This document discusses practical applications of mobile technologies for libraries. It begins by outlining key mobile trends like the prevalence of smartphones and mobile internet usage. It then explores specific mobile technologies libraries can utilize, such as social media apps, QR codes, augmented reality, and location-aware apps. The document provides examples of libraries using these technologies for their websites, catalogs, reference services, and instruction. It concludes with best practices for libraries developing mobile content and services, such as designing for top mobile devices and tracking usage of mobile offerings.
Presented as a webcast for Western New York Library Resources Council on April 6, 2011.
Presented as a webcast for METRO on Aug 16, 2010.
Given as a webinar for Nylink Feb 19, 2010.
Presented at the Long Island Library Resources Council November 16, 2009.
Presented at the Law Library Association of Greater New York (LLAGNY) on May 1, 2009.
Previous version presented at NEASIS&T Mobile Mania, November 5, 2008.
Presented as a webcast for Western New York Library Resources Council on April 6, 2011.
Presented as a webcast for METRO on Aug 16, 2010.
Given as a webinar for Nylink Feb 19, 2010.
Presented at the Long Island Library Resources Council November 16, 2009.
Presented at the Law Library Association of Greater New York (LLAGNY) on May 1, 2009.
Previous version presented at NEASIS&T Mobile Mania, November 5, 2008.
This session will provide a netiquette refresher, an introduction to handheld librarianship and a general discussion of Web 2.0 tools and toys used with handheld devices.
This is a presentation given at Online Northwest 2010 by Kim Griggs and Hannah Gascho Rempel about how we designed our mobile library site and recommendations for how libraries can design their own mobile library site.
lecture presented by Chito N. Angeles for the 2nd Marina G. Dayrit Lecture Series 2014 on "Use of Mobile Apps: Harnessing E-Resources & Services in Libraries & Information Centers" on July 10, 2014 during the 18th Philippine Academic Book Fair at SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City
Mobile Search: A Force to be Reckoned With!Karen Church
This invited talk was given at ECIR 2013 Industry Day in Moscow on the 27th March 2013. The talk was on the topic of mobile search, a research area I've devoted the past 10 years to.
Recently the world has witnessed a revolution in terms of mobile web and mobile search usage. Mobile phones, once deemed as simple communications devices, now provide mobile users with access to a wealth of online content, anytime and anywhere. In 2012, the increasing presence of mobile devices caused desktop search to decline for the first time ever; a level of growth that simply cannot be ignored.
My aim is to take a nostalgic look back at the simple beginnings of mobile search and discuss how, why and in what ways mobile search has evolved over the past 8-10 years. I highlight patterns of mobile search usage and show how they not only differ from desktop search, but they are continually evolving. And instead of taking a single, data-centric viewpoint of mobile search, I also discuss user-centric studies, highlighting the unique needs, intents and motivations of mobile searchers. Finally, I share some thoughts about where mobile search is heading, the challenges that lie ahead and discuss some of the factors that I think are important when it comes to enriching the future search experiences of mobile users.
Karen Church
Research Scientist
Telefonica Research
www.karenchurch.com
@karenchurch
This session will provide a netiquette refresher, an introduction to handheld librarianship and a general discussion of Web 2.0 tools and toys used with handheld devices.
This is a presentation given at Online Northwest 2010 by Kim Griggs and Hannah Gascho Rempel about how we designed our mobile library site and recommendations for how libraries can design their own mobile library site.
lecture presented by Chito N. Angeles for the 2nd Marina G. Dayrit Lecture Series 2014 on "Use of Mobile Apps: Harnessing E-Resources & Services in Libraries & Information Centers" on July 10, 2014 during the 18th Philippine Academic Book Fair at SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City
Mobile Search: A Force to be Reckoned With!Karen Church
This invited talk was given at ECIR 2013 Industry Day in Moscow on the 27th March 2013. The talk was on the topic of mobile search, a research area I've devoted the past 10 years to.
Recently the world has witnessed a revolution in terms of mobile web and mobile search usage. Mobile phones, once deemed as simple communications devices, now provide mobile users with access to a wealth of online content, anytime and anywhere. In 2012, the increasing presence of mobile devices caused desktop search to decline for the first time ever; a level of growth that simply cannot be ignored.
My aim is to take a nostalgic look back at the simple beginnings of mobile search and discuss how, why and in what ways mobile search has evolved over the past 8-10 years. I highlight patterns of mobile search usage and show how they not only differ from desktop search, but they are continually evolving. And instead of taking a single, data-centric viewpoint of mobile search, I also discuss user-centric studies, highlighting the unique needs, intents and motivations of mobile searchers. Finally, I share some thoughts about where mobile search is heading, the challenges that lie ahead and discuss some of the factors that I think are important when it comes to enriching the future search experiences of mobile users.
Karen Church
Research Scientist
Telefonica Research
www.karenchurch.com
@karenchurch
On July 24th, 2010, Kristen Purcell will be teaching part of the Digital Libraries à la Carte course at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. The international course is offered each summer by the Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources, or TICER. Kristen will share data on the growing mobile landscape both globally and in the US, highlight key aspects of today’s changing information ecology, and explore with librarians how they can leverage these two trends in their work.
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Mobile tools and services continue to be a dominant force that is changing the way libraries and their users access and use information. Learn ways that libraries can improve their mobile connection with their users, from creating accessible information to loaning hotspots and more. Don’t disappoint your mobile users! Join Chad as he highlights at least 5 ways to provide stellar mobile library services today.
Research on the Go: Accessing Library Databases via Mobile DevicesRichard Bernier
Presented at the Spring 2010 meeting of the Indiana Online Users Group (IOLUG) May 14, 2010. program was titled "You Can Take it With You: Libraries Moving into the Mobile." My presentation was on how to access commercial and non commercial databases with mobile devices. An iPhone was used for demonstration purposes.
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IET Coffee Morning - 5th October, 2011.
Meeting the needs of Library users on the mobile web
By Hassan Sheikh and Owen Smith
The Open Unviersity Library, UK.
IET Technology Coffee Morning - 5th October, 2011.hassan_sheikh_uk
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Meeting the needs of Library users on mobile web - by Hassan Sheikh and Owen Smith (The Open University Library, UK.)
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2013 Snezek Library Leadership Institute - Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, USA - July 19, 2013 - Co-presented with GFU Dean of Libraries, Merrill Johnson.
This presentation, given by Steve Butzel at the 2012 Connecticut Library Association conference, covers trends in mobile website design and possibilities for libraries. Library apps are critically reviewed while simpler, less expensive mobile website techniques are favored.
In addition, Steve discusses his Online Newsstand Project which improves access to library database content.
Steve Butzel, Assistant Director of the Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, NH
Taming the Mobile Landscape: Creating a framework to analyze mobile usage acr...Megan Hurst
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Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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The Library in Your Pocket - NJLibraryLink
1. THE LIBRARY IN YOUR POCKET:
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF
MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
http://www.flickr.com/photos/williambrawley/4310319103/
Meredith Farkas
Portland State University
2. Why should you care about mobile
devices?
4.1 billion SMS messages being sent daily
Over 276 million wireless users (source: CITA
Wireless Industry Survey, 2009).
32% of Americans have used a cell phone or
Smartphone to access the internet this year (source:
Pew, April 2009).
The mobile device will be the primary connection
tool to the internet for most people by 2020.
(Source: Pew, Dec. 2008).
3. Why should you care about mobile
devices?
2012 NMC/Educause Horizon Report named
mobile devices one of the top trends in higher and
K-12 education with an adoption horizon of one
year or less.
More than half of undergraduates own an internet-
capable mobile device (source: ECAR Study of
Undergraduate Students and IT, 2009)
94% of students send & receive text messages
(source: Ball State University, 2009).
4. Where educational institutions stand
Source: Educause. (2009). Spreading the Word: Messaging and Communications
in Higher Education. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EKF/EKF0902.pdf
6. Mobile social software
Three types
Social software that can be used on mobile devices
Social software designed primarily for mobile devices
Social software specifically designed for mobile
devices
Most are location-aware
7.
8. Twitter
Microblogging – sharing information in 140
characters or less
People “follow” your Twitter feed and get updates
of your news and that of their other friends
chronologically
Hugely popular
Can use via web, cell phone, desktop apps, IM, etc.
10. 2D Barcodes
•QR (Quick Response) codes – most common.
•Originally developed for inventory control.
•Need a QR code reader.
•Scan a QR code to access information or take action
11. What can QR codes do?
• Pull up text content
• Dial a phone number or send a txt
• Pull up a web page
• Check into Foursquare or Like on Facebook
• Pull up an image or video
• Add event to calendar
• Add to contacts
• Display a point in Google maps
• Sends an email
• PayPal Buy Now
14. QR Codes
Very big in Japan, growing in use in Europe. Not as
big in U.S. yet.
In U.S. mainly see on products, museums, real estate
ads.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smellit/4591783567/
16. No cell phone? no problem!
DANSL - QR code application to be used with a web cam
www.weebly.com/uploads/8/4/7/0/8470189/qrcodes.ppt
Can also use iPod Touch or iPad2 to read QR codes
17. The Future of QR codes
Will they be replaced by mobile visual
search?
18. Location-aware mobile technologies
Uses GPS, compass, RFID, etc. to determine where a
user’s orientation to other people, places, things, etc.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/21055837/
33. First, assess
What mobile technologies do your patrons use?
How many access the web via a mobile device?
Which one(s) are most prevalent?
What social technologies do your patrons use?
Are any organizations my library is aligned with
(municipality, University, etc.) looking to create
mobile services?
What library services and collections might be most
appropriate and possible to serve up via a mobile
device?
35. Library Website
• Questions to ask:
– Do you create a separate mobile version of your site or
just serve up a different style sheet based on the
device?
– Do you design for the most commonly-used smartphones
or also design for web-enabled mobile devices (small
screens)?
– Do you use a detection algorithm to redirect mobile
users to the mobile site or make them go to a separate
URL?
36. Design tips
Break information into tasks and let users drill down
to what they need (not too many clicks!).
Put most-used content at the top.
Minimize scrolling.
Icons and text links are better than either alone.
Shorten text to minimal amount needed.
Minimize the need to type whenever possible.
37. What to include on mobile website
Depends on library and what users actually use.
Catalog search
Databases/federated search if they have mobile
interfaces
Circ info (due dates, holds)
Room/computer reservations
Reference info/widgets/forms
Hours
Links to useful mobile content
42. Tools for building your website
You! (it’s just web design)
$$$
Boopsie
Library Anywhere (LibraryThing)
NOW in the Library (Infor)
Free
Mobile Site Generator 1.1 (Chad Haefele)
Mobify
Wirenode
Onbile
43. Library apps
Users can install and easily access specific library
functions/info.
For smartphones.
Most libraries have a mobile-friendly website too.
Have to design for specific operating systems –
most designed for iPhone.
47. Mobile catalog search
Boopsie
WorldCat Local
NOW in the Library (Infor)
SirsiDynix (BookMyne) – for iPhone
III (AirPac)
Polaris (Mobile PAC)
Follett
LibraryThing (Library Anywhere)
Serials Solutions (Summon) – web-scale discovery
Open source solution (MobileCat)
Build it yourself
Create plain-text translation
48. Content
Here are just some of the major vendors offering mobile interfaces:
American Institute of Physics iResearch iPhone application
EBSCOhost Mobile
Hoover's Mobile company information
IEEE XPlore
Lexis/Nexis Get Cases and Shepardize
PubMed for Handhelds medical database
Questia iPhone application (iTunes link)
Refworks Mobile
Westlaw legal research database
EBL Ebook Library
Google Books
OverDrive
Safari Books Online
Amazon Kindle for the iPhone
Zotero
49. Content: Special collections
WolfWalk http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/wolfwalk/
Duke Mobile Digital Collections
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHK3E4N7w6o
53. QR Codes
Provide additional information on physical
resources
GeoHistorian Project
Read-alikes of popular books (Contra Costa County
Library)
QR codes in the stacks to take users to the mobile
catalog (Columbus Metropolitan Library)
Historical images of buildings, locations, etc.
Pull up or bookmark a website with more info
57. AUGMENTED REALITY AND RFID
• Shows you what subjects are contained on a shelf.
• Shelf-reading (shows when books are out of
order)
• Overlaying historical images of a place on reality
• Scanning over a device will pull up instructional
content
• Going up to a journal will pull up the e-version
• Scanning over a book takes you to a page with
descriptions and reviews
62. SMS reference
Not limited by location (point of need)
Messages need to be short (150 characters or less)
Patrons may be charged for messages they send
and receive
Only useful for brief transactions
IM reference can also be done on most smartphones
(Mobile AIM, libraryh3lp, etc.)
70. Screencasts
• Movie taken of your desktop
• Good for demonstrating library databases, website,
etc.
• Audio narration, captioning, highlighting,
spotlighting, interactive components
• Various export options (depending on software)
• Example:
http://library2.norwich.edu/guide/index.php/How
_to_Use_Academic_Search_Premier
71. Library tours
UIUC Undergraduate Library Tour (iphone app)
81. Mobile outreach
• Put your content where your users are.
• Coffee shops, buses, airports, high schools,
daycare centers, playground benches
• Tie QR codes or shortened links to already existing
advertising
• workshop announcement on a flyer? Put a QR
code to the registration page
• READ poster with QR code to the catalog record
for the book
• Make sure it’s going to mobile-friendly content
82. For more on Tesco’s virtual subway store, see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVoYsBym
88
83. For more on Tesco’s virtual subway store, see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVoYsBym
88
84. MOBILE PRIVACY AND SECURITY ISSUES
• Lots of apps broadcast your location by
default (or by mistake)
• Apps collecting and sharing your personal
info
• Cloud-based providers (like Dropbox)
sharing things that were supposed to be
private
• May 2011 - Senate hearings on mobile
technology privacy issues
85. TIPS
• Users should only be sent to mobile-optimized
content
• Offer incentives (contest, bonus content, etc.) to
increase awareness of library mobile services.
• Provide instructions for things like QR codes,
apps, augmented reality, etc.
• Track usage of your mobile content (Google
Analytics, etc.)
• Some URL shorteners will show stats of how
many times they’ve been accessed
• Some QR code generators have web stats
functionality
86. MORE TIPS
• QR Codes
• Use a URL shortener so the QR code won’t
be so crowded.
• QR code size: ideal = 1.5 inch sq. some
can work as small as 0.4 in.
• Don’t use proprietary barcode generators
that require a specific reader
87. Questions?
Find me at
meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress
mgfarkas (at) gmail.com
flickr, twitter: librarianmer
facebook: meredithfarkas
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Slides and links at
http://meredithfarkas.wetpaint.com