The document discusses the concept of m-libraries, which are libraries that provide services tailored for mobile devices, reflecting the evolving technology landscape and user needs. It emphasizes the importance of adaptability, collaboration, and innovation among librarians to enhance information accessibility and relevance in a mobile environment. The toolkit provided highlights essential skills and traits for librarians as they engage with diverse technologies and audiences.

1. mobile apptitudes
the public librarian's m-library toolkit
professor helen partridge @partridh
kate davis @katiedatwork
information studies group | information systems discipline
faculty of science and technology | qut

2. but first!
a whirlwind introduction to
m-libraries

3. why should you
care?
because they do

5. evolution of the mobile
consumer: australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCiP5YoIzFw

6. changing the way
libraries conceive of
themselves our clients are using
mobile technologies so if
we want to be able to
support our clients... then
we need to understand
the mobile technologies
they are using and be
able to support the ways
they are using them
it is helping, forcing, making
opportunities for us to review and rethink the
way we provide our services, it's really about
opening up the opportunity for libraries being more
than a physical building and more than something
that happens at home on your PC, but could
happen anywhere, anytime

7. what is an m-library?
a library that offers
products, programs
and services
specifically designed
to be delivered and
used on mobile
devices

8. what is a mobile device?
a pocket sized (?)
computing device
allows access to
information from
anywhere
usually data is input
via a touchscreen

9. 2d or not 2d?

10. mobile web or app?

11. content is king

12. social

13. mobile apptitudes
your toolkit
IT skills Personal traits User focus Communication Collaboration Research

14. mobile apptitudes
"it's more about library skills... [about
using the technology to] make
information accessible and to make
the invisible visible"
IT skills
Personal traits User focus Communication Collaboration Research

15. mobile apptitudes
"we need people who are happy to
experiment and explore new ways of
doing things... if we get too wedded
to the old ways we become irrelevant"
Personal traits
IT skills User focus Communication Collaboration Research

16. mobile apptitudes
"we've moved into that space of
teaching them things that they want to
use because they are fairly intuitive
but they aren't exposed to for
whatever reason, information literacy
classes are not just about unfriendly
User focus databases "
IT skills Personal traits Communication Collaboration Research

17. mobile apptitudes
diversity of media
advocacy and lobbying
negotiation
Communication influencing
IT skills Personal traits User focus Collaboration Research

18. mobile apptitudes
"we can't do everything and we have
to call on our community and our
network of people to use everyone's
skills "
Collaboration
IT skills Personal traits User focus Communication Research

19. mobile apptitudes
"there's been a lot of jumping on
bandwagons with new technology
and really you need to critically
evaluate what's going on to help you
and whether you are justified in
Research spending the dollars "
IT skills Personal traits User focus Communication Collaboration

20. what we heard again
and again
imagination content creation
creativity
willingness fail forward
experiment
research play with the tools
attitude
know the possibilities

21. but is this anything new?
what's already in your librarian toolkit?
IT skills Personal traits User focus Communication Collaboration Research

22. questions?
presentation, image credits
professor helen partridge @partridh
kate davis @katiedatwork
information studies group | @qutisg | information systems
discipline faculty of science and technology | qut