1. Library on Smartphone
LIS 557
Soyoung Ahn
(soyoung.ahn@eagles.usm.edu)
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39419835/ns/technology_and_science-
tech_and_gadgets/t/libraries-launch-apps-stay-relevant/

2. Approach to Smartphone
Convenient
Quick Access Research Tools
Customer Service
• QR code • Virtual library • Database
• Community card • Catalog
toolbar • E-journal portal
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3. QR Code
• Quick Response (QR) :
Two dimensional matrix
barcode
• Store URLs and text
data that can be pulled
from the physical world
onto mobile phones Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_mobile_en.svg
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4. QR Code
Source: http://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/category/qu-codes Source: http://blogaloutmurphy.blogspot.com/2010/10/qr-codes-
and-library.html
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5. Community Toolbar
• Create a community toolbar to provide continuous
access to library resources and services
(Conduit.com)
• Colorado State University libraries
(http://lib.colostate.edu/help/plugins/toolbar.html#f
eatures)
• Bush Memorial Library at Hamline University
(http://bushlibraryguides.hamline.edu/toolbars)
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6. Community Toolbar
community toolbar
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7. Virtual Library Card
• Replacement of plastic card
Source: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL7919485W/D.W.’s Library Card Source: http://scls.typepad.com/techbits/211/03/index.html
(D.W.)
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8. Virtual Library Card
• CardStar and KeyRing: • Sacramento Public
Apps to load library Library
cards onto
smartphones • Greenville County
Library System
• Downside: Security
issues and scanning • Tulsa City-County
equipment Library
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9. Databases
• EBSCOhost Mobile
(http://m.ebscohost.co
m/)
• Britannica Mobile
(http://m.eb.com)
• PubMed Mobile Beta
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.n
ih.gov/m/pubmed)
Source: http://researchguides.library.syr.eud/mobile
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10. Catalogs
• AirPAC: a catalog for
mobile library-users
• WorldCat
(http://www.worldca
t.org/m)
Source: http://www.iii.com/products/airpac.shtml
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11. E-journal Portals
• JSTOR
(http://mobile.jstor.org)
• LexisNexis Academic
Mobile
(http://www.lexisnexis.
com/mobile/)
• WilsonWeb Mobile
(http://vnweb.hwwilson
web.com/mobile) Source:
http://wserver.scc.losrios.edu/~karlsej/blog/?x=entry:entry1
01117-171310
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12. Works Cited
• “AirPAC.” Innovative Interfaces. Inc. n.d. Web. 24 Feb.
2012.
• Kelley, Michael. “Library cards on smartphones, the next
wave in customer service.” Library Journal (2011) : n.
pag. Web. 24 Feb. 2012.
• “Mobile research @ SUL”. Syracuse University Library.
n.d. Web. 24 Feb.2012.
• Smale, Maura. “Smartphones in the library.” ACRLog.
Association of College & Research Libraries. 12 Nov.
2011. Web. 24 Feb. 2012.
• “The library on your smartphone.” Leiden University. n.d.
Web. 24 Feb. 2012.
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13. Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_320065225-266.html
Thank you for your attention.
Questions?
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