Mobile apptitudes: the public librarian's m-libraries toolkit
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The document discusses the concept of m-libraries, which are libraries that provide services tailored for mobile devices, reflecting the evolving technology landscape and user needs. It emphasizes the importance of adaptability, collaboration, and innovation among librarians to enhance information accessibility and relevance in a mobile environment. The toolkit provided highlights essential skills and traits for librarians as they engage with diverse technologies and audiences.
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Mobile apptitudes: the public librarian's m-libraries toolkit
- 1. mobile apptitudes the public librarian's m-library toolkit professor helen partridge @partridh kate davis @katiedatwork information studies group | information systems discipline faculty of science and technology | qut
- 2. but first! a whirlwind introduction to m-libraries
- 3. why should you care? because they do
- 5. evolution of the mobile consumer: australia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCiP5YoIzFw
- 6. changing the way libraries conceive of themselves our clients are using mobile technologies so if we want to be able to support our clients... then we need to understand the mobile technologies they are using and be able to support the ways they are using them it is helping, forcing, making opportunities for us to review and rethink the way we provide our services, it's really about opening up the opportunity for libraries being more than a physical building and more than something that happens at home on your PC, but could happen anywhere, anytime
- 7. what is an m-library? a library that offers products, programs and services specifically designed to be delivered and used on mobile devices
- 8. what is a mobile device? a pocket sized (?) computing device allows access to information from anywhere usually data is input via a touchscreen
- 9. 2d or not 2d?
- 10. mobile web or app?
- 11. content is king
- 12. social
- 13. mobile apptitudes your toolkit IT skills Personal traits User focus Communication Collaboration Research
- 14. mobile apptitudes "it's more about library skills... [about using the technology to] make information accessible and to make the invisible visible" IT skills Personal traits User focus Communication Collaboration Research
- 15. mobile apptitudes "we need people who are happy to experiment and explore new ways of doing things... if we get too wedded to the old ways we become irrelevant" Personal traits IT skills User focus Communication Collaboration Research
- 16. mobile apptitudes "we've moved into that space of teaching them things that they want to use because they are fairly intuitive but they aren't exposed to for whatever reason, information literacy classes are not just about unfriendly User focus databases " IT skills Personal traits Communication Collaboration Research
- 17. mobile apptitudes diversity of media advocacy and lobbying negotiation Communication influencing IT skills Personal traits User focus Collaboration Research
- 18. mobile apptitudes "we can't do everything and we have to call on our community and our network of people to use everyone's skills " Collaboration IT skills Personal traits User focus Communication Research
- 19. mobile apptitudes "there's been a lot of jumping on bandwagons with new technology and really you need to critically evaluate what's going on to help you and whether you are justified in Research spending the dollars " IT skills Personal traits User focus Communication Collaboration
- 20. what we heard again and again imagination content creation creativity willingness fail forward experiment research play with the tools attitude know the possibilities
- 21. but is this anything new? what's already in your librarian toolkit? IT skills Personal traits User focus Communication Collaboration Research
- 22. questions? presentation, image credits professor helen partridge @partridh kate davis @katiedatwork information studies group | @qutisg | information systems discipline faculty of science and technology | qut