Library News Byte: Library Services in the Digital Age, New Library Catalog In The Works, Bookless library foreshadows next-gen students, learning technologies

Check it out: Library’s summer reading program for kids is in the works is in the works Read More Library hosting ‘Food for Fines’ program this month Read More Library Services in the Digital Age Read More Library adds online magazine check-outs Read More Weber County Library gets tech-savvy Read More More users as libraries […]

Library News: Library services go on-line, Survey shows U.S. still values libraries, Library to get New Inter-Library System

Checking out technology: E-readers at Adair County library Read More The greening of public libraries Read More Tacoma Public Libraries Mobile App Read More  ALA Honors Five Libraries for Offering ‘Cutting-Edge’ Technologies Read More Largo Library Checks In a New Checkout System Read More Death of library greatly exaggerated Read More Lodi Library to offer […]

Library News: Laptop-lending kiosks, Library attendance is higher than ever, Libraries Increase Book Digitization

S.F. library eyes laptop-lending kiosks Read More Despite drop in money, library attendance is higher than ever Read More Catching on: eBooks gaining popularity at area libraries Read More Africa must use digital libraries Read More Sno-Isle 1st libraries in state with new e-book system Read More African American History Month observed at Houston libraries […]

Library News: San Antonio plans one of the nation’s first bookless libraries, Library Finds 350 Lost Etchings, Libraries in Luxury Hotels

San Antonio plans one of the nation’s first bookless libraries Read More Emerging trend toward bookless libraries in a digital age Read More Plymouth: Library rolls out mobile device app Read More Library adds state-of-the-art equipment to read century old newspapers Read More NJ library now home to one of few remaining copies of oldest […]

Library News: Libraries launches text-message service, Do-it-yourself checkouts, Offers Google Chromebooks

A library worth checking out Read More Indoor lawns help students handle stress Read More Library offers Google Chromebooks, free Wi-Fi Read More On the Spectrum: Little Free Libraries’ top 3,000 Read More Tufts Libraries launches text-message service Read More Do-it-yourself checkouts proliferating at suburban libraries  Read More Digital age bringing changes to offerings of […]

Mosio and Text a Librarian’s Post to Facebook Function: Now Live!

In February we launched a “Post to Twitter” function within the Mosio mobile messaging platform and Mosio’s Text a Librarian. We wrote a blog post about why this was good for libraries: user generated marketing. I’ve pasted the original blog post about why it was good for libraries below. It’s great for every business and […]

Mosio and Text a Librarian on the iPad

Back in January I wrote a blog post titled “The iPad, Tablets and E-Readers in Libraries: Game Changers or are they just Another Mobile Technology?” My decision was that I was uncertain, but suspected they were just another mobile technology. This weekend I got one and I have to say, I love it. I think […]

Using QR Codes in Libraries – Thoughts and a Free QR Code Generator

QR Codes – Mobile’s Secret Decoder Ring There seems to be quite an interest about the use of QR codes in libraries lately. I personally have mixed feelings and am still wondering if it’s a bandwagon worth jumping on just yet. Are they cool? Yes. They’re a cell phone’s version of a secret decoder ring. […]