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M-libraries : libraries on the move to provide virtual access
- Author / Creator
- Conferences
- International M-Libraries Conference (1st : 2008 : Milton Keynes, England)
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- Creator
- edited by Gill Needham and Mohamed Ally
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- London : Facet, 2008
- Physical Details
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- lvii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781856046480, 1856046486
- OCLC
- ocn216659547
- "[Selected papers from] ... the first international conference on m-libraries ... held recently at the Open University in the United Kingdom (OUUK)"--P. liii.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Foreword. Always on: libraries in a world of permanent connectivity / Lorcan Dempsey -- Introduction / Mohamed Ally -- 1. Libraries in a networked society / John Naughton -- 2. Libraries and Net Gen learners: current and future challenges in the mobile society / Joan K. Lippincott -- 3. Encyclopedic knowledge in the mobile age / Agnes Kukulska-Hulme -- 4. Nomadicity and information access: the mobile digital library for people on the move / 5. Use of mobile technology for mobile learning and mobile libraries in a mobile society / John M. Traxler -- 6. Exploiting mobile communications for library service development: technical possibilities and cultural implications / William Foster and Cain Evans -- 7. Harnessing OERs, mobiles and other technologies for teacher education in Africa: the TESSA and DEEP projects / Freda Wolfenden -- 8. Libraries and mobile phones in Southern Africa: possible applications at the University of South Africa Library / Buhle Mbambo-Thata -- 9. Mobile information access for community-based health workers In developing countries / Adesina Iluyemi -- 10. effective mobile-friendly digital library to support mobile learners / Yang Cao, Mohamed Ally, Tony Tin, Steve Schafer and Maureen Hutchison -- 11. Accessing library resources while on placement: can mobile devices help students? / Lynne Callaghan, Susan J. Lea, Ruth Charlton and Emma Whittlesea -- 12. Public libraries, mobile learning and the creative citizen / Geoff Butters, Margaret Markland and Robert Davies -- 13. Mobile support for distance learners: an investigation / Jane Lunsford -- 14. 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 -- 15. 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 -- 16. Open Library in your pocket - services to meet the needs of on- and off-campus users / Hassan Sheikh, Susan Eales and Mariano Rico -- 17. On metadata for the operationalization of m-libraries / Jim Hahn -- 18. Designing mobile digital libraries in a clinical domain / Anne Adams -- 19. Use of a mobile digital library for mobile learning / Mohamed Ally, Rory McGreal, Steve Schafer, Tony Tin and Billy Cheung -- 20. Digilab: a case study in encouraging mobile learning through library innovation / Keren Mills, Non Scantlebury and Rhodri Thomas -- 21. From shelf to PDA: how to transform mobile devices into a library information tool / Angels Carles, Ana Castellano and Fernando Guerrero -- 22. Working towards the ubiquitous library: an exploratory case study of cell phone informatics for new student library orientation / 23. basic plan for mobile service connectivity for the library system of the Open University of Sri Lanka / Wathmanel Seneviratne -- 24. 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