced, and recommended for academic librarians."
— Technical Services Quarterly