A brand new edition of the highly successful M-Libraries series, this draws together cutting-edge international contributions from the leading authorities in the field. Based on the proceedings of the Fourth International M-Libraries Conference held in Milton Keynes in 2012 it explores the variety of work that libraries are doing across the world to deliver resources to users via mobile and hand-held devices. The main strands of discussion include: Imagination - looking at the future of m-libraries; Transformation - focusing on the transformation of services, learners or institutions through the introduction of mobile technologies; Inspiration - focusing on mobile innovation; Implementation - case studies of successful implementation of mobile services; Collaboration - a discussion of mobile strategy and ideas. Readership: Information professionals in all sectors and researchers, educators, technical developers, managers and library professionals. It will also be invaluable for students of library and information science and newcomers to the profession.
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In these papers from the 2012 Fourth International M-Libraries Conference, international contributors examine the impact of mobile technologies for accessing information and services in libraries and information centers. Cases from around the world show how libraries are interacting with users and delivering resources via mobile and hand-held devices. Some subjects include the use of iPads for a roving inquiry service, promoting library services through social media, QR codes as teaching tools, designing the library's website, creating a university-wide mobile app, and mobile devices in medical schools. Visual elements include b&w photos, screenshots, process diagrams, and data charts. The book's readership includes students and practitioners in library and information science, along with technical developers. Ally is affiliated with Athabasca University, Canada. Needham is affiliated with the Open University Library and Learning Resources Center, UK -- Reference and Research Book News One of the aspects of the text that I most appreciated was that it is a hugely collaborative effort. It gives the heartwarming impression of a profession which is working together to embrace a challenging and exciting development in technology, sharing their successes and pitfalls in an effort to improve the user experience, and to continue to do what libraries have always done celebrate a plurality of information sources and access methods. -- Australian Academic & Research Libraries
Foreword - Char Booth Introduction - Mohamed Ally PART 1: TRANSFORMATION
1. Cost-effective content alert system using SMS: a case study at Bundelkhand
University Library, Jhansi - Sridevi Jetty, Maneesh Kumar Bajpai and John
Paul Anbu K
2. From aspiration to innovation: the Live Lab concept at the
University of Glasgow Library - Rosemary Stenson, Wendy Walker, Kay Munro and
Karen Stevenson
3. Mobilizing academic content online: challenges and rewards
- Keren Mills and Hassan Sheikh
4. Using iPads for a roving enquiry service:
a case study on lessons learned - Rowan Williamson
5. BYOD! We dont think so
- Steve Bowman
6. Bridge over troubled waters: QR coding the collection for
student satisfaction - Neil Ford
7. If you tweet will they follow? Promoting
library resources and services to a mobile audience through social media -
David Honeybone
8. Transforming the service: supporting mobile devices with
minimal budget and time - Georgina Parsons PART 2: INSPIRATION
9. M-education
reaching the unreached: a Government of India initiative - Parveen Babbar and
Seema Chandhok
10. Widening access and stimulating innovation through mobile
health applications - Bob Gann
11. An education in privacy: best practices
for academic libraries in the age of social media - Kate Cushon
12. QR codes
as teaching tools - Keiso Katsuro
13. Making sure to remember what we already
know: ensuring e-reading innovation works - Anne Hewling
14. Text reference
service: ideas for best practices - Lili Luo
15. M-libraries on the hype
cycle: where are we? - Jo Alcock and Pete Dalton
16. Responsive web design
for your library website - Matt Borg PART 3: IMPLEMENTATION
17. A new method
of training users: Polimedia video for iOS and Android devices - Angels
Carles-Pomar, Ana Castellano and Fernando Guerrero Rebollo
18. Mobile phone
technology in academic library services: a public university students
perceptions and paradigm - Md. Anwarul Islam
19. Moving beyond the counter:
mobile library support and the use of tablet PCs at Leeds University Library
- Peter Kilroy
20. Creating a university-wide mobile app: the mStir
experience - Andrew Wilson
21. Use of mobile phones for library services: the
experience of Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile
Ife, Nigeria - Bukky Olufemi Asubiojo
22. If you build it will they come? The
importance of collaboration and marketing in developing and promoting mobile
services - Binky Lush and Emily Rimland
23. Delivering news on mobile: the
European Parliaments m.Library website - Caroline Corneau
24. Searching the
Library catalogue through Twitter - Bianca Kramer
25. Mobile devices in
medical schools: the WCMC-Q experience - Saad Laws 26.Kindles in the
library, National University of Ireland Maynooth Kindle Pilot 2011 - Louise
Saults Conclusion - Gill Needham.
Professor Mohamed Ally BSc Ma PhD is Director of the Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca University, Canada. Gill Needham BA Hons, DipLib CertMan MSc Econ is Associate Director, Information Management and Innovation at the Open University Library and Learning Resources Centre, UK.
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