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Libraries and Mobile Technologies

Early 21st Century Uses

Robin LindquistKaren PattersonILS 539 Multimedia Interface Design

Dr. Yan Q. LiuFall 2007

What is “Mobile Technology”?• Mobile – remote, portable, on-the-

go. (Techweb’s

TechEncyclopedia)

Lindquist/PattersonILS 539 Fall 2007

Mobile Technology Terms

• The term “mobile” used by itself is wireless parlance for the client device, such as a cell phone, PDA, laptop, etc.


(Techweb’s TechEncyclopedia)



• Mobile Platform – typically refers to PDA platforms such as Palm and Pocket PC or to Java-based software environments designed for handhelds. May also refer to cell phones or PC or Mac laptops.

(Techweb’s TechEncyclopedia)



• Mobile Operating System – System software on which all application software (programs) are run. Some competitors include Symbian OS, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, Mobile Linux, MXI. Features, functions, and connectivity for each mobile device are tied to the particular mobile OS

(Webopedia, “Intro to Mobile Devices”)

Symbian OS

Java mobile



• WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) - A radio frequency standard that is used to connect devices, such as computers, together using a wireless connection. Instead of computers being connected with network cables, signals are sent over radio frequencies using wireless network cards and hubs.

(Wired Media - Web Design & Internet Jargon

Buster)



• Wi-Fi Hotspot – a venue that offers Wi-Fi access. The public can use a laptop computer, Wi-Fi phone, or other suitable portable device to access the Internet. Of an estimated 150 million laptops, 14 million PDAs, and other emerging Wi-Fi devices sold per year for the last few years, most include the Wi-Fi feature.

(Wikipedia - Hotspot (Wi-Fi))

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Seattle_-_Columbia_City_WiFi.jpg

Why Mobile?

• According to reports in RCR Wireless, sales of Smart Phones are greater than sales of laptops right now and analysts expect that trend to continue for the next five years. (Carson, 2007)


Why Mobile?• The 5 most popular mobile web apps:

– Gmail Java app for mobile phone.– Google maps for mobile.– Opera Mini (web browser).– Fring (free mobile VoIP software, that lets you

connect to all your IM services and talk for free when connected to 3G or Wi-Fi)

– Shozu (enables you to send videos and photos from your phone to the Web - e.g. your Flickr account, YouTube, Facebook)

(Read-Write Web. 2007. “5 Essential Mobile Web Apps”)


Mobile for Libraries Because ...

Mobile applications are multiplying and use is becoming more widespread. For libraries, finding a way to leverage this technology is essential for remaining relevant to users that are increasingly young, impatient, and well-versed in cutting-edge technology.


Commonly Used Mobile Technologies

• Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)– Palm Pilot– IPaq– Sony Clie



• Tablet PCs



• Smart Phones– Blackberry– Palm Treo– Apple iPhone


What mobile services are libraries offering right now?

• Access to Library and OPAC using interfaces configured for mobile devices:

focus is on the essentials (simple graphics and text).

Examples:– Ball State University– Pace University– Hanover College– American University

Ball State OPAC Mobile Access


Pace OPAC Mobile Access


Hanover College Library Mobile Web


American University Library

Mobile Web



More mobile services offered in libraries

• Exporting of OPAC citations to mobile devices using SMS (communication is

initiated from within the OPAC).

Examples:– Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore joint OPAC (Tripod)– Ryerson University– Simmons College– Bowdoin College

Tripod Joint OPAC


Text-message call numbers to your cell phone from Tripod, the joint OPAC.

Forgot your pen?

Out of writing room on your hand?

Just like buttons?

Tripod Joint OPAC


Text-message call numbers to your cell phone from Tripod, the joint OPAC.

Ryerson University


Found something interesting in the catalogue but don't have a pen?

Simmons College


an alternative to writing down titles, call numbers, or book locations from the library catalog

Bowdoin College


It really works!

Bowdoin College


WOW!!


More mobile services offered in libraries

• Circulation Functions renewing books and placing holds, initiated by

the patron from a mobile device. Examples:

– Cuyahoga County Public Library System– Lund Libraries (Sweden)– Denton Public Library

Cuyahoga County Public Library


Lund University Libraries(Sweden)


Renew/review your loans

Denton Public Library


“R U ready 4 txt msgs frm Denton Public Library?”

Coming in December 2007 !


More Mobile services offered in libraries

• Reference Services via SMS (Short Message Service) text messaging Examples:

• Southeastern Louisiana University• Yale University Science Libraries

• Skype a Librarian Example:

• Ohio Universities

Southeastern LouisianaUniversity


Yale University


Ohio University Libraries


WiFi phone with onboard Skype


Practical considerations forlibraries

• How can you make your library accessible by Mobile Devices?– Determine what services you want your

patrons to be able to access using mobile technology. Possibilities include:

• Catalog access/export functions• Circulation Functions such as renewals, holds• Reference via SMS, email, Skype• Sign Ups for meeting rooms, library programs• Library News and Program announcements

References• Carson, Phil. Smartphone sales outpace laptops: Business

use spurs ARPU, if companies cover cost. RCR Wireless, November 13, 2007. Retrieved on November 26 from http://mobile.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071113/FREE/71113002/-1/mobile&template=mob

• Mashable. Open Web Awards. http://mashable.com/2007/11/30/open-web-awards-mobile-applications

• Read-Write Web. Nov. 15, 2007. 5 Essential Mobile Web Apps. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/5_essential_mobile_web_apps.php

• Techweb. TechEncyclopedia. Mobile. http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=mobile

• Techweb. TechEncyclopedia. Mobile Platform.. http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=mobileplatform

• Webopedia. Intro to Mobile Devices. http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/mobile_OS.asp

• Wikipedia. Hotspot (Wi-Fi). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotspot_(Wi-Fi)

• Wired Media. Web Design & Internet Jargon Buster. http://www.wiredmedia.co.uk/docs/140.html


Image Sources• Bowdoin College Library OPAC. http://phebe.bowdoin.edu/• Cell Phone Pen. http://nexus404.com/Blog/2007/11/08/cell-phone-in-a-pen-

concept-the-cell-phone-that-writes-but-cannot-text/• Cuyahoga County Public Library. Text messaging

notification for library patrons. http://cuyahogalibrary.org/StdBackPage.aspx?id=11023#TEXT

• Computerworld. Welcome to Computerworld Portable. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://demo.idg.com.au/images/cw_palm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php%3Faid%3D5&h=274&w=180&sz=10&hl=en&start=2&sig2=6ctAN6AsSsF5RVzuKcHI-A&um=1&tbnid=h8jTB6OFVnugMM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=74&eid=fJNVR9zBIpOQedvK-b8O&prev=

• Denton Public Library. Text-messaging system. http://www.cityofdenton.com/pages/library.cfm


More Image Sources• Flash Bang USB. http://nexus404.com/Blog/2006/10/31/flashbang-usb/• Lund University Libraries. Renew/review your loans.

http://www.lub.lu.se/en/borrow/renewreview-your-loans/text-message-service-sms.html

• Man running with cell phone. http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/10/21/22252110.jpg

• Mogul Pocket pc. http://www.mobiletopsoft.com/board/2116/sprint-htc-mogul-pocket-pc-phone-pics-and-specifications.html

• Ohio University Libraries Skype a Librarian http://www.library.ohiou.edu/ask/skype.html• Palm Treo 750.

http://www.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/palm-treo-750-wm6.jpg

• Person Using Tablet PC. http://www.roodyn.com/images/books/TabletCover.JPG


More Image Sources• Ryerson University Library OPAC. http://

innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/• Simmons Library OPAC. http://library.simmons.edu

/search/X?SEARCH=catalog+citations&SORT=R&extended=0• Southeastern Louisiana University. http://www.selu.edu/library/askref/text/index.html• Tripod OPAC. http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/• wifi_phone_with_onboard_skype. http://

images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://regmedia.co.uk/2006/07/20/edgecore_wifi_skype_phone_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/20/wifi_skype_phones_debut_july/&h=419&w=400&sz=97&hl=en&start=6&sig2=d28ETr2Nq-7NIW7boM8EtA&tbnid=HIaieyyzoQQySM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=119&eid=ArxQR7vVGZ-MecLK-b4O&prev=

• WIFI Zone. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41408000/gif/_41408898_wi_fi_inf416.gif

• Yale University Science Libraries.http://www.library.yale.edu/science/services/reference.html


• Ryerson University Library OPAC.http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/

• Simmons Library OPAC. http://library.simmons.edu/search/X?SEARCH=catalog+citations&SORT=R&extended=0

• Southeastern Louisiana University. http://www.selu.edu/library/askref/text/index.html• Tripod OPAC. http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/• wifi_phone_with_onboard_skype.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://regmedia.co.uk/2006/07/20/edgecore_wifi_skype_phone_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/20/wifi_skype_phones_debut_july/&h=419&w=400&sz=97&hl=en&start=6&sig2=d28ETr2Nq-7NIW7boM8EtA&tbnid=HIaieyyzoQQySM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=119&eid=ArxQR7vVGZ-MecLK-b4O&prev=

• WIFI Zone. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41408000/gif/_41408898_wi_fi_inf416.gif

• Yale University Science Libraries.http://www.library.yale.edu/science/services/reference.html

http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/



http://library.simmons.edu/search/X?SEARCH=catalog+citations&SORT=R&extended=0







http://www.selu.edu/library/askref/text/index.html

http://www.selu.edu/library/askref/text/index.html

http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/



http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://regmedia.co.uk/2006/07/20/edgecore_wifi_skype_phone_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/20/wifi_skype_phones_debut_july/&h=419&w=400&sz=97&hl=en&start=6&sig2=d28ETr2Nq-7NIW7boM8EtA&tbnid=HIaieyyzoQQySM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=119&eid=ArxQR7vVGZ-MecLK-b4O&prev









http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41408000/gif/_41408898_wi_fi_inf416.gif

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41408000/gif/_41408898_wi_fi_inf416.gif

http://www.library.yale.edu/science/services/reference.html

http://www.library.yale.edu/science/services/reference.html

Further Reading• Fierce Mobile Content. Top Mobile Applications 2006.

http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/top-mobile-applications-2006

• Messaging in a 2.0 World: Twitter and SMS. Library Technology Reports, Sept/Oct 2007.

• PortableApps.com. PortableApps.com: your digital life, anywhere. http://portableapps.com/

• Portable Skype. http://portableapps.com/node/246• Balas, Janet L. (2006). What's in Their Pockets? Mobile

Electronics. Computers in Libraries. 26(4) 32-34.


Cell phone in a pen

Production Information

This production was created for educational purposes to fulfill the Final Project requirement for ILS539 Multimedia

Interface Design.

Dr. Yan Q. Liu, ProfessorSouthern Connecticut State University

Copyright 2007 byRobin Lindquist

andKaren Patterson


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