Thing 11. Library and Reference

My library uses Boopsie as its mobile app. Last week in a meeting an IT guy said the app. will soon go away, once our new, more mobile-oriented site rolls out. That's ok with me. I've never found poor Boopsie very useful. For the most part, I use it to search the catalog, and that's the one thing it doesn't do well:(no advanced search options, no controlled vocabulary, etc.) On the other hand, for a lot of folks, Boopsie may be fine. You can check your patron account, see what events are going on, download ebooks, that kind of stuff. I guess it's not Boopsie; it's me.

Thing 10. Sharing photos

I've used Instagram for a while now, and like it--who doesn't? It's easy to use, even from the get-go, and amazingly intuitive--whoever engineered the app. thought logically about how it should work: Either snap a pic or access your phone's camera roll, edit the image, add a caption or hashtags and post to just about any social media platform. Piece of cake. I also like how you can use hashtags to follow a topic (like Twitter). I see libraries all over the place using Instagram for pics of interesting or new books, events, images of staff or patrons; it's a great way to draw attention to your library.