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To top of page Using PDAs in Libraries: A How-to-Do-It Manual

By Colleen Cuddy
Using PDAs in Libraries: A How-to-Do-It Manual

Assistant curator/systems librarian, Frederick L. Ehrman Medical Library, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.

2005 (165 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., soft cover)
ISBN: 1-55570-543-X

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Using PDAs in Libraries helps librarians and information professionals understand how PDAs fit into day-to-day operations and how libraries can become more accommodating to PDA-using patrons.

Practical and easy to understand, this manual demystifies PDAs and prepares professionals to harness portable power.

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"A very fine introduction to a technological tool whose potential impact on librarianship cannot be denied. Highly recommended for all libraries."

—Booklist, January 1 & 15, 2006

"...Colleen Cuddy provides a framework for adoption of PDAs in libraries that encompasses PDA hardware, peripherals and memory, types of content with models for acquisition and management, and roles for libraries in the provision of PDA support.

...any librarian could benefit from the experiential wisdom that leads Cuddy's guidance and suggestions. ...There are two excellent appendixes of selected Websites..."

—Reference & User Services Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 3, Spring 2006

"...practical advice on using personal digital assistants (PDAs) in a library setting...and creative examples of how libraries can deliver content to PDA users.

—CR&L News, January 2006

To top of page Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: What are PDAs and How Do They Work?
Chapter 2: Networking, Storage Devices, and other Peripherals
Chapter 3: PDA Applications in the Library Setting
Chapter 4: Selecting and Providing PDA Content
Chapter 5: Reference Resource Software in Key Subject Areas
Chapter 6: Matching PDA Technology to the Right Task
Chapter 7: About PDA Security and Vulnerabilities
Appendixes

Cited References
Selected Bibliography

Index
About the Author
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Thanks to Mosby's Nursing Index for their sponsorship of the MLA Website!
Thanks to American Psychiatric Publishing for their sponsorship of the MLA Website!