Mobile Technologies in Libraries

Announcing Library Anywhere! Check it out on our ALA handout (available here). * A mobile catalog for any library, up and running in minutes. * Mobile web and apps for iPhone, Blackberry and Android. * Cheaper than you'd guess. * Search, place holds, and more. * Showcase hours, branches, and events. * No installation process. * Works with 90% of current OPACs. * Comes with an "accessible version" that provides a fully Section 508-compliant version of your existing catalog.

- North American mobile web share up 110% in 2009 (Dec '09 vs. Dec '08) - Global mobile web consumption share up 148% in 2009 - Apple continues to dominate, though market share has declined as increased competition emerges

top tech trends from ALA midwinter--the pdf

"... panel of experts analyzed and discussed what they learned and what trends stood out at the conference ..."

This app will locate a public library near you, and let you use the access level they have to Gale databases. Thinking...if you are close, you could walk in, but we will give you online access. Amazing access to Houston Public Library Gale databases. I like this model of access using geolocating!

Brief analysis of 40 library mobile sites.

Mighty Meeting lets you carry your Power Point presentations on your Smartphone so you can present them anywhere. Covered by Techcrunch here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/15/mightymeeting-mobile-presentation/

Nice use of a libguide to promote library Kindle project.

Now uses WorldCat API to find books in local libraries

Textnovel is a social network for authors and readers of serial fiction and the first English language cell phone novel website, allowing members to write and read fiction with their cellphones or computers, using text messaging, email and online tools.

"Now you can snap a picture of a book's barcode, and within moments find out whether your local library has that book in stock, and whether it's currently checked out or sitting on the shelf."

MIT libraries

joe murphy on mobile tech in libraries

A recent study from Ruder Finn revealed that Americans are spending nearly three hours per day on their mobile phones. And what are they doing there? Educating themselves, conducting business, managing finances, instant messaging, emailing? All of the above, as it turns out, and then some. But perhaps the most interesting finding from the new data is the fact that more people are using the mobile web to socialize (91%) compared to the 79% of desktop users who do the same. It appears that the mobile phone is actually a better platform for social networking than the PC.

"A look at how the technology debuts at the recent Consumer Electronics Show will shape patron expectations"

New report from Pew.