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2013 Snezek Library Leadership Institute - Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, USA - July 19, 2013 - Co-presented with GFU Dean of Libraries, Merrill Johnson.

2013 Snezek Library Leadership Institute - Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, USA - July 19, 2013 - Co-presented with GFU Dean of Libraries, Merrill Johnson.

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    • Implications of a Mobile Computing World for Academic Libraries and Their Users 2013 Snezek Library Leadership Institute Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA July 19, 2013 Merrill Johnson, Dean of Libraries, George Fox University Robin Ashford, Ref & E-Learning Librarian, George Fox Univ
    • What is a Mobile Device?
    • Working Definition: Mobile • Distinguishing features: mobile operating system, touchscreen, internet connectivity, use of apps. • Mobile devices: o Smartphones & similar devices o Tablets
    • Evolution of Mobile Smartphones: o Introduced in 2007; by end of 2012 over 1 billion sold around the world. o According to the 2012 Educause Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) 2012 Study: 62% (2012) of students own smartphone; up from 55% (2011). o 67% of students say they use for academic purposes, up from 37% in 2011. o Among students who use a smartphone for academics 44% use an iPhone, 46% use an Android device.
    • Evolution of Mobile Tablets: o Over 200 million shipped between 2009 and 2012. Projected over one billion will ship in next five years. o A third (34%) of American adults ages 18 and older own a tablet computer.
    • Evolution of Mobile - Apps • First quarter of 2013 alone more than 13.4 billion downloads across four major app stores. • Apple's App Store topped 40 billion downloads at end of 2012, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. Fact: the number of minutes people spend on average each day on mobile apps in the U.S. is 94 -flurry.com
    • Evolution of Mobile Adobe Digital Marketing - Tablets trump smartphones in global website traffic
    • Evolution of Mobile At GFU, during past three years over 50+% of devices using wireless network are mobile.
    • Evolution of Mobile in Libraries • By 2010 44% of academic libraries nationally offered some type of mobile library service. • 2012 pacific northwest library survey revealed 52.7% had a mobile-friendly web-site; 48.6% had a mobile friendly catalog interface.
    • History and Evolution of Mobile @ GFU Library GFU libraries launched mobile site in fall 2010. Included catalog.
    • History and Evolution of Mobile @ GFU Library Incorporated mobile access from database vendors (e.g., ebrary and EBSCOhost) into user education.
    • Assessment of Mobile @ GFU Library • 150% increase in mobile device visits to library web site: 2,068 in 2011/12; 5,167 in 2012/13. • 3,296 visits to library mobile site in 2012/13. • Formal evaluation in the near future.
    • What the Mobile OS Means for Libraries
    • From Standard Operating Systems...
    • ...to Mobile Operating Systems (it’s not just a smaller screen) iPhone iOS (Apple) Nexus 7 Tablet Android OS (Jelly Bean)
    • Reaching Our Mobile Users Considering a library app or mobile presence of some kind? There are a few options...
    • Native App, Mobile Site, Responsive Web Design Native app A software application developed specifically to run on the architecture of a mobile device, and which is downloaded, purchased, and upgraded through a central distribution portal (such as the App Store). Definitions - Stanford IT - Web Publishing for Mobile Terminology
    • Native App, Mobile Site, Responsive Web Design Web app: Uses web browser technology on the Internet to display a mobile URL on a device, often with a different appearance than the corresponding desktop website.
    • Native App, Mobile Site, Responsive Web Design Responsive web design: A website that responds to the device that accesses it and delivers the appropriate output for it uses responsive design. ACRL Tech Connect Article: Responsive Web Design
    • Digital Content: E-books and DRM
    • http://libguides.georgefox.edu/content.php?pid=461430&sid=3777009
    • Library Vendors: Developing for the Mobile Market
    • After installing the app on your device, it must be authenticated from the EBSCOhost or EBSCO Discovery Service interface. To authenticate the EBSCOhost app: 1.Log into EBSCOhost. 2.Click the EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Applications link at the bottom of the page and enter an email address which you can access from your device. An email with an authentication key is sent to you. 3.Access the email from your device and click the link found in the email to authenticate the application.You have 24 hours to access the key.
    • Apps for Research & Education http://libguides.georgefox.edu/MobileApps
    • Library Research Apps http://libguides.georgefox.edu/MobileApps
    • Teaching Library Instruction Classes on Mobile (for programs gone mobile) Blog Post: http://librarianbydesign.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaching-library-research-on-ipad.html
    • Helpful Services for Mobile Users
    • Learn more: http://nsc.nevada.libguides.com/ipads (QR Code resolves to the libguide to learn more) Tablets for loan at Nevada State College Library
    • UTexas Library CatalogScanning library card 24-hr texting at VCU Reference help for student questions using Google Hangouts on iPad
    • QR (quick response) Codes •Fad, trend, practical? •How long will QR codes stick around? •Will they mainstream in North America? •Does it matter?
    • Marketing and Education at BSU Albertsons Library http://guides.boisestate.edu/QRcodes QR Codes & Libraries: The Library Audio Tour at BYU Library by M. Whitchurch Audio Tour Map Thoughtful strategies for helpful QR codes...
    • Changing Mobile Landscape - New and Soon: Phablets, OLED Displays - YOUMs and more Phablets = 5”- 6.9” displays OLED = flexible screens OLED-Info Samsung YOUM OLED Wikipedia
    • New Reading Experiences - NYPL Biblion Award Winning iPad App -Free!
    • Convergence of Print & Digital - Reading and Learning Experiences with Augmented Reality (AR) Playing with the AR App IMAG-N-O-TRON Playing with Flying Morris in the GFU Library NYTimes AR Example
    • Emerging Tech and Looking Forward - AR Educational Applications AR medical app for patient education Augmented Reality - Teaching and Learning with Aurasma Ex: Macular Degeneration - EyeDecide App Aurasma Site
    • Emerging Tech - Smarter Smartphones NFC (near field communication), Apple Passbook and more Apple Passbook vs. Google Wallet Will hardware or software win the mobile payment game? Examples: NFC tags can replace QR codes, walking by the library with a passbook card your smartphone notifies of a book ready for pickup on the hold shelf, etc. What does NFC and Passbook cards and notifications have to do with libraries?
    • Thank you! References and image credits on following slides.
    • References ABI, R. (1). U.S. Consumer Tablet On-device Spending Soars with 22% of Users Spending More Than $50 per Month, Says ABI Research. Business Wire (English) Apple. "App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012." Business Wire (English) July 0001: Regional Business News. Web. 7 July 2013. Statista, Inc., company dossier. Retrieved June 4, 2013 from http://www.statista.com/topics/840/smartphones/ Ashford, Robin, and Laura Zeigen (February 2012). Mobile Technology in Libraries Survey-Academic Libraries. Presented at Online Northwest, Corvallis, Oregon. http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/about/staff- directory/upload/mobile_survey_ACADEMIC_final.pdf Online NW Full Presentation ECAR 2012 Report, Infographic, PPTX, etc. http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/ecar-study-undergraduate-students-and-information-technology-2012 International Business, T. (2013, April 10). Top 4 App Stores Log 13.4 Billion Downloads in Q1 2013. International Business Times. NMC Horizon Report 2013 Higher Education Edition. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 July 2013. <http://www.nmc.org/publications/2013- horizon-report-higher-ed>. Thomas, L. (2010). Gone Mobile? (Mobile Libraries Survey 2010). Library Journal, 135(17), 30-34. White, Tyler. "Tablets Trump Smartphones in Global Website Traffic." Adobe Digital Marketing Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 July 2013. <http://blogs.adobe.com/digitalmarketing/digital-index/tablets-trump-smartphones-in-global-website-traffic/>. Zickuhr, Kathryn. "Tablet Ownership 2013." For the First Time, a Third of American Adults Own Tablet Computers. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 July 2013. <http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Tablet-Ownership-2013/Findings.aspx>.
    • Image Credits / Reading List Image slide #13 Computers by Valley Library (Oregon State University) Image slide #13 Mobile devices by Joint Base Lewis McChord Image slide #13 Students in library study room by by East Georgia State College Image slide #15 Mobile OS image of hand with Sony mobile Xperia™ smartphones by vernieman Image slide #27 Smartphone Printing by Lester Public Library Image slide #29 Scan library card iPhone by Brian Herzog Pre-session reading list: Dresselhaus, A., & Shrode, F. (2012). Mobile Technologies & Academics: Do Students Use Mobile Technologies in Their Academic Lives and are Librarians Ready to Meet this Challenge?. Information Technology and Libraries, 31(2), 82-101. http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/2166 Thomas, Lisa Carlucci (2012, February 7). The State of Mobile in Libraries 2012. The Digital Shift. http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/02/mobile/the-state-of-mobile-in-libraries-2012/. Walsh, A. (2012). Mobile information literacy: a preliminary outline of information behaviour in a mobile environment. Journal of information literacy, 6(2), 56-69. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/15435/
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