The document discusses the increasing importance of mobile applications in libraries, highlighting usage statistics among various demographics, including lawyers and college graduates. It emphasizes the need for libraries to adapt to mobile technology for research-related tasks and lists popular mobile apps used by law librarians. Additionally, it provides resources for further reading on the topic of mobile library services and applications.

1. GOING Meg Kribble
Research Librarian & Outreach Coordinator
MOBILE Harvard Law School Library
http://slideshare.net/mak506
AALL J2 - July 13, 2010 Photo: Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County Book Mobile

3. Why mobile apps?
St. Paul Public Library’s Book Mobile, 1917 iPad Ad, 2010

4. 32
% of American smartphone owners
who have used the device to access the Internet
Internet, broadband, and cell phone statistics, January 2010
Pew Internet & American Life Project

5. 23
% of cellphone users who go online on a typical day
Internet, broadband, and cell phone statistics, January 2010
Pew Internet & American Life Project

6. 53
% of users between 18 and 29
who have used the internet on a handheld device
Internet, broadband, and cell phone statistics, January 2010
Pew Internet & American Life Project

7. 39
% of college graduates who have
used the internet on a handheld device
Internet, broadband, and cell phone statistics, January 2010
Pew Internet & American Life Project

8. 46
% of lawyers who report
regular Internet use on a PDA/smartphone/Blackberry
2009 Legal Technology Survey Report
American Bar Association

9. 2.3
% of lawyers who report
regular use of mobile device for legal research
2009 Legal Technology Survey Report
American Bar Association

10. an institutional choice
not to pursue mobility
is increasingly untenable
7 Things You Should Know About Mobile IT
Educause

11. Why not just browse?
Web Apps

12. Web apps v. native apps

13. App World: 7422 Android Market: 70,000
App Catalog &
Software Store: 8000 App Store: 225,000
How many native apps?
Wikipedia: List of digital distribution platforms for mobile devices

14. GPS Accelerometer
Microphone
Camera & Speaker
What can native apps do?
Photos: @DeathByBokeh, @Sekaino Ai, @dsevilla, @Roadside Guitars on Flickr

15. Geocaching
Runkeeper
Foursquare
GPS

16. Red Laser Zoom
iShake it Postman
Camera

17. Red Laser Demo Backup

18. DoodleJump Sleep Cycle
Lightsaber The Gavel
Accelerometer

19. Shazam Voice Memo
Dragon Dictation Skype
Speaker & microphone

20. SMS

21. Where to start?
Photo: @nineohsix

22. Specify how you use your mobile device for library- or research-related tasks.
Harvard University Libraries survey of graduate students

23. 23% HOLLIS Catalog
13% Library hours
9% Mobile library website
8% Access to databases
3% Map of stacks
Which library-related tool would you most like to have on your mobile device?
Harvard University Libraries survey of graduate students

24. Mobile OPACS

25. Legal Research: Lexis

26. Legal Research: Lexis Get Cases

27. Legal Research: Westlaw

28. Legal Research: WestlawNext

29. Legal Research: Black’s Law Dictionary

30. IEEE iSSRN Worldcat
PubMed EBSCOHost Britannica
Mobile
Other mobile databases

31. Challenges
Photo: @nineohsix on Flickr

32. Evernote iMovie Opera IMDB Sudoku Shazam
GoodReader Legal Stanza Scrabble Solitaire OpenTable
Dictionary
Gale’s GoodReads Angry Koi Pond Plants vs. Traffic Jam
AccessMyLibrary Birds zombies
What apps are law librarians using?

33. FURTHER READING
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Laurie Bridges, et al. “Making the Case For a Fully Mobile Library Web Site: from Floor
Maps to the Catalog,” Reference Services Review 38.2 (2009): 309-320.
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Educause, 7 Things You Should Know About...Mobile Apps for Learning, May 2010,
http://bit.ly/deuOby.
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Educause, 7 Things You Should Know About...Mobile IT, February 2010, http://bit.ly/d053gP.
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iPhone J.D.: Lawyers Using iPhones, http://www.iphonejd.com.
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“Libraries and Patrons on the Move: From Bookmobiles to “M” Libraries,” Reference
Services Review 38.1 (2009).
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Joan K. Lippincott. “A Mobile Future for Academic Libraries,” Reference Services Review
38.2 (2009), 205-213.
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“M-Libraries,” LibSuccess Wiki, http://libsuccess.org/index.php?title=M-Libraries.
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Mobile Web Application Best Practices [proposed recommendation], W3C, 2010,
http://www.w3.org/TR/mwabp.
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Small Surfaces [multi-platform mobile design site], http://www.smallsurfaces.com.
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USA.gov Mobile Apps, http://apps.usa.gov/.