Category: m-libraries
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Do you love books or do you love reading?
Ann Kirschner has a thought-provoking piece in the Chronicle describing how she read a 1,000 page novel across four different formats; paperback, audiobook, iPhone and Kindle. You might be surprised at what she decided was the best format, at least for her. As an aside, I'm now reading my fourth book in the Stanza iPhone…
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Metrics on mobile web usage
The Making mobile web sites with Drupal blog points to a report showing some surprising statistics on mobile usage. The report comes from a company (AdMob) that serves ads on mobile websites, and shows, among other things, that "The iPhone OS had 8% market share of handset sales in 2008, but generated 43% share of…
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More on Libraries and eBooks
Following up on my earlier post about licensing issues around ebooks and libraries, Sue at No Shelf Required discusses the same Teleread post: Is it possible to donate an eBook to the library? In the comments, Dan D'Agostino mentions he's got a new blog on his (collection development librarian) perspective of eBook reader technology at…
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In which the public learns about licensing
Teleread has an interesting post entitled How to give away an ebook after you’ve read it in which the author suggests people purchase ebooks for their local library rather for themselves, thus allowing multiple people to read the book (once the original purchaser has had a chance to read it). Sounds like a great idea,…
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CIL – The Mobile-ized Library
The May issue of Computers in Libraries, vol 29(5), is a special issue on The Mobil-ized Library. Looks like of the big aggregators only Gale has the full text just yet, but here’s the TOC to whet your appetite.
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mobilelibraries discussion group
Lori Bell and Tom Peters have started a discussion group on Google Groups called mobilelibraries. “This group is for discussion, ideas, and implementation related to mobile applications for libraries.”
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SirsiDynix working on mobile phone apps
Pretty light on the details, but this press release says, "Talin Bingham, chief technology officer at SirsiDynix, introduced Google Android and iPhone apps that focus on public and staff needs, highlighting end user discovery, library business intelligence, and provision of basic circulation functions." No expected dates.
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Introducing RefMobile
From the Press Release (PDF): Introducing RefMobile RefMobile is a version of RefWorks for mobile and smart phones, as well as PDAs, that allows you to access and view your references, manage folders and even add information to the Notes field of your references. In addition to being able to access and manage your references,…
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New Mobile Libraries blog
Gerry McKiernan has started another blog, this one called Mobile Libraries. "Mobile Libraries Is Devoted To Documenting Any and All Topics Relating To Services Provided By Libraries To Patrons Within Mobile Environments. Library Mobile Services Are Defined As Any And All Library Services That Are Provided Via Mobile Technologies." Subscribed.