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WebJunction
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webinar
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on
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Gadgets:
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Personal
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Electronics
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for
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your
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Library
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by
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Jason
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Griffey
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(author
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of
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April
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Library
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Technolgy
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Report
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on
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same)
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- Container
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- vs.
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- content-now
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- separate
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- in
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- a
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- way
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- they
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- weren't
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- in
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- world
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- Can
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- get
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- digital
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- content
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- on
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- a
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- number
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- of
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- different
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- ways-how
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- to
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- deliver,
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- manage,
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- preserve?
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- Content
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- holding
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- but
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- also
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- content
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- creation
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- (haven't
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- even
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- gotten
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- to
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- the
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- latter
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- in
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- libraries
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- yet,
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- much
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- less
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- the
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- former)
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Tablet
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computing
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(iPad,
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etc)
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:
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instead
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of
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device
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input
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for
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user
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interfaces,
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(multi)touch
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input
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(how
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does
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that
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affect
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library
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interfaces?);
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very
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user-friendly
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Competitors
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to
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iPad
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(all
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running
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Windows
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or
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Android)
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HP
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Slate:
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8.9"
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screen;
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runs
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full
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Windows
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7
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(he's
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not
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convinced
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because
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it
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hasn't
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worked
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in
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medical
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field;
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cllunkier
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interface
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but
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more
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open
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platform
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(no
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Apple
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Store
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approval
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process);
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NY
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Times
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reports
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6"
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Slate
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running
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Android
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coming
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as
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well
In chat:
My Media Mall for content licensing and download;
issues of proprietary Apple content;
different audio, ebook formats;
how can we figure these things out if libraries can't buy them-allocate funding for Gadget Zoos, Gadget Toolbox);
Kindle readers available for desktop; text-to-speech
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available
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for
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public
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domain
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or
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copyrighted
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books
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that
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publishers
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haven't
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gutted;
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someone
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said
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they
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have
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used
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"ebrary,
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net
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library,
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safari
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books,
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and
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my
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ilibrary
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on
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ipad"
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and
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"CourseSmart
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publishes
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textbooks
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on
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to
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the
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iPhone
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platform
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(it
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is
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a
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consortium
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of
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several
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publishers)";
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Issue
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of
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needing
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iPhone
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and
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iPad
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apps
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for
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Overdrive
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(only
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mp3,
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not
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wma);
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Can
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load
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non-protected
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epub
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books
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so
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can
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circulate
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Feedbooks.com
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or
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Project
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Gutenburg
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Feedbooks:
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Smashbooks:
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Manybooks http://manybooks.net/
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No
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OpenOffice
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for
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iPad
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