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M-libraries

libraries on the move to provide virtual access

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An edition of M-libraries (2008)

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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.

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Table of Contents

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

Edition 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.

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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
025.04
Library of Congress
ZA4060 .M55 2008, ZA4060

The Physical Object

Pagination
lvii, 287 pages
Number of pages
287

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28363828M
Internet Archive
mlibrarieslibrar0000inte
ISBN 10
1856046486
ISBN 13
9781856046480
OCLC/WorldCat
216659547

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