Three things I do with a tablet in the library:

1. guerrilla reference -- if I'm carrying a tablet I don't need to be near a computer to help folks out when wandering around the library. (this is an ad hoc activity for me, but I imagine some people do it more deliberately.) 

2. weeding -- my Weeding Helper tool is designed to export holdings data from III catalogs and let librarians make notes about weeding while standing in the stacks: 
https://github.com/kenirwin/Weeding-Helper 

3. Our library has recently started using Suma (developed by C4L folks from NCSU) for doing head counts and logging reference transactions. It is tablet-based and also works on desktops. The tabletiness works very well for doing headcounts, since you can walk around and count noses and enter data all at the same time.
https://github.com/cazzerson/Suma 

I'm curious to know what other folks are doing with tablets too.

Ken

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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Matthew Sherman
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] Tablet Uses for Library Staff

Hi all,

Today a few of us received our a few Surface Pros to use around the library.  Being the digital content librarian for our University I really want to figure out some interesting things we can do with them.  I have some thoughts on possibly working with inventory and my information literacy librarian colleague is thinking how to use them in the classroom.
Yet, I wanted to poll the group and see what sorts of interesting things people are doing with tablets for their library staff, or ideas people might have for utilizing a Surface Pro in the library.

Matt Sherman