The top 20 best android apps for librarians

THE TOP 20 BEST ANDROIDAPPS FOR LIBRARIANS Tech Camp Rochester 2012 | Presented by Pat Rapp

Apps for:ReadingCommunicatingProductivityReference and NewsRandom Information

APPS FOR READING

 Kindle for Android is a free app Buy books from Amazon Borrow from your library

But have you considered… Aldiko Book Reader Import any epub or pdf file Download from Feedbooks, Smashwords or other online sites such as Project Guttenberg.

Or… Legimi ebook reader Free or cheap ebooks Epub format Read-out-loud feature allows for listening to book passages

Monroe County Library System LS2 Library Catalog Access to ebooks owned by MCLS Decide on your loan period – 1, 2, or 3 weeks Automatically returns books on due date

Read it LaterFor online content

APPS FOR COMMUNICATING

Skype Video chat IM Voice calls

GrooVe IP – Google Voice  Use data plan instead of phone minutes

Tweetdeck Synchronizes your Twitter, Facebook, Buzz, and Foursquare accounts

Hootsuite Manage Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and LinkedIn Get stats Use multiple accounts

STFU Shut the Phone Up 

APPS FOR PRODUCTIVITY

Evernote Take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable

Colornote Multi-color sticky notes Organize lists by color Easy to use for home and work

Tape-a-Talk Record lectures Create voice memos Use it as a dictaphone

Dropbox Save your file to Dropbox Access it from all your computers or mobile devices

Google Docs Create, edit, upload and share your documents

APPS FOR REFERENCE AND NEWS

apps.usa.gov

More apps.usa.gov

News Apps

Voice Translator Supported languages : Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish.

APPS FOR RANDOM INFO

Find a Restaurant

Find Your Car MyCar Locator

Find a Bathroom Sit or Squat Locates bathrooms and provides ratings from other users

Speaking of Bathrooms…

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