[Air-L] Inside Higher Education > The iPad for Academics

Gerry McKiernan gerrymckiernan at live.com
Mon Jul 12 18:24:32 PDT 2010


Colleagues/
 
IMHO > A Balanced Assessment > Not Only For Academe But Libraries As Well !
 
/Gerry 
 
July 12, 2010 /  By Alex Golub
 
After having used an iPad shortly since its release I can safely say that the device — or another one like it — deserves to become an important part of the academic’s arsenal of gadgets. [snip]
 
At base the iPad is an anything box that replaces a seemingly endless plethora of other things you already own: It's a TV, a radio, an MP3 player, a compass, a flashlight, a level, a deck of cards, a calculator, a photo album, an alarm clock, a Bible, the Talmud (yes, the Talmud has been ported to the iPad)... the list goes on and on. 
 
The crucial question for academics is: What in our current arsenal will the iPad replace? After using the device, the answer surprised me: the iPad makes a lousy computer replacement, but it does a great job of replacing paper. 
 
[snip]
 
Apple deserves credit for making the thing as usable as it is, but it is still not quite there. 
 
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/Gerry 
 
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
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