Along with a co-worker I’ve been delivering a lot of eReader workshops lately across the state. Here’s the slide deck that we start the class off with to get everyone up to speed with the history and technology.
The rest of our handouts can be found @ http://delicious.com/nlc_reference/ereaders
The Information Technology and Access Round Table is seeking candidates for vice-chair!
This is a three year office: Vice Chair, then Chair, then Past Chair. Duties vary by year, and include planning the spring meeting, running meetings, gathering conference proposals, attending NLA board meetings and finding candidates. See our bylaws for more information: http://nebraskalibraries.org/ITART/bylaws
If you are interested, email Karin Dalziel: karin@nirak.net. Deadline for nominations is April 27, 2012.
Did you know you can use email to send text messages to patrons’ mobile phones? Use the patron’s ten-digit phone number with the domain name of their service provider’s SMS (Short Message Service) gateway. For example, 4021237890@vtext.com.
Alltel @message.alltel.com
AT&T @txt.att.net
Boost Mobile @myboostmobile.com
Cingular @cingularme.com
Cox @sms.cox.net
Cricket @sms.mycricket.com
Nextel @messaging.nextel.com
Sprint @messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-mobile @tmomail.net
Tracfone (use fonefinder website)
VoiceStream @voicestream.net
Verizon @vtext.com
Virgin Mobile @vmobl.com
U.S. Cellular @email.uscc.net
You can use http://www.fonefinder.net to get the service provider for the patron’s phone number.