M-libraries
Subtitle: libraries on the move to provide virtual access
By: edited by Gill Needham and Mohamed Ally
Contributors: Ally, Mohamed; Needham, Gill
Publisher: Facet
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781856046480
Subjects: Online-Recherche; Elektroniska informationsresurser; Internetsökning; Congresses; Mobile communication systems in education; Bibliothek; Mobiles Internet; Electronic information resource searching; E-Learning; Konferenser
Description: This title explores the technological and sociological context for m-libraries, describes a range of global initiatives with lessons learned, and discusses the potential for future development.
Notes: "[Selected papers from] ... the first international conference on m-libraries ... held recently at the Open University in the United Kingdom (OUUK)"--Page liii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword. Always on: libraries in a world of permanent connectivity / Lorcan Dempsey; title: Introduction / Mohamed Ally; title: Libraries in a networked society / John Naughton; title: Libraries and Net Gen learners: current and future challenges in the mobile society / Joan K. Lippincott; title: Encyclopedic knowledge in the mobile age / Agnes Kukulska-Hulme; title: Nomadicity and information access: the mobile digital library for people on the move / Mohamed Ally; title: Use of mobile technology for mobile learning and mobile libraries in a mobile society / John M. Traxler; title: Exploiting mobile communications for library service development: technical possibilities and cultural implications / William Foster and Cain Evans; title: Harnessing OERs, mobiles and other technologies for teacher education in Africa: the TESSA and DEEP projects / Freda Wolfenden; title: Libraries and mobile phones in Southern Africa: possible applications at the University of South Africa Library / Buhle Mbambo-Thata; title: Mobile information access for community-based health workers In developing countries / Adesina Iluyemi; title: An effective mobile-friendly digital library to support mobile learners / Yang Cao, Mohamed Ally, Tony Tin, Steve Schafer and Maureen Hutchison; title: Accessing library resources while on placement: can mobile devices help students? / Lynne Callaghan, Susan J. Lea, Ruth Charlton and Emma Whittlesea; title: Public libraries, mobile learning and the creative citizen / Geoff Butters, Margaret Markland and Robert Davies; title: Mobile support for distance learners: an investigation / Jane Lunsford; title: M-learning and m-teaching architectures and the integration of evolving multi-campus educational support e-services / Ivan Ganchev, Mairtin O'Droma, Damien Meere, Micheal O. hAodha and Stanimir Stojanov; title: Designing and developing e-learning content for mobile platforms: a collaboration between Athabasca University and the Open University / Tony Tin, Hassan Sheikh and Colin Elliott; title: Open Library in your pocket; title: services to meet the needs of on- and off-campus users / Hassan Sheikh, Susan Eales and Mariano Rico; title: On metadata for the operationalization of m-libraries / Jim Hahn; title: Designing mobile digital libraries in a clinical domain / Anne Adams; title: Use of a mobile digital library for mobile learning / Mohamed Ally, Rory McGreal, Steve Schafer, Tony Tin and Billy Cheung; title: Digilab: a case study in encouraging mobile learning through library innovation / Keren Mills, Non Scantlebury and Rhodri Thomas; title: From shelf to PDA: how to transform mobile devices into a library information tool / Angels Carles, Ana Castellano and Fernando Guerrero; title: Working towards the ubiquitous library: an exploratory case study of cell phone informatics for new student library orientation / Jim Hahn; title: A basic plan for mobile service connectivity for the library system of the Open University of Sri Lanka / Wathmanel Seneviratne; title: Information literacy: sharing ideas for delivery on the move / Peter Godwin, Anne Hewling and Jo Parker; title: Conclusion: thoughts on the future of m-libraries / Gill Needham.