Description
Book SynopsisThis title draws together international authorities to explore the variety of work that libraries are doing across the world to deliver resources to users via mobile and hand-held devices.
Based on the proceedings of the Third International M-Libraries Conference held in Brisbane in May 2011, this draws together cutting-edge international contributions from the leading authorities in the field. The main strands of discussion include:
- mobile services and their development
- mobile users, their behaviour and requirements
- emerging technical developments including new platforms, devices and applications
- strategy and infrastructure developments at national level
- reflections and feedback on new service models
- local innovation.
Readership: Information professionals in all sectors, policy makers, researchers, developers, publishers, suppliers, LIS students and new professionals.
Trade Review"...a seminal contribution...an essential, core contribution to Library Science reference collections."
-- Midwest Book Review
"...a topical guide for information professionals in all sectors. These include policy makers, researchers, developers, publishers and suppliers. Students of library and information science and newcomers to the profession will also find it an invaluable resource. The book reads easily; bibliographies appearing at the end of each chapter can prompt further reading, and a useful index concludes the book."
-- Online Information Review
Table of ContentsForeword - Stephen Abram Introduction - Gill Needham 1. Education for all with mobile technology: the role of libraries - Mohamed Ally
PART 1: DEVELOPING MOBILE SERVICES
2. Preparing for the mobile world: experimenting with changing technologies and applications for library services - Colin Bates and Rebecca Carruthers 3. Enhancing open distance learning library services with mobile technologies - Jenny Raubenheimer 4. Use of mobile phones in the delivery of consumer health information - Vahideh Zarea Gavgani 5. Deploying an e-reader loan service at an online university - Anna Zuñiga-Ruiz and Cristina López-Pérez 6. Mobile service providers and library services in a multi-campus library - Ela Volatabu Qica 7. Using mobile technology to deliver information in audio format:learning by listening - Margie Wallin, Kate Kelly and Annika McGinley 8. Sound selection: podcasts prove positive - Daniel McDonald and Roger Hawcroft
PART 2: PEOPLE AND SKILLS
9. Staff preparedness to implement mobile technologies in libraries - Sarah-Jane Saravani and Gaby Haddow 10. Apps and attitudes: towards an understanding of the m-librarian’s professional make-up - Kate Davis and Helen Partridge 11. There’s a librarian in my pocket: mobile information literacy at UTS Library - Sophie McDonald 12. Exploring student engagement with mobile technologies - Julie Cartwright, Sally Cummings, Bernadette Royal, Michelle Turner and JoAnne Witt 13. It’s just not the same: mobile information literacy - Andrew Walsh and Peter Godwin 14. The students have iPods: an opportunity to use iPods as a teaching tool in the library - Iris Ambrose
PART 3: FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY
15. Mobile services of the National Library of China - Wei Dawei, Xie Qiang and Niu Xianyun 16. India’s mobile technology infrastructure to support m-services for education and libraries - Seema Chandhok and Parveen Babbar 17. Use and user context of mobile computing: a rapid ethnographic study - Jim Hahn 18. Meeting the needs of library users on the mobile web - Hassan Sheikh and Keren Mills 19. Mobile dynamic display systems for library opening hours - Keiso Katsura 20. Device-independent and user-tailored delivery of mobile library service content - Damien Meere, Ivan Ganchev, Máirtín Ó Droma,Mícheál Ó hAodha and Stanimir Stojanov 21. Designing effective mobile web presence - Sam Moffatt Conclusion - Mohamed Ally
