Using Mobile Technology to Deliver Library Services
A handbook
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 23. August 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-85604-809-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is an essential practical guide for all information professionals who want to get to grips with or improve their use of mobile services.
Packed with easy to implement ideas, practical examples and international case studies, this provides you with the ultimate toolkit, exploring ideas as simple as renewals and reminders to the more complex such as access to e-books and virtual worlds. Jargon-free coverage of the background and context to mobile delivery will enable you to fully understand the challenges and embrace the opportunities, getting to grips with critical issues such as what sort of services users really want.
Key topics covered include:
context including market penetration, range and functionality of devices
texting
apps vs. mobile websites
mobile information literacy vs. other information literacies
mobiles in teaching
linking the physical and virtual worlds via mobile devices
E-books for mobiles
the future of mobile delivery.
Readership: This is an essential practical guide for all information professionals who want to get to grips with or improve their use of mobile services. It would also be invaluable for museum staff facing the same challenges. Library and information students and academics will find it a useful introduction to the topic.
Packed with easy to implement ideas, practical examples and international case studies, this provides you with the ultimate toolkit, exploring ideas as simple as renewals and reminders to the more complex such as access to e-books and virtual worlds. Jargon-free coverage of the background and context to mobile delivery will enable you to fully understand the challenges and embrace the opportunities, getting to grips with critical issues such as what sort of services users really want.
Key topics covered include:
context including market penetration, range and functionality of devices
texting
apps vs. mobile websites
mobile information literacy vs. other information literacies
mobiles in teaching
linking the physical and virtual worlds via mobile devices
E-books for mobiles
the future of mobile delivery.
Readership: This is an essential practical guide for all information professionals who want to get to grips with or improve their use of mobile services. It would also be invaluable for museum staff facing the same challenges. Library and information students and academics will find it a useful introduction to the topic.
Reviews / Votes
"This book is a great starting point for anyone interested in using mobile technologies to deliver library services but not sure where to start. It's easy to read, the language used is jargon free, and the opportunities and challenges are fully explained. However it's not so simple that it wouldn't appeal to those who have a bit more knowledge and I can see myself consulting it regularly." - Refer "This book is a great starting point for anyone interested in using mobile technologies to deliver library services but not sure where to start. It's easy to read, the language used is jargon free, and the opportunities and challenges are fully explained. However it's not so simple that it wouldn't appeal to those who have a bit more knowledge and I can see myself consulting it regularly." -- Refer "...a simple guide for library staff from academic and public libraries who wish to integrate new technologies in their libraries and interact with their patrons in innovative ways using mobile devices. It is recommended to university, school and public librarians who are interested in developing different methods to interact with patrons using the latest mobile technologies." -- Australian Library JournalMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
111 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85604-809-5 (9781856048095)
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E-Book
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1st Edition
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Available for download
Person
Andrew Walsh is an Academic Librarian at Huddersfield University who has written, researched and presented widely on the application of mobile technologies within the library environment, information literacy, the use of active learning and using web 2.0 technologies. He won the UC&R Innovation Award in 2009.
Content
Introduction and context
Introduction
Context
Outline of this book
References
Further reading
1. What mobile services do students want?
Introduction
Context
Details of the study
Attitudes towards text messaging
General feelings about mobile services and the Library
Potential services
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
Notes
References
Further reading
2. Modelling mobile information literacy
Introduction
Areas of variation between fixed information literacy and mobile information literacy, from the literature
So what does this mean?
Summary
References
Further reading
3. The mobile librarian
Introduction
Mobile support and reference
Mobile productivity for librarians
Keeping up to date and research tools
Summary
Notes
Further reading
4. Texting in libraries
Introduction
Sending messages without a phone
Messages from your library management system
Text a librarian and more
Teaching using SMS
Other services
Summary
Notes
Further reading
5. Apps vs mobile websites
Introduction
Meeting the needs of your users
Apps
Mobile websites
Summary
Further reading
6. Linking physical and virtual worlds via mobile devices
Introduction
QR codes
Radio Frequency Identification and Near Field Communications
Augmented Reality
Linking physical and virtual worlds - summary
Notes
Reference
Further reading
7. Mobiles in teaching
Introduction
Should we use students' own devices, or provide class devices?
Using text messages to teach
Recording activities (video, audio and pictures)
Shared activities
Library trails
A window to another world
Summar
Notes
Further reading
8. E-books for mobiles
Introduction
Formats
Licensing
Ways of providing e-books for mobile devices
Summary
Notes
References
Further reading
So what now?
Consider what your users want ... and what your staff can deliver
Start steadily ... but don't pilot
Nothing is final ... review and assess as you go
Keep an eye to the future ... but there is no need to break new ground
Summary
Introduction
Context
Outline of this book
References
Further reading
1. What mobile services do students want?
Introduction
Context
Details of the study
Attitudes towards text messaging
General feelings about mobile services and the Library
Potential services
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
Notes
References
Further reading
2. Modelling mobile information literacy
Introduction
Areas of variation between fixed information literacy and mobile information literacy, from the literature
So what does this mean?
Summary
References
Further reading
3. The mobile librarian
Introduction
Mobile support and reference
Mobile productivity for librarians
Keeping up to date and research tools
Summary
Notes
Further reading
4. Texting in libraries
Introduction
Sending messages without a phone
Messages from your library management system
Text a librarian and more
Teaching using SMS
Other services
Summary
Notes
Further reading
5. Apps vs mobile websites
Introduction
Meeting the needs of your users
Apps
Mobile websites
Summary
Further reading
6. Linking physical and virtual worlds via mobile devices
Introduction
QR codes
Radio Frequency Identification and Near Field Communications
Augmented Reality
Linking physical and virtual worlds - summary
Notes
Reference
Further reading
7. Mobiles in teaching
Introduction
Should we use students' own devices, or provide class devices?
Using text messages to teach
Recording activities (video, audio and pictures)
Shared activities
Library trails
A window to another world
Summar
Notes
Further reading
8. E-books for mobiles
Introduction
Formats
Licensing
Ways of providing e-books for mobile devices
Summary
Notes
References
Further reading
So what now?
Consider what your users want ... and what your staff can deliver
Start steadily ... but don't pilot
Nothing is final ... review and assess as you go
Keep an eye to the future ... but there is no need to break new ground
Summary