Presentation from Offline 2010

1. Mobile Computing and
Libraries: Are you ready?
Suzanne Reymer
Montana State Library
Offline 2010

2. How many of you have…?
 Cell phone?
 Smart phone?
 App phone?
Types of Cell Phones in Use in MT
6
App Phones
14
Smart Phones
3 None
Basic Cell
56

3. Wireless Services
 Analog (1 G)
 Digital (2 G)
 CDMA (Verizon,
Sprint, local coops)
 GSM (AT&T Global,
Cellular One)
 Wireband (3 G)
 EVDO
 EDGE
 Broadband (4 G) ?
 LTE, WiMax…

4. GSM Coverage

10. Informal Survey of MT
Wireless Provider Usage
Wireless Providers in Montana
8
Verizon
21 Other CDMA
46
GSM

11. And WiFi

12. iPod Touch
 If we have to rely on
wifi anyway, why pay
monthly service
charges?
 If it had a camera, this
might be the perfect
solution.

13. Perhaps with MiFi?

14. Whither Montana?
Coming in 2012?

16. Not as Techie?
Palm Pixi Droid Eris

17. And of course, Blackberry

18. Smartphone Market Shares

19. How do we search in the era of
smartphones?

20. Mobile Information Access
 How mobile friendly is
your library’s
website?
 Search for Parmly
Billings Library’s
hours
 Start with Google
search – can be done
with voice

21. Accessibility via Touch Screen?

22. How about a Search?

23. For the Public

24. Ask a Librarian

25. Still Trying to Ask…

26. Still Trying…

27. I’m going back to Google

28. Library Web Pages from
Templates

29. iPhone Apps - DCPL

30. iPhone Apps - WorldCat

31. WorldCat app
Finding Your Book

32. WorldCat app
Finding Your Library

33. NCSU iPhone App

34. Mobile Web Pages

35. Access My Library

36. Access My Library Collections

37. Access My Library Search

38. Sirsi Dynix BookMyne

39. BookMyne Search

40. Local Books/Library Thing

41. FourSquare

42. Red Laser & WorldCat
 Scan a book’s
barcode w/Red Laser
on your iPhone
 Lists nearby places
where that book is
available
 Including local
libraries thanks to
WorldCat

43. Google Goggles

44. OverDrive Mobile App
 Search via Montana Library 2 Go web
interface on Android or Windows Mobile
device
 Check out from your library
 Open OverDrive mobile to download
directly to your device – no computer
required. Does require wifi.

45. Mobile Devices and
Your Library
 Do you want your library to be accessible
by people using mobile devices?
 Locals? Visitors?
 Library information? Reference? Book
availability?
 Do you want to encourage people in the
vicinity to come to your library? For an
event? To earn points?