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Mobile Technologies for LibrariesMobile Technologies for Libraries
Joan K. LippincottCoalition for Networked Information
CNI Fall 2008 Meeting
Joan K. LippincottCoalition for Networked Information
CNI Fall 2008 Meeting
Mobile Technologies, Mobile UsersMobile Technologies, Mobile Users
OverviewContent for mobile devicesTools and services for mobile usersImplications for physical environmentsPlanning processFeedback, examples, discussion
OverviewContent for mobile devicesTools and services for mobile usersImplications for physical environmentsPlanning processFeedback, examples, discussion
Mobile Devices are Well-established in Teaching & LearningMobile Devices are Well-established in Teaching & Learning
Ipods for language learninghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/2733714099/
Ipods for language learninghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/2733714099/
Mobile Devices and Itunes U.Mobile Devices and Itunes U.
I-tunes U. for lecture capture, etc.
I-tunes U. for lecture capture, etc.
Mobile Devices and Itunes U.Mobile Devices and Itunes U.
I-tunes U. for lecture capture, etc.
I-tunes U. for lecture capture, etc.
University of Tennessee - ClickersUniversity of Tennessee - Clickers
Clickers -student response systems for large STEM courses
Clickers -student response systems for large STEM courses
Mobile Devices for Everyday UseMobile Devices for Everyday Use
“Just a typical college campus” http://www.flickr.com/photos/partsnpieces/445581635/
“What’s in my bag?” http://www.flickr.com/photos/luchilu/378429678/
“Just a typical college campus” http://www.flickr.com/photos/partsnpieces/445581635/
“What’s in my bag?” http://www.flickr.com/photos/luchilu/378429678/
Small Devices Used for a Range of ActivitiesSmall Devices Used for a Range of Activities“Aaron Swartz - who at the age of 21, hasalready helped create RSS (that was in his early teens), published a couple of computer-science papers, and developed Infogami, a system enabling his digitally clueless elders to set up their own websites (is working on a new project)…I recently sent him a number of questions…Some of his answers were, it seems, typed intoa mobile phone.”Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Education, August 8. 2007 http://insidehighered.com/views/2007/08/08/mclemee
Students are ConnectedStudents are Connected
73.7% of respondents own a laptopRespondents spend an average of 18 hours/wk using an electronic device
73.7% of respondents own a laptopRespondents spend an average of 18 hours/wk using an electronic device
The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2008
Students are ConnectedStudents are Connected
More than half own 4 or 5 of the following:
Computer (desktop and/or laptop)Digital cameraMusic/video deviceGame deviceWireless hubPDASmart phone
More than half own 4 or 5 of the following:
Computer (desktop and/or laptop)Digital cameraMusic/video deviceGame deviceWireless hubPDASmart phone
The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2008
Students and MobilesStudents and Mobiles
70% of 11-year-olds in the UK own a mobile phoneOn average teenagers send or receive 9.6 text messages/dayThe Mobile Life Youth Report 2006 http://www.mobilelife2007.co.uk
70% of 11-year-olds in the UK own a mobile phoneOn average teenagers send or receive 9.6 text messages/dayThe Mobile Life Youth Report 2006 http://www.mobilelife2007.co.uk
Students use their devicesStudents use their devices
Harvard Medical School survey of students 2007
52% own a PDAApplication with most use: reference info with 26% of respondents; only 6% subscribe to podcasts
As reported in “Waiting on the Wave,” Campus Technology, March 2007 http://campustechnology.com/articles/452441
Harvard Medical School survey of students 2007
52% own a PDAApplication with most use: reference info with 26% of respondents; only 6% subscribe to podcasts
As reported in “Waiting on the Wave,” Campus Technology, March 2007 http://campustechnology.com/articles/452441
Effective Digital Learners Effective Digital Learners
Use mobile phones, laptops, and PDAs to support their learningUse software to create, manipulate, and present contentSeek peer support via informal networks of family and friends by using e-mail, texting, chat, and Skype, “an underworld of communication and information-sharing invisible to tutors”JISC. In Their Own Words, 2007
Use mobile phones, laptops, and PDAs to support their learningUse software to create, manipulate, and present contentSeek peer support via informal networks of family and friends by using e-mail, texting, chat, and Skype, “an underworld of communication and information-sharing invisible to tutors”JISC. In Their Own Words, 2007
They are attached to their devicesThey are attached to their devices“Many speak of their personal devices asindividualised learning environments which, ifpossible, go everywhere with them. As a result, they express a need to integrate personal technologieswith institutionally based systems - for example downloading podcasts onto a palmtop or uploading work from a storage device, such as a USB memory stick,to an institutionally based computer - to providea seamless flow of study…Not being able to do socauses them frustration.”JISC. In Their Own Words, 2007
What do you know about YOUR user population?What do you know about YOUR user population?
Use existing survey dataConsult with other institutional units about what data they collect and how you can partnerSupplement quantitative data with qualitative data
Focus groupsInterviewsObservation/field studies
Use existing survey dataConsult with other institutional units about what data they collect and how you can partnerSupplement quantitative data with qualitative data
Focus groupsInterviewsObservation/field studies
…And What about Libraries? …And What about Libraries?
ContentTools and ServicesEnvironments
ContentTools and ServicesEnvironments
Mobile Library UsersMobile Library Users
Distance education studentsBlended learning studentsLearners or faculty in the fieldLearners or faculty on distant campusesLearners using mobile devices in the classroomLearners using mobile devices for learning activities outside of the classroom
Distance education studentsBlended learning studentsLearners or faculty in the fieldLearners or faculty on distant campusesLearners using mobile devices in the classroomLearners using mobile devices for learning activities outside of the classroom
Mobile devicesMobile devices
Mobile phones/smart phonesPDAsClickers/Personal Response SystemsIPods, MP3 players, camerasLaptops/notebook computersThe next device…smart pens?
Mobile phones/smart phonesPDAsClickers/Personal Response SystemsIPods, MP3 players, camerasLaptops/notebook computersThe next device…smart pens?
Livescribe’s SmartpenLivescribe’s Smartpen
Smartpen and special paperTap on notes and hear audio recordingUpload your drawings and notes to PCwww.livescribe.com
Smartpen and special paperTap on notes and hear audio recordingUpload your drawings and notes to PCwww.livescribe.com
“Ironically, the big behavior changemay be to get this youngergeneration to pick up thisunfamiliar instrument called the pen.”Paul Saffo quoted in NYT May 30, 2007
Mobilizing ContentMobilizing Content
Reference sourcesMonographs - KindleLibrary or university instructional contentResearch-generated content (from the field)Exhibit content
Reference sourcesMonographs - KindleLibrary or university instructional contentResearch-generated content (from the field)Exhibit content
Reference Works Linked to Language Learning?Reference Works Linked to Language Learning?
Use Nokia cellphones for English lessons & test prepBuy phone with educational programs installed or download programswww.koolearn.com
Use Nokia cellphones for English lessons & test prepBuy phone with educational programs installed or download programswww.koolearn.com
What Reference Resources Could Assist the Northwestern U. Journalism School Students?
What Reference Resources Could Assist the Northwestern U. Journalism School Students?
“At a time when newspaper readership is steadily declining and many readers arebouncing from blogs to Internet video to gettheir news, the new approach will send studentreporters out into the field with video iPodsand digital camcorders, as well as spiralnotebooks.”Chronicle of Higher Education, July 20. 2007http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/07/2007072002n.htm
Monograph Lending - KindlesMonograph Lending - Kindles
I am the Access Services Librarian at the Universityof Nebraska – Omaha, and as such, responsible for Circulation services. In March we purchased five Kindles as an experiment for a faster means of delivering Interlibrary Loan requests. Instead of waiting days, a book request can be filled in a matter of minutes. In May we expanded this service to include popular fiction titles, something our patrons have asked for, but as a research library, a collection area with relatively few choices. This service has been even more popular than Interlibrary Loan and we ordered three more Kindles… — Joyce Neujahr Aug 26, 10:34 AM Wired Campus, CHE
Place-linked Content for Mobile DevicesPlace-linked Content for Mobile Devices
At the NEH’s Office of Digital Humanities, staff arepursuing interest in mobile technologies that can be usedin museums and historical places and that deliver“scans of primary documents, audio-visual materials,and scholarly analysis to enhance [one’s] understandingof the site.”http://www.neh.gov/ODH/ODHUpdate/tabid/108/EntryID/72/Default.aspx
IR Content for Mobile DevicesIR Content for Mobile Devices
Image files of plant species, diseasesLocal or campus history materialsLectures or performances given on campusOther examples…
Image files of plant species, diseasesLocal or campus history materialsLectures or performances given on campusOther examples…
Mobilizing Tools and ServicesMobilizing Tools and Services
CatalogsLibrary web pages
Content for mobile devices - hours, patron records, equipment availability, podcasts
RFID in the stacksItem informationRecommender information
New types of aids for instruction
CatalogsLibrary web pages
Content for mobile devices - hours, patron records, equipment availability, podcasts
RFID in the stacksItem informationRecommender information
New types of aids for instruction
NCSU CatalogWSNCSU CatalogWS
Library catalog as a “versatile discovery platform”Data source for MobiLIB - catalog interface optimized for mobile deviceshttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/catalogws/
Library catalog as a “versatile discovery platform”Data source for MobiLIB - catalog interface optimized for mobile deviceshttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/catalogws/
OCLC WorldCat on IPhoneOCLC WorldCat on IPhone
Look up itemsFind library near youCitation styles for items
Look up itemsFind library near youCitation styles for items
Mobilizing servicesMobilizing services
ReferenceChat, IM, phone
Training users on devicesInformation literacy
Tutorials on finding journal articles, evaluating Internet resources, etc. configured for Ipods, Smartphones, etc.
ReferenceChat, IM, phone
Training users on devicesInformation literacy
Tutorials on finding journal articles, evaluating Internet resources, etc. configured for Ipods, Smartphones, etc.
Mobilizing servicesMobilizing services
Targeting user groupsStudents at a distance or abroadField-based studentsStudents in professional programs, e.g. health sciences, education, social work, journalism
Targeting user groupsStudents at a distance or abroadField-based studentsStudents in professional programs, e.g. health sciences, education, social work, journalism
Mobilizing environmentsMobilizing environments
Equipment loan desksSpaces for re-chargingDemonstration/experimental spacesSpaces for collaboration and development of digital contentConnecting with othersTeaching spacesSpaces for content display
Equipment loan desksSpaces for re-chargingDemonstration/experimental spacesSpaces for collaboration and development of digital contentConnecting with othersTeaching spacesSpaces for content display
Re-charging Lockers at Montesquieu Learning CentreRe-charging Lockers at Montesquieu Learning Centre
Information DisplaysInformation Displays
Learning Grid, U. Warwick http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/146842841/Learning Grid, U. Warwick http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiscinfonet/146842841/
Even more issues…Even more issues…
AuthenticationPrivacyTheft and leakage of confidential or licensed informationStandard platformsMobile devices and cheating…
AuthenticationPrivacyTheft and leakage of confidential or licensed informationStandard platformsMobile devices and cheating…
Library PlanningLibrary Planning
Address:Licensing information products for mobile devicesHosting or pointing to institutional content for mobile devices
– Preserving new content types and formats
– Providing instruction on devices as well as access to content
– Providing space for new equipment
Address:Licensing information products for mobile devicesHosting or pointing to institutional content for mobile devices
– Preserving new content types and formats
– Providing instruction on devices as well as access to content
– Providing space for new equipment
Campus-wide PlanningCampus-wide Planning
• Mobile Learning Task Force, study group– Identify stakeholders and partners– Determine what you are trying to
accomplish– Survey the uptake of mobile devices by
sector– Target audiences for specific
content/services– Identify resources needed and potential
funding– Develop an assessment plan
• Mobile Learning Task Force, study group– Identify stakeholders and partners– Determine what you are trying to
accomplish– Survey the uptake of mobile devices by
sector– Target audiences for specific
content/services– Identify resources needed and potential
funding– Develop an assessment plan
“Whoever said ‘you can’t take it with you’is sooo twentieth century!”
Heard on National Public Radio, 8/23/07
Why Focus on Mobile Content and Services?Why Focus on Mobile Content and Services?
• Shift in how our clientele work and use information
• Library interests intertwined with other campus units making decisions on mobile content and technology
• Consider strategic value of orienting some content and services to mobile devices
• Shift in how our clientele work and use information
• Library interests intertwined with other campus units making decisions on mobile content and technology
• Consider strategic value of orienting some content and services to mobile devices
ConclusionConclusion
• Your examples…• Feedback• Discussion• Q&A
• Your examples…• Feedback• Discussion• Q&A
CreditsCredits
• Photos include web captures, photos from my collection and some supplied to me by:
– North Carolina State U.– U. Massachusetts Amherst– U. Delaware
• All photos used from Flickr have Creative Commons licenses
• With thanks!
• Photos include web captures, photos from my collection and some supplied to me by:
– North Carolina State U.– U. Massachusetts Amherst– U. Delaware
• All photos used from Flickr have Creative Commons licenses
• With thanks!
ResourcesResources
http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/
PDAs, Handhelds, and Mobile Technologies in LibrariesMegan Fox, Simmons College Library
On the Move with the Mobile Web. Ellyssa Kroski. Library Technology Reports, vol. 44, no. 5, ALA, 2006.
Contact: joan@cni.org
M-Libraries: Libraries on the Move to Provide Virtual Access.Edited by Gil Needham and Mohamed AllyLondon: Facet Publishing, 2008
M-Learning and Mobility - ELI webpageshttp://www.educause.edu/M%2DLearningandMobility/12397