1. Cutting the Cord
Libraries Go Mobile

2. What is a smart phone?
A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers
more advanced computing ability and
connectivity than a contemporary basic 'feature
phone'.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone

3. Types of Smart Phones
Apple iPhone
RIM Blackberry
Google Andriod
Windows 7 Mobile
Symbian
Palm
Also Kids can use Nintendo DSI and Sony
Playstation PSP as mobile devices.
sssd

4. Smart Phones
Possess true "operating systems"
Advanced Web capabilities
PC integration
Utilize built-in GPS
Downloadable applications
Many use wireless as well as mobile networks
http://dc.cod.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=librarypub

5. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Gadgets/Report/Findings.aspx

6. The Rise of Apps Culture
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/The-Rise-of-Apps-Culture.aspx
Cell Phones and American Adults
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Cell-Phones-and-American-Adults.aspx
Mobile Access 2010
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Mobile-Access-2010.aspx
Understanding the Participatory News Consumer
http://www.pewinternet.org/Press-Releases/2010/Online-News.aspx
Social Media and Young Adults
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Social-Media-and-Young-Adults.aspx
Teens and Mobile Phones 2004-2009
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/14--Teens-and-Mobile-Phones-Data-
Memo.aspx
Wireless Internet Use
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx
Americans and their Gadgets
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Gadgets.aspx

7. http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/08/10/funny-pictures-theres-a-nap-for-that/

8. http://www.slideshare.net/librarianinblack/
mobile-services-on-a-shoestring-hhl3-2010

9. What types of apps are there?
Travel
Finances
Exercise
Food
Google, Yahoo
Social Media -blogs, flickr, twitter, facebook,
youtube, Libraries keep patrons updated. Read
with apps
Radio, Tv, Movies, Busic, Books
News
Reference
Overdrive, Worldcat

10. Mobile versions of databases
Youtube and Flickr
Instruction
Mobile version of Moodle, Blackboard, and refworks
audio tours and podcasts for class

11. iPhone - Apple App Store
Blackberry - Blackberry App World
Android – Android Market
Windows 7 – Windows Phone Marketplace

12. Andriod Apps

16. iPhone and iPod Touch Apps

19. Blackberry Apps

20. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip/all/1

21. http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008010

22. Boopsie
http://www.boopsie2.com/libraries.html

25. http://www.mcw.edu/mcwlibraries/atozfreemobiledeviceresources.htm

26. http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2010/10/01/20101001
phoenix-residents-report-blight-app.html

27. Blackberry Simulator
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/resources/simulators.jsp
Opera Mini Simulator
http://www.opera.com/mobile/demo/
iPhone Simulator
http://www.testiphone.com/
Nokia
http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/db2c69a2-4066-46ff-81c4-
caac8872a7c5/NMB40_install.zip.html
Android Emulator
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html
Palm
http://developer.palm.com/
Windows Mobile
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=A6F6ADAF-12E3-4B2F-A394-
356E2C2FB114&displaylang=en
Mobi Emultor
http://mtld.mobi/emulator.php
Mobile website validator http://validator.w3.org/mobile/
http://www.slideshare.net/librarianmer/the-library-in-your-pocket-mobile-trends-for-libraries?from=ss_embed

28. http://www.mobiready.com/launch.jsp
Drupal
Joomla
Wordpress
Mobile site generator
http://www.hiddenpeanuts.com/msg/

29. Mobile Library Catalogs

31. http://library.nau.edu/m/

33. http://www.lib.unc.edu/m/#_home

37. http://amigos.org/node/592

38. http://www.gale.cengage.com/apps/

39. http://boulderlibrary.org/card/cardstar.html

40. http://www.oppl.org/services/cards.htm#CardStar

41. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4erZyMo-JEk

42. http://www.aadl.org/redlaser

43. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDv1cAYR5wc

44. Texting

45. 3339
Number of texts a teen sends in 1 month
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/u-s-teen-mobile-report-calling-yesterday-
texting-today-using-apps-tomorrow/

48. http://www.carmel.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/textnotices/texts.cfm

49. http://libwww.freelibrary.org/faq/faqsubcat.cfm?FAQCategory=102

50. http://www.textalibrarian.com/

51. http://myinfoquest.info/

52. http://www.riosalado.edu/library/Pages/Txt4Answers.aspx

53. http://www.skokie.lib.il.us/s_about/mobile_services.asp

54. http://www.shoutbomb.com/

55. Reference
IM
Meebo or Trillian
Yahoo, Google, AIM, MSN

56. Roving Reference
Use iPad or other tablet pc or a netbook to do roving reference
Use laptops to go out in the community and do library card sign up and reference.
Ex. Pima County Public Library received 78 new laptops with an LSTA Grant. “Pima
County Public Library will use mobile laptops purchased to provide outreach and
training to Pima County residents in rural areas who wouldn't otherwise have access
to computers.”
http://www.library.pima.gov/about/news/?id=2982

57. Location Services

58. Location aware mobile tech uses gps etc to determine a user's
orientation to places etc.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/aroundme/id290051590?mt=8 What’s
around you
http://www.sitorsquat.com/sitorsquat/ Bathrooms nearby
http://www.urbanspoon.com/ Restaurants nearby

59. Location Games

60. http://foursquare.com/venue/3239917

61. http://gowalla.com/spots/319920

62. http://foursquare.com/venue/1305875

64. http://foursquare.com/venue/70762
Chicago Public Library

65. http://www.darienlibrary.org/2010/03/1/foursquare

66. http://www.flickr.com/photos/darienlibrary/4905806632/

67. http://www.cantonpl.org/blog/food-and-cooking/play-foursquare

68. http://foursquare.com/venue/436381

69. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/10/22/astronaut.foursquare.space/index.
html

70. http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/22/foursquare-history-channel/

71. Claim venue to have admin privileges and stats

72. http://www.yelp.com/biz/burton-barr-central-library-phoenix

73. Facebook Places

74. http://www.apple.com/iphone/gallery/ads.html#ad-smile
Skype

75. QR Codes

76. A QR Code is a matrix barcode (or two-dimensional
code), readable by QR scanners, mobile phones withcamera,
and smartphones. The code consists of black modules arranged
in a square pattern on white background. The information
encoded can be text, URL or other data.
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_codes

77. Peoria Public Library’s Website

78. http://depts.washington.edu/randtech/blog/category/qr-codes/

79. http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b12663571

80. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RApQawIMxcA

81. Code Readers
iPhone Barcodes
Android Barcode Reader
BlackBerry i-Nigma
Palm deCODEr
Symbian Beehive
http://www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/download.asp
http://reader.kaywa.com/getit
Code Generators
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
http://www.qrstuff.com/
http://www.i-nigma.com/CreateBarcodes.html
Most web browsers have a code generator plugin

82. http://guides.ccclib.org/qr

83. http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/4738989687/

85. http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newsletters/newsletterbucketextr
ahelping/886787-443/qr_codes_connect_students_to.html.csp

86. htps://twitter.com/PhxLibrary/status/18154783038

87. http://twitter.com/pimalibrary/status/18136240896

88. http://www.facebook.com/pimacountypubliclibrary?v=wall&story_fbid=131767093530953
&ref=mf

89. Staff Mobile Library Use
Let staff use mobile device for mail and calendar
Train staff on mobile access to library stuff
Sandbox or Gadget Garage
Encourage Staff to use mobile to do work.
Buy mobile devices for staff to use and train on

90. http://www.davidleeking.com/tag/technology-petting-zoo/

91. http://www.libunc.edu/house/mrc/pages/equipmentRentals/

92. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/10/19/smartphone.cars/index.html

93. Cathy Coffman
Librarian
Sunrise Mountain Library – Peoria Public Library
Cat509_98@yahoo.com
Links http://www.delicious.com/Cat509/ebooksandmp3s