Mobile Technologies In Libraries: A Perpetual Bibliography

Mobile Technologies in Libraries:

How The Academic Library Is Using PDAs, Handhelds And

Other Mobile Technologies

Libraries on the Go: Mobile Access to Information

Megan K Fox / Associate Director for Technology & Special Projects

Simmons College Library

fox@simmons.edu

Presentations and Reports

• Mobile Practices & Search: What’s Hot! Computers in Libraries, Crystal City Virginia, April 1, 2009. full slides (pdf)


• Mobile Search Computers in Libraries, Crystal City Virginia, April 1, 2009. full slides (pdf)


• Impact of Mobile Devices in Libraries, Metropolitan Library System, Chicago Illinois, June 19 2008, slides (pdf)


• Information on the Go, American Academy of the History of Dentistry, at Simmons College, Boston MA May 2, 2008 slides (pdf)


• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Connecticut Library Association, Groton CT, April 28, 2008 full slides (pdf)


• Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Northern New York Library Network, Potsdam NY, April 22, 2008 full slides (pdf) and six to a page (pdf)


• Mobile Trends: Hi Tech & High Touch, Computers in Libraries, Crystal City Virginia, April 7, 2008. full slides (pdf) and six to a page (pdf)


• [more]

The Mobile Market

• Mobile Marketing Association http://mmaglobal.com


• Nielsen Mobile (Telephia) http://www.telephia.com


• AdMob http://www.admob.com/metrics

The Devices

• Gizmodo The Gadgets Weblog http://www.gizmodo.com


• Engadget Mobile http://www.engadgetmobile.com

The Mobile Optimized Web / The Transcoded Web

• Mobile Library Pages - http://www.flickr.com/photos/users_lib/sets/72157606324688497/
  American - http://www.library.american.edu/mobile/
  Ball State Libraries Mobile site http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/mobile
  BU Medica Center - http://med-libwww.bu.edu/mobile/index.cfm
  Cal State Polytech, Pamona - http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/mobile/
  Harvard - http://hcl.harvard.edu/mobile/
  Maine - http://www.maine.gov/msl/mobile/
  Montana State - http://www.lib.montana.edu/?view=mobile
  Nashville Public - http://waldo.library.nashville.org/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp
  New York Public - http://m.nypl.org/
  New York U - http://library.nyu.edu:8000/mobile/
  North Carolina State - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/
  Regina Public - http://www.reginalibrary.ca/m/
  St Ben/St Johns - http://www.csbsju.edu/library/mobile/
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - http://hades.grainger.uiuc.edu/nikki/Mobile/Version1/index.htm
  U Richmond - http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/library/mobile/
  U Virginia - http://mobile.virginia.edu/library.php
  Yale Medical - http://www.med.yale.edu/library/m/
• Library Web Pages that are .mobi
  Salem-South Lyon District Library
  Spokane Public Library
  Freemont Public Library - http://fpld.websiteforever.mobi/
  
• Mobile Library Catalogs - http://www.flickr.com/photos/users_lib/sets/72157606400611761/
  NCSU - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/
  Nashville Public - http://waldo.library.nashville.org/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp
  Ball State - http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/MOPAC
  U Richmond - http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/libary/mobile/libmobilecat.htm&_gwt_noimg=1 UVA - https://transcoder.usablenet.com/tt/virgo.lib.virginia.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/UVA-LIB/0/60/1180/X
  III's Airpac http://72.14.205.104/custom?q=cache:XWkOOKnGMgkJ:www.iii.com/pdf/it_2004_03.pdf+wireless+workstation&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=google-csbe
  LibraryThing Mobile http://www.librarything.com/m
  SirsiDynix’s PocketCirc http://www.sirsidynix.com/Resources/Pdfs/Solutions/Products/PocketCirc.pdf ; Innovative’ Wireless Workstation
• [more]

Mobile Search

• Google http://www.google.com/m
  Yahoo http://m.yahoo.com
  Live (formerly MSN) http://m.live.com
  AOL http://mymobile.aol.com
  4INFO http://www.4info.net and Medio http://www.mediosystems.com
  Find.mobi – metasearch and directory of just MOBILE info http://find.mobi/
  UpSnap mobile metasearch http://www.upsnap.com
  Obovo http://www.obovo.com
  MCN http://www.MobileSearch.net
  Visual Search/Photo2Search: thrum, DSPV, Mobot http://www.mobot.com


• Spoken Search:
  Promptu Spoken Search http://www.promptu.com/index.php?lang=en
  Nuance http://www.nuance.com/
• [more]

Mobile Audio and Multimedia

• South Huntington Public Library, The Thomas Ford Memorial Public Library, Duke Divinity School Library, The Crouch Fine Arts Library at Baylor University
• How do I use Audiobooks from Net Library with Pocket Tunes: http://www.normsoft.com/kb/article.php?id=132
• How do I use Overdrive with Pocket Tunes: http://www.normsoft.com/kb/idx/0/133/article
• Play-Away Book http://www.playawaydigital.com
• eNYPL http://ebooks.nypl.org
• Overdrive
• MediaMall http://mediamall.wireless.att.com/sf/storefront/endUserHTMLHome.jsp?pc=U&dc=
• LibriVox http://librivox.org/
• Audible Air; Audible Education http://www.audible.com
• [more]

SMS/Texting

• Google SMS http://www.google.com/sms
• Libraries IM’ing http://www.libsuccess.org
• HarperCollins Mobile Reader
• SMS for catalog citations: http://lib.simmons.edu
• Teleflip (https://www1.teleflip.com/)
• GizmoSMS (http://gizmosms.com/)
• Joopz (http://www.joopz.com/
• Altarama SMS Reference http://www.altarama.com.au/refxsms.htm (in use by Sims Memorial Library Southeastern Louisiana University, and Curtin University of Technology’s Library, Bentley Australia)
• Wake Forest MobileU http://mobileu.wfu.edu/
• [more]

What’s Next?

• Blyk giving teens free texts and calls in return for ads on their cells http://about.blyk.com/
• Google Checkout; gpay
• Eink http://www.eink.com/
• Radius http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQMBzXaCmqY&eurl=
  Myvu projection glasses weigh about the same as sunglasses. Looks like a 35-80 inch display. Hooked into a video ipod http://www.myvu.com/
• My Origo; HTC’s VueFLO; Simputer (Amida)
• ZenZui http://www.zenzui.com/
• LeapFrog’s FLY Fusion http://www.leapfrog.com/en/families/fly_fusion/ff_Pentop.html

Staying Updated

• GottaBeMobile http://www.gottabemobile.com
• Handheld Librarian News about handheld library applications: http://www.handheldlib.blogspot.com
• MobileRead (blog) http://www.mobileread.com
• Textually http://www.textually.org

Less Active, but Library/Academic Specific

• The Handheld Librarian News about handheld library applications http://www.handheldlib.blogspot.com/ pdalibraries group at Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pdalibraries \
• Handheld and Mobile Computing Constituent Group, EDUCAUSE: http://www.educause.edu/Community/ConstituentandDiscussionGroups/7098
• Handheld Learning http://www.handheldlearning.co.uk
• Users of Electronic Books on PDA devices http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pda-ebook/

ARCHIVAL CONTENT: PDA PROJECTS

Projects by Application/Activity

Putting It All Together: The Best Examples

Primary Utilizations:

• Resource Pages for Purchase or General Utilization of PDAs
• PDA-Friendly Web Pages for Library Information
• Books and Reference Materials (Free and Licensed)
• Electronic Journals and Traditional Databases
• Integrated Library Systems Software for PDAs
• Training and User Groups
• Hardware: Lending Devices and Peripherals
• Providing Connectivity Stations: Syncing and Printing
• Behind the Scenes: Statistical Collection and Inventory
• Staying Updated

Alphabetical Listing of Projects by Institution/Library

Institution/Library / Content Services

• Allina / http://www.allina.com/ahs/libmedia.nsf/ / Lots of library provided proprietary content
• Ball Memorial Hospital (Muncie, IN), Library and Information Services / http://www.ballhospital.org/library/PalmPage.html / Palm Page ; Ball State University Libraries Mobile Web Site / http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/mobile/ /
  Project Web Site: http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/viewpage.aspx?SRC=./lits/mobileproject/index.html /
  Mobile Computing Project to make our resources and services accessible to uses of wireless handheld devices. The project lasted for one year and was mostly successful. Students can now access not only our static content but also our catalog (CardCat Mobile) and serial collections (Mobile Journals) from their PDAs.
• Bartlett Public Library, Bartlett, Illinois / http://leep.lis.uiuc.edu/seworkspace/lundqust/315/PDA.html
  Data Collection in Public Libraries Using Handhelds. Report Prepared April 2002. Linda D. Lundquist
• Cerritos Public Library / http://www.ci.cerritos.ca.us/library/experience_library.html
  "Staff technology includes wireless headsets and handheld computers for librarians, and a circulation system that uses radio frequency to track books."
• Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science / http://www.cdrewu.edu/com2002/curriculum/pda/default.asp / Tips on using the PDA
• Clara MaassMedical Center Library / http://sbhcs.com/hospitals/clara_maass/libraries/medical.html / Resources
• [more]

Mobile Devices (Palm OS, Pocket PC, Windows CE Handheld) Project Investigative Phase - Executive Summary:

http://www.its.uiowa.edu/cs/sp/pda/executiveSummaryReportFall2001.html

Personal Digital Assistants: Why PDAs? Why Health Sciences? What's Next?: Wallace McLendon, Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Medical Library Association October 18, 2001

http://www.cbil.vcu.edu/mac/events/2001/mclendon.ppt

Source

[http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/]