Experimenting with mobile technologies in libraries

Experimenting with mobile technologies in libraries Jo Alcock @joeyanne

Why should you get serious about mobile web? 2011 even moreso!

What skills do m-librarians need? • IT Skills • Personal traits • User focus • Communication • Collaboration • Research and developmentKate Davis and Prof. Helen Partridge at #mlib11

What knowledge does an m-librarian need?• Different mobile devices• Basics of using mobile software• QR codes• Location services• Augmented reality

Mobile technologies in libraries• Library content on mobile devices (books, articles)• Library services from mobile devices (enquiries, statistics, collection management, circulation)• Mobile speciﬁc content/ services (location services, QR codes, augmented reality)

Library content on mobile devicesE-books, electronic articles, digitised materials...

Library services from mobile devices Enquiry support, ﬁnding resources, circulation, collecting statistics, room booking...

SMS enq uiriesState Library of Ohio

SMS tipsUniversity of Huddersﬁeld Library

Mob cata ile logu eKeele University Library

Rov enq ing uirie sUniversity of Warwick Library

Mob circ ile ulat ionDC Public Library

Loa mob ning ile d evic esCreekview High School Library

Col libra lectin ry s g tatis ticsUniversity of Warwick Library

Col libra lectin ry s g tatis ticsNorth Carolina State Library

Other experiments• Room booking by mobile (incorporating QR code outside room to check availability and book if free)• Paperless online weeding (using iPad in the stacks to colour code stock as "dusty" and withdraw from catalogue if necessary)

Mobile speciﬁc content/servicesQR codes, location services, augmented reality

London School of Economics Library

Charles Darwin University Library

The Wallace Center/Rochester Institute of Technology

Staffordshire University Library

University of Huddersﬁeld Library

University of Bedfordshire Library

Delaware District County Library

Aberystwyth University Library

University of Bedfordshire Library

Oak Park Public Library

University of Warwick Library

University of Shefﬁeld

Miami University, Ohio

Great, but... =

Some of this doesnt cost money! • QR codes • Location apps (e.g. Foursquare, SCVNGR) • Barcode scanning apps • Open source software • Some mobile OPACs* • Refworks/EBSCO**free with existing subscriptions

What do we need to do?

What do users want?Charles Darwin University Library

Points to take away• Aim for high impact, low cost• Dont over invest• Utilise free resources • Animoto (video creation) • bit.ly (URL shortener with statistics) • ZBar (barcode reader) • Kaywa (QR code generator)• Be ﬂexible and adaptable to users needs

Resources available:http://www.delicious.com/tag/cofhemobapps

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