Using Mobile Technology to Deliver Library Services : A handbook

ISBN-13: 9781856048095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 160 str.

Andrew Walsh

Opis

Packed with easy to implement ideas, practical examples and international case studies, this title provides you with a toolkit, exploring ideas as simple as renewals and reminders to the more complex such as access to e-books and virtual worlds.

Spis treści

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