[Web4lib] MARS Hot Topics ALA Annual - Libraries2Go: Library Services for Handhelds

[Mark Dehmlow]

Libraries2Go: Library Services for Handhelds

RUSA MARS Hot Topics Discussion Group at ALA Annual 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007, 10:30am - 12:00pm
JW Marriott, Salon IV, Washington D.C.

What do PDAs, iPods, and cell phones have in common?  They're small, 
they're everywhere, and all of your patrons have at least one of them.  
Handheld devices represent a critical vehicle for libraries to 
communicate with their patrons, but they also provide unique challenges 
and require special treatment when it comes to delivering library 
services through them.

Come join us for an informative session on delivering library services 
to the next generation of communication tools.  This session will 
provide a foundation in mobile devices and kick-start your thinking 
about how your own libraries might distribute services to your patrons' 
little devices.  This session is designed for librarians and library 
staff of all skill levels and will feature demonstrations of different 
mobile technologies, services for them, challenges to developing content 
for handhelds, implementation strategies, and assessment of those services.

Our session features presentations from 3 innovative librarians who are 
developing and implementing library services for mobile devices:

Bradley Faust, Assistant Dean for Library Information Technology 
Services, Ball State University will present "The Mobile Computing 
Project at Ball State University Libraries."

Markus Wust, NCSU Libraries Fellow in Digital Library 
Initiatives/Special Collections, North Carolina State University will 
present "MobilLIB: A Library Service for Generation 'Mobile' at North 
Carolina State University."

Michelle Jacobs, Instruction Librarian, University of California, Merced 
will present "The Library in your Pocket."

The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A and group discussion period.

Regards,

Mars Hot Topics Discussion Group
Mark Dehmlow
Nancy Cunningham
Leah Dodd
 

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Mark Dehmlow
Electronic Services Librarian

      Electronic Resources and Serials 
		 Access Department 

115A Hesburgh Library      |  mdehmlow at nd.edu
University of Notre Dame   |  voice: (574) 631-3092
Notre Dame, IN 46556       |  fax:   (574) 631-6772