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May 2019 Library Tech Newsbytes

Read news about the movie The Public, the new #Booklover Community, a library as a tech incubator, a health dashboard, social media words, and more!

April 30, 2019

Libraries

Apple's Increasingly Labyrinthine iPad Lineup

Apple's expanded iPad lineup complicates the decision process when you're looking to buy one of its new tablets. Here's a quick overview to help you out.

April 26, 2019

Libraries

The Best OCR Tools to Digitize Text Compared

Optical character recognition allows us to transform a scan of a document into searchable, sortable text that we can analyze. See a comparison of OCR tools!

April 24, 2019

Libraries

April 2019 Library Tech Newsbytes

Read the news about libraries as social services organizations, a super green library, the Save the Internet Act, day-in-the-life librarian gems, and more!

April 08, 2019

Libraries

How Memory Cafés Help Families Cope with Dementia

Memory loss affects 40 percent of all U.S. adults over 65. Libraries have started hosting Memory Cafés for these people and their caregivers.

April 05, 2019

Libraries

Circulating Ideas

The librarian interview podcast Circulating Ideas has been going for several years now. Here Steve Thomas, talks about how he started and his library heroes.

April 05, 2019

Libraries

How Public Libraries Are Linking Social Workers to Homeless Patrons

libraries are working hard to listen to the local concerns and tailor their programs to meet specific needs of their communities, including the homeless.

March 29, 2019

Libraries

March 2019 Library Tech Newsbytes

Read the news about cool library cards, the open data movement, the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting, apps to better control smartphone use, and 3D-printed houses.

March 04, 2019

Libraries

Dealing with an Unexpected Shared Google Docs File

Here is what you can do if you receive a Google Docs share notification from someone you don't know. Avoid granting a rogue app permission to send spam!

February 28, 2019

Libraries

State-of-the-Art Ways to Create a Secure Password

Bad passwords account for most cybersecurity breaches. Discover different reliable ways to create truly unhackable passwords that you can actually remember.

February 26, 2019

Libraries

World Sleep Day Resources

The pace and distractions of modern life have caused a sleep deprivation epidemic. Here are some resources for an awareness campaign at your library.

February 01, 2019

Libraries

Circulating Video Games at the Library

Read the story of a library that added video games to its Library of Things collection. It was an instant hit with millennial patrons!

January 29, 2019