M Health Sciences Libraries

M-Health SciencesLibraries
Eric Schnell
Midwest Chapter
Medical Library Association
Columbus, OH
October 5, 2009
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Pew Research: 2009
56% of adult Americans have accessed the internet by wireless means
32% have used a mobile phone to access the internet
On a typical day, 19% of Americans use the internet on a mobile device
17% of Americanshave used other access devices – iPods, game consoles, or e-books
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx

doi:10.1136/ebn.12.2.35

Mobile Library Services
Catalogs / Web sites
Text reference
News / alerts
Instruction / tutorials
Tours
Request forms
2D QR codes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cincinnatipubliclibrary/3304086735

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

University of Wisconsin-Madison Ebling Library
http://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, Finland
DOI: 10.1007/b12029

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

Microsoft “Courier” / Apple Tablet
http://gizmodo.com/5365299
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Present Challenges
Device platforms
Redesigning sites
Database interfaces
Document viewers
Multimedia support
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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?

Supporting Mobile Users Baby Steps
WiFi access
Power / Battery recharging stations
Infrared services
Identify/organize
mobile-ready content
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Keeping Up With Mobilehttp://www.libsuccess.org

http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com

http://siue.libguides.com/mobile

Thanks
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