M-libraries 2 : a virtual library in everyone's pocket
Title:
M-libraries 2 : a virtual library in everyone's pocket
Author:
International M-Libraries Conference (2nd : 2009 : Vancouver, B.C.)
ISBN:
9781856046961
Conference Author:
Publication Information:
London : Facet, 2010.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Contributors statement from p. [xi]-xxvii.
"Based on the proceedings of the Second International M-Libraries Conference held in Vancouver, this new collection of contributions from authorities in the field serves to demonstrate the ingenuity and creativity of developers and service providers in this area, ranging from innovative application of basic mobile phone technology to provide information services in remote parts of the globe lacking internet access, to the development of new tools and technologies which harness the full functionality of popular mobile phones"--Back cover.
Contents:
Where books are few : the role of mobile phones in the developing world / Mobile technology in Indian libraries / Mobile technologies and their possibilities for the library, University of the South Pacific (USP) / M-library in an m-university : changing models in the Open University of Catalonia / Piloting mobile services at University of Houston Libraries / Evolution of modern library services : the progression into the mobile domain / Bibliographic ontology and e-books / QR codes and their applications for libraries : a case study from the University of Bath Library / A tale of two institutions : collaborative approach to support and develop mobile library services and resources / Designing a mobile device automatic detector to support mobile library systems / The Athabasca University Library Digital Reading Room : an iPhone prototype implementation
Mobile access for workplace and language training / Service models for information therapy services delivered to mobiles / Health literacy and healthy action in the connected age / 'Ask us upstairs' : bringing roaming reference to the Paley stacks / The role of an agent supplying content on mobile devices / Portable science : podcasting as an outreach tool for a large academic science and engineering library / Mobilizing the development of information skills for students on the move and for the workplace : two case studies of mobile delivery in practice / The library's place in a mobile space / M-libraries in distance education : a proposed model for IGNOU / Bridging the mobile divide : using mobile devices to engage the X and Y generations / Information literacy gets mobile / Library and Student Support (L&SS) : flexible, blended and technology-enhanced learning
Enhancing library access through the use of mobile technology : case study of information services provided by six mobile companies in Bangladesh / M-libraries : information use on the move / UCLA and Yale Science Libraries data on cyberlearning and reference services via mobile devices / Say what? An SMS transcript analysis at New York University