M-Health SciencesLibrariesEric SchnellMidwest ChapterMedical Library Association Columbus, OHOctober 5, 2009http://www.flickr.com/photos/fr3d/2660915175/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewilhelm/2675826564/

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Pew Research: 200956% of adult Americans have accessed the internet by wireless means32% have used a mobile phone to access the internetOn a typical day, 19% of Americans use the internet on a mobile device17% of Americanshave used other access devices – iPods, game consoles, or e-bookshttp://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx

doi:10.1136/ebn.12.2.35

Mobile Library ServicesCatalogs / Web sites Text reference News / alertsInstruction / tutorialsToursRequest forms 2D QR codeshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/cincinnatipubliclibrary/3304086735

Wayne Statehttp://www.lib.wayne.edu/shiffman/

University of Wisconsin-Madison Ebling Libraryhttp://m.ebling.library.wisc.edu

Boston University Medical Center http://med-libwww.bu.edu/mobile/

NOBLEhttp://catalog.noblenet.org/

Delft Public Libraryhttp://www.dok.info/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/1662641552/

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~vox/0708/1105/tours.html

National Library of Health Sciences Terkkohttp://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/mobile/articlerequest.php

QR Codes

Location Aware Services

University of Oulu, FinlandDOI: 10.1007/b12029

Augmented Realityhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2uH-jrsSxs

Microsoft “Courier” / Apple Tablethttp://gizmodo.com/5365299http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2009/08/26/698970/420appletablet_imagined-420x0.jpg

Present ChallengesDevice platformsRedesigning sites Database interfacesDocument viewersMultimedia supporthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/kecko/158953624

Supporting Mobile Users What products and/or services should we be providing? What mobile services make sense for a library to implement? What should mobile-friendly content look like?How should we provide mobile access to existing content?

What products and/or services should we be providing?

What mobile services make sense for a library to implement?

What should mobile-friendly content look like?

How should we provide mobile access to existing content?

Supporting Mobile Users Baby Steps WiFi access Power / Battery recharging stations Infrared services Identify/organize mobile-ready content http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudiriet/109718325

WiFi access

Power / Battery recharging stations

Infrared services

Identify/organize

Keeping Up With Mobilehttp://www.libsuccess.org

http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com

http://siue.libguides.com/mobile

Thankshttp://pro.osu.edu/profiles/schnell.9http://tinyurl.com/yecnrqphttp://www.flickr.com/photos/suttonhoo22/3880764027/