| FEATURES
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| Nurse Refresher Students Get a Hand from Handhelds
Medical
professionals often need information while they’re with patients, and
portable digital assistants (PDAs) have become one of the best
solutions for mobile searching. This article illustrates how info pros
in one medical library collaborated with administrators of a nursing
education program to purchase PDAs and appropriate software. The nurses
learned how to use the PDAs to get point-of-care data while taking
their refresher courses.
By
Helen Colevins, Diana Bond, and Kathy Clark |
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How to Serve Content to PDA Users on-the-Go
It’s
important to realize that content looks and works very differently on
the small screens of hand-held devices. As more people use these
portable computers, you need to be sure your content is accessible for
them. This article explains how screen size, bandwidth, scrolling
functions, and more are different from desktop PCs and what you need to
do to accommodate the format.
By Colleen Cuddy |
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Podcasting 101 for K–12 Librarians 
Making podcasts is a hot new way to keep students engaged in their
educational endeavors. Librarians are learning the ropes so they can
help students and teachers podcast and promote their projects. This
feature will teach you the basics of creating these broadcasts and give
you some great ideas for incorporating them into assignments.
By Esther Kreider Eash |
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| COLUMNS
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The Systems Librarian
How We Funneled Searchers from Google to Our Collections by Catering to Web Crawlers
By Marshall Breeding |
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Accessible IT
Audio Description Adds Value to Digital Images
By Lori Bell and Tom Peters |
Page 26 |
Computers in Small Libraries
So Many Mobile Devices, So Little Time
By Gary Roberts |
Page 29 |
Online Treasures
What’s in Their Pockets? Mobile Electronics
By Janet L. Balas
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| DEPARTMENTS |
Editor’s Notes
Going Mobile
By Kathy Dempsey |
Page 4 |
Tech Tips for Every Librarian
IM=FASTER Virtual Reference on the Cheap!
By Rachel Singer Gordon and Michael Stephens |
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| Newsline |
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| Noted & Quoted |
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| Books to Check Out |
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| ADVERTISING
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