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Hitting a moving target: Resource Access in a Mobile World
1. Hitting a Moving Target:
Resource Access in a Mobile World
Whitney A. Townsend, MLIS; Carol Shannon, MPH, MA
Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan
Mobile devices and mobile resources are increasingly embedded in all aspects of health sciences clinical, research, and educational activities. Librarians have the opportunity to
demonstrate immediate value-add to their primary clientele by providing quick access to free and library subscription mobile resources. This poster will present a library's evolving
methods of disseminating information about mobile resources in an undergraduate and graduate medical education program, including curriculum-integrated instruction on
mobile resources, an online resource guide to mobile resources, challenges and solutions to information access in the mobile environment, and opportunities for collaboration
and resource development.
Why the library?
•Increasing number of questions related to In Feb 2010, M3's were asked "What handheld technology do
mobile access to resources in sessions you feel has been helpful for you during your M3 year, if
any?" There were 52 respondents.
•Vendors providing and promoting access
to their products on a mobile platform Helpful Hardware Helpful Software
PDA
•Increase in students with their own mobile
Windows Mobile
2%
2%
Eponyms for
iPhone/iPod
Blackberry
device (NOT a school initiative!)
9%
6%
Diagnosaurus
14% Epocrates RX or
Essentials
iPod Touch
(subscription)
Pen/Paper/Book 38%
40%
16%
We started with… Pen/Paper/Book
17%
(From M3 Orientation)
WiFi for
There’s an app for that!
Google, Wikipedia, U
iPhone
p to Date
36%
20%
•Dynamed From UMMS LRC Smartphone and Handheld Purchasing Guide:
•Diagnosaurus http://www.med.umich.edu/medstudents/computing/personal_computing/pda/index.html
•Micromedex 2011 Usage Statistics
•MDConsult
•And more! Key Usage Points
•M3 Orientation in May
Which quickly
•Quarterly M3 IM
became… Clerkship beginning in
June
2012 Usage Statistics
•Resident/Fellow
Orientations in June-July
•Most heavily used
ResearchGuide from THL
Guidelines
•Focus on resources that are FREE to everyone or FREE
through library subscriptions The Future
•NOT comprehensive
•NOT reviewed by librarians
•Cover the major platforms Library app
•Be mobile-friendly development:
Plain Medical
Language
Dictionary
Partnering with
UM Mobile App
Development
Mobile Instruction
M2 Mobile
Resources
Elective Course
Guide Evolution
Enhance based on
feedback (more
interactive
elements, etc.)