M-libraries 3 : transforming libraries with mobile technology / edited by Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ally, Mohamed, editor.

Needham, Gill, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic information resource searching.

Mobile communication systems in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiv, 206 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Facet, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new generation of learners in an increasingly global information environment require libraries to play a greater role than ever in the delivery of education and training. Mobile technology offers huge potential to help libraries transform their service models to meet this challenge. 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 Third International M-Libraries Conference held in Brisbane in May 2011 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: mobile services and their development.

Contents:

Foreword / Stephen Abram

Introduction / Gill Needham

Education for all with mobile technology: the role of libraries / Mohamed Ally

Preparing for the mobile world: experimenting with changing technologies and applications for library services / Colin Bates and Rebecca Carruthers

Enhancing open distance learning library services with mobile technologies / Jenny Raubenheimer

Use of mobile phones in the delivery of consumer health information / Vahideh Zarea Gavgani

Deploying an e-reader loan service at an online university / Anna Zuñiga-Ruiz and Cristina López-Pérez

Mobile service providers and library services in a multi-campus library / Ela Volatabu Qica

Using mobile technology to deliver information in audio format: learning by listening / Margie Wallin, Kate Kelly and Annika McGinley

Sound selection: podcasts prove positive / Daniel McDonald and Roger Hawcroft

Staff preparedness to implement mobile technologies in libraries / Sarah-Jane Saravani and Gaby Haddow

Apps and attitudes: towards an understanding of the m-librarian's professional make-up / Kate Davis and Helen Partridge

There's a librarian in my pocket: mobile information literacy at UTS Library / Sophie McDonald

Exploring student engagement with mobile technologies / Julie Cartwright, Sally Cummings, Bernadette Royal, Michelle Turner and JoAnne Witt

It's just not the same: mobile information literacy / Andrew Walsh and Peter Godwin

The students have iPods: an opportunity to use iPods as a teaching tool in the library / Iris Ambrose

Mobile services of the National Library of China / Wei Dawei, Xie Qiang and Niu Xianyun

India's mobile technology infrastructure to support m-services for education and libraries / Seema Chandhok and Parveen Babbar

Use and user context of mobile computing: a rapid ethnographic study / Jim Hahn

Meeting the needs of library users on the mobile web / Hassan Sheikh and Keren Mills

Mobile dynamic display systems for library opening hours / Keiso Katsura

Device-independent and user-tailored delivery of mobile library service content / Damien Meere, Ivan Ganchev, Máirtín Ó Droma, Mícheál Ó hAodha and Stanimir Stojanov

Designing effective mobile web presence / Sam Moffatt

Conclusion / Mohamed Ally.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781856049184

1856049183

OCLC:

836864302