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Table of Contents:
Foreword - Stephen Abram Introduction - Gill Needham 1. Education for all with mobile technology: the role of libraries - Mohamed Ally PART 1: DEVELOPING MOBILE SERVICES 2. Preparing for the mobile world: experimenting with changing technologies and applications for library services - Colin Bates and Rebecca Carruthers 3. Enhancing open distance learning library services with mobile technologies - Jenny Raubenheimer 4. Use of mobile phones in the delivery of consumer health information - Vahideh Zarea Gavgani 5. Deploying an e-reader loan service at an online university - Anna Zuniga-Ruiz and Cristina Lopez-Perez 6. Mobile service providers and library services in a multi-campus library - Ela Volatabu Qica 7. Using mobile technology to deliver information in audio format: learning by listening - Margie Wallin, Kate Kelly and Annika McGinley 8. Sound selection: podcasts prove positive - Daniel McDonald and Roger Hawcroft PART 2: PEOPLE AND SKILLS 9. Staff preparedness to implement mobile technologies in libraries - Sarah-Jane Saravani and Gaby Haddow 10. Apps and attitudes: towards an understanding of the m-librarian's professional make-up - Kate Davis and Helen Partridge 11. There's a librarian in my pocket: mobile information literacy at UTS Library - Sophie McDonald 12. Exploring student engagement with mobile technologies - Julie Cartwright, Sally Cummings, Bernadette Royal, Michelle Turner and JoAnne Witt 13. It's just not the same: mobile information literacy - Andrew Walsh and Peter Godwin 14. The students have iPods: an opportunity to use iPods as a teaching tool in the library - Iris Ambrose PART 3: FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY 15. Mobile services of the National Library of China - Wei Dawei, Xie Qiang and Niu Xianyun 16. India's mobile technology infrastructure to support m-services for education and libraries - Seema Chandhok and Parveen Babbar 17. Use and user context of mobile computing: a rapid ethnographic study - Jim Hahn 18. Meeting the needs of library users on the mobile web - Hassan Sheikh and Keren Mills 19. Mobile dynamic display systems for library opening hours - Keiso Katsura 20. Device-independent and user-tailored delivery of mobile library service content - Damien Meere, Ivan Ganchev, Mairtin O Droma, Micheal O hAodha and Stanimir Stojanov 21. Designing effective mobile web presence - Sam Moffatt Conclusion - Mohamed Ally.

About the Author :
Professor Mohamed Ally BSc Ma PhD is Director of the Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca University, Canada. Gill Needham BA (Hons) DipLib CertMan MSc (Econ) is Associate Director, Information Management and Innovation at the Open University Library and Learning Resources Centre, UK.

Review :
"...a seminal contribution...an essential, core contribution to Library Science reference collections. - Midwest Book Review "...a topical guide for information professionals in all sectors. These include policy makers, researchers, developers, publishers and suppliers. Students of library and information science and newcomers to the profession will also find it an invaluable resource. The book reads easily; bibliographies appearing at the end of each chapter can prompt further reading, and a useful index concludes the book." - Online Information Review


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  • ISBN-13: 9781856049184
  • Publisher: Facet Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Facet Publishing
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 3 M-Libraries
  • ISBN-10: 1856049183
  • Publisher Date: 23 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Sub Title: Transforming Libraries with Mobile Technology


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