Presentation for CoFHE 2011 conference with numerous examples of mobile technologies being used in libraries. All resources available at: http://www.delicious.com/tag/cofhemobapps
Presentation for CoFHE 2011 conference with numerous examples of mobile technologies being used in libraries. All resources available at: http://www.delicious.com/tag/cofhemobapps
Experimenting with mobile technologies in librariesPresentation Transcript
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
Craig Finlay
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