The Seventh > New Column > The Mobile Lucky Seven: A Brief Summary, Searcher v. 19 no. 6 (July/August 2011) pp. 16-21, 52-53.
Alexander Street Press
American Chemical Society
Cengage Learning
EBSCO Publishing
Infotrieve
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
NewspaperDirect, Inc.
Self-archived at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/MobileLucky7.pdf
Monday, October 17, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Library Mobile > 6 > Configuring The 'Future Textbook'
The Sixth > New Column > Configuring The 'Future Textbook', Searcher v. 19 no. 3 (April 2011) p. 43-47.
In late May 2006, more than 50 educators and publishers, representing a wide range of specialties, gathered at the National Academy of Sciences, in Washington, D.C., to participate in a 3-day National Science Foundation-funded workshop titled "Reconsidering the Textbook."
Through small- and large-group discussions, the attendees "examined the current state of the textbook and its relationship to the growing number of electronic tools that also serve as learning resources for today's students" and sought to envision the textbook of the future.
At the conclusion of the workshop there was general consensus that:
[T]he textbook of the future will be more than a static printed volume. ... It will function as a guide, interweaving and coordinating a variety of different learning resources including animations, simulations, and interactive exercises. ... [It will] be easily searchable, and thus would be learner accessible with a flexible electronic interface.
The group envisioned the "Future Textbook" - whether printed or electronic - as "the organizing hub of an integrated learning environment [that would] become increasingly adaptable, customizable, and responsive." They imagined it as a "Web-linked travel guide" that was modular by design, thus allowing an instructor to configure content to suit the goals of a particular course as well as the specific needs of individual students. In this view, access to networked resources would strongly promote higher-level thinking. The group also agreed that the Future Textbook would be integrated with course management systems.
[more]
Self-archived at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ConfiguringTheFutureTextbook.pdf (10 June 2011)
In late May 2006, more than 50 educators and publishers, representing a wide range of specialties, gathered at the National Academy of Sciences, in Washington, D.C., to participate in a 3-day National Science Foundation-funded workshop titled "Reconsidering the Textbook."
Through small- and large-group discussions, the attendees "examined the current state of the textbook and its relationship to the growing number of electronic tools that also serve as learning resources for today's students" and sought to envision the textbook of the future.
At the conclusion of the workshop there was general consensus that:
[T]he textbook of the future will be more than a static printed volume. ... It will function as a guide, interweaving and coordinating a variety of different learning resources including animations, simulations, and interactive exercises. ... [It will] be easily searchable, and thus would be learner accessible with a flexible electronic interface.
The group envisioned the "Future Textbook" - whether printed or electronic - as "the organizing hub of an integrated learning environment [that would] become increasingly adaptable, customizable, and responsive." They imagined it as a "Web-linked travel guide" that was modular by design, thus allowing an instructor to configure content to suit the goals of a particular course as well as the specific needs of individual students. In this view, access to networked resources would strongly promote higher-level thinking. The group also agreed that the Future Textbook would be integrated with course management systems.
[more]
Self-archived at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ConfiguringTheFutureTextbook.pdf (10 June 2011)
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Library Mobile > 5 > Abilene Christian University: An Exemplar Mobile University
The Fifth > New Column > Abilene Christian University: An Exemplar Mobile University, Searcher v. 19 no. 3 (April 2011) p. 34-37.
Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a Christian university offering more than 65 baccalaureate majors in more than 125 areas of study, as well as 25 master's degree programs and a doctoral program. Located on a 250-acre campus in the city of Abilene in west-central Texas, ACU has an annual enrollment of approximately 4,700 students.
According to "America's Best Colleges" , a special report published in August 2010 by Forbes, Abilene Christian University is "among the best in the country," with a ranking of No. 484 of the more than 6,600 accredited postsecondary institutions eligible for consideration in the magazine's assessment. ACU is also recognized in the rankings of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges," in The Princeton Review's "Best in the West," as a "College of Distinction" by Student Horizons, and in 'America's 100 Best College Buys" and "America's Best Christian Colleges."
ACU is a founding member of the Consortium for Innovation & Research in Converged Learning (CIRCL), a free community-supported network of researchers, professors, teachers, and other education professionals engaged in mobile and converged learning practice and research. In 2009, ACU was designated a Center of Excellence for its mobile-learning program by the New Media Consortium at its 2009 summer conference.
[more]
Self-archived at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ACU.pdf (7 June 2011).
Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a Christian university offering more than 65 baccalaureate majors in more than 125 areas of study, as well as 25 master's degree programs and a doctoral program. Located on a 250-acre campus in the city of Abilene in west-central Texas, ACU has an annual enrollment of approximately 4,700 students.
According to "America's Best Colleges" , a special report published in August 2010 by Forbes, Abilene Christian University is "among the best in the country," with a ranking of No. 484 of the more than 6,600 accredited postsecondary institutions eligible for consideration in the magazine's assessment. ACU is also recognized in the rankings of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges," in The Princeton Review's "Best in the West," as a "College of Distinction" by Student Horizons, and in 'America's 100 Best College Buys" and "America's Best Christian Colleges."
ACU is a founding member of the Consortium for Innovation & Research in Converged Learning (CIRCL), a free community-supported network of researchers, professors, teachers, and other education professionals engaged in mobile and converged learning practice and research. In 2009, ACU was designated a Center of Excellence for its mobile-learning program by the New Media Consortium at its 2009 summer conference.
[more]
Self-archived at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/ACU.pdf (7 June 2011).
Library Mobile > 4 > ’B’ is for ‘Blackberry'
The Fourth > New Column > 'B' is for 'BlackBerry' > Searcher v. 18 no. 10 (December 2010): 50-53.
BlackBerry smartphones are designed and manufactured by Research In Motion (RIM), founded in 1984 and headquarteredin Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. RIM launched the first BlackBerry in 1999; current models include the Bold, Curve, and Storm series, as well as the Torch and Tour.
According to a mid-September 2010 comScore press release,"RIM remained the leading mobile smartphone platform in the U.S. with 39.3 percent share of U.S. smartphone subscribers," despite losing a market share of nearly 2% to smartphones using the Android operating system. Based on its review, comScore estimates that 53.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the 3 months ending July 2010, an increase of more than 10% from the corresponding April 2010 period.
For the second quarter of 2010, RIM reported that its BlackBerry smartphone shipments grew to 12.1 million units, an increase of 45% over the same quarter in 2009. In addition, its subscriber account base grew to 50 million, an increase of nearly 56% over the 2009 period. As of June 30, 2010, RIM had shipped approximately 115 million units.
[more]
Self-archived at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/B-Is-For-Blackberry.pdf (7 June 2011).
BlackBerry smartphones are designed and manufactured by Research In Motion (RIM), founded in 1984 and headquarteredin Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. RIM launched the first BlackBerry in 1999; current models include the Bold, Curve, and Storm series, as well as the Torch and Tour.
According to a mid-September 2010 comScore press release,"RIM remained the leading mobile smartphone platform in the U.S. with 39.3 percent share of U.S. smartphone subscribers," despite losing a market share of nearly 2% to smartphones using the Android operating system. Based on its review, comScore estimates that 53.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during the 3 months ending July 2010, an increase of more than 10% from the corresponding April 2010 period.
For the second quarter of 2010, RIM reported that its BlackBerry smartphone shipments grew to 12.1 million units, an increase of 45% over the same quarter in 2009. In addition, its subscriber account base grew to 50 million, an increase of nearly 56% over the 2009 period. As of June 30, 2010, RIM had shipped approximately 115 million units.
[more]
Self-archived at http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/B-Is-For-Blackberry.pdf (7 June 2011).
Monday, May 2, 2011
C&RL News > Mobile Technologies For Libraries / Lori Barile
C&RL News > Mobile Technologies For Libraries: A List Of Mobile Applications And Resources For Development / Lori Barile / College & Research Libraries News / vol. 72 no. 4 / pp. 222-228 / April 2011
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimated that more than 5 billion mobile subscriptions would exist worldwide by the end of 2010, which more than tripled home Internet access.1 ITU also predicts Web access from mobile devices will exceed access from desktop computers within the next five years.
These statistics are hardly surprising; with advancements in technology and the rise in smartphone use, people are taking advantage of being connected to data wherever they are. Mobile phones aren’t just phones anymore: they can access e-mail, search the Web, video chat, and play games. Even mobile devices like iPad and iPod touch can bring social media, productivity tools, and entertainment literally into the palm of your hand.
Therefore, libraries should be exploring mobile devices as a way to connect with patrons. Creating a library application (“app”) or mobile Web site that allows patrons to access library hours, view their library account or even search databases is easier than most people think. The resources below should help libraries begin to plan and implement their own unique mobile presence.
Resources were chosen based on relevancy, accuracy, and content. Due to current economic considerations, free mobile applications were chosen over similar paid applications.
[Sections]
> History And Development Of Mobile Applications And Web Sites
>> Mobile Applications For Learning
>>> Discovering And Downloading Mobile Applications
>>>> Mobile Web Sites
>>>>> Creating Mobile Web Sites, OPACs, And Applications
>>>>>> Examples Of Mobile Library Web Sites
Sources
[http://crln.acrl.org/content/72/4/222.full]
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimated that more than 5 billion mobile subscriptions would exist worldwide by the end of 2010, which more than tripled home Internet access.1 ITU also predicts Web access from mobile devices will exceed access from desktop computers within the next five years.
These statistics are hardly surprising; with advancements in technology and the rise in smartphone use, people are taking advantage of being connected to data wherever they are. Mobile phones aren’t just phones anymore: they can access e-mail, search the Web, video chat, and play games. Even mobile devices like iPad and iPod touch can bring social media, productivity tools, and entertainment literally into the palm of your hand.
Therefore, libraries should be exploring mobile devices as a way to connect with patrons. Creating a library application (“app”) or mobile Web site that allows patrons to access library hours, view their library account or even search databases is easier than most people think. The resources below should help libraries begin to plan and implement their own unique mobile presence.
Resources were chosen based on relevancy, accuracy, and content. Due to current economic considerations, free mobile applications were chosen over similar paid applications.
[Sections]
> History And Development Of Mobile Applications And Web Sites
>> Mobile Applications For Learning
>>> Discovering And Downloading Mobile Applications
>>>> Mobile Web Sites
>>>>> Creating Mobile Web Sites, OPACs, And Applications
>>>>>> Examples Of Mobile Library Web Sites
Sources
[http://crln.acrl.org/content/72/4/222.full]
Monday, April 18, 2011
NFAIS Webinar > Portable Devices and Mobile Users: A New Era for Information Delivery and Access > May 3 2011 > 1:00pm (EST)
One of the hottest areas in R&D today is the development of personal reading devices that serve an increasingly mobile population. This highly competitive arena is driving innovation in both the format and delivery of information resources, offering publishers an opportunity to be creative and breathe new life into even the most traditional information tools for a new generation of users.
NFAIS will hold a 90-minute informational Webinar, Portable Devices and Mobile Users. Maureen Kelly, Principal, Content Kinetics, will open the meeting with a brief history of book technology. Jill O' Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning, will then discuss the reading experience, including an overview of today's established user interfaces and navigational approaches and how users are encouraged to customize their own experience.
The meeting will then take a look at the development of e-reader technology, from first to third generation and beyond, current content delivery channels, and the markets for e-readers and e-publications. And in closing, the meeting will focus on why all information providers need to pay attention to the development of portable reading devices so that they can re-shape their content to offer an enjoyable and satisfying user experience - on any platform, anywhere!
If you want to learn more about today's portable reading devices register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $75, members of Sister Societies pay $85, and non-members pay $95. An unlimited number of staff from an NFAIS member organization can participate for a group fee of $225. The group fee for an unlimited number of staff from any Sister Society is $2555 [?] and from a non-member organization is $285. [snip]
Source And Appropriate Links Available At
[http://bit.ly/hNaqHZ]
Presentation Slides Available From
[http://www.nfais.org/page/309-portable-devices-and-mobile-users]
NFAIS will hold a 90-minute informational Webinar, Portable Devices and Mobile Users. Maureen Kelly, Principal, Content Kinetics, will open the meeting with a brief history of book technology. Jill O' Neill, NFAIS Director of Communication and Planning, will then discuss the reading experience, including an overview of today's established user interfaces and navigational approaches and how users are encouraged to customize their own experience.
The meeting will then take a look at the development of e-reader technology, from first to third generation and beyond, current content delivery channels, and the markets for e-readers and e-publications. And in closing, the meeting will focus on why all information providers need to pay attention to the development of portable reading devices so that they can re-shape their content to offer an enjoyable and satisfying user experience - on any platform, anywhere!
If you want to learn more about today's portable reading devices register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $75, members of Sister Societies pay $85, and non-members pay $95. An unlimited number of staff from an NFAIS member organization can participate for a group fee of $225. The group fee for an unlimited number of staff from any Sister Society is $2555 [?] and from a non-member organization is $285. [snip]
Source And Appropriate Links Available At
[http://bit.ly/hNaqHZ]
Presentation Slides Available From
[http://www.nfais.org/page/309-portable-devices-and-mobile-users]
NISO Forum > Mobile Technologies in Libraries > May 20, 2011 > Philadelphia, PA
About the Forum
iPhone. iPad. Android. Blackberry. Kindle. App store. 3G.
The visibility and utility of mobile hardware, software, and connectivity continue their exponential increase. Libraries are finding it difficult to ignore the implications a perpetually connected user base has to information resources traditionally confined to desktop or laptop computers. Library users stand to benefit enormously if libraries can effectively offer their information resources in the now-ubiquitous mobile medium.
Many questions remain to be answered:
• How informed are libraries and their resource providers about what users want to do with mobile devices?
• Are information providers’ recent mobile interface offerings useful to libraries and mobile users?
• How can libraries take advantage of existing popular mobile apps?
• Can individual libraries be effective in addressing mobile technologies and user demands on their own, or will development dollars be best spent on collaborative efforts or vendor-supplied services? Are such efforts and services available?
• In focusing more attention on mobile users, are libraries neglecting other user populations who do not have access to mobile devices?
• Do mobile device and service providers have any incentive to work with libraries and serve neglected populations?
These and other issues remain in flux as the library and larger information communities attempt to grasp the impact of mobile computing. Join NISO for a one-day forum at which invited speakers will explore many of the pressing questions about libraries’ interaction with and promotion of mobile technologies.
Agenda
8:00 a.m. Registration Desk Opens
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Introduction: How Standards Fit (or don’t fit) in Mobile Computing / Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Opening Keynote / Brian O’Leary, Founder and Principal, Magellan Media
Presentation Slides > Mobile Reading Comes Of Age
[http://www.slideshare.net/bfoleary/mobile-reading-comes-of-age-niso-forum]
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break
Mobile Computing, Libraries, and Users: Providing Context
10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Using Surveys to Find out What Users Want with Mobile Devices / Bennett Claire Ponsford, Digital Services Librarian, Texas A&M University Libraries
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
MedLinePlus Mobile: The Why, What, and How / Loren Frant, Head of the Health Information Products Unit, National Library of Medicine (NLM)
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch
Examples of Mobile Technologies
1:15 - 2:00 p.m.
Models for Mobile in Teaching and Learning / Chris Millet, Manager of Advanced Learning Projects at Education Technology Services, Penn State University
2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Mobile Sensors: Building an Open Source Staff-Facing Tablet App for Library Assessment / Jason Casden, Digital Technologies Development Librarian, N.C. State University Libraries
2:45 - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Mobile Interfaces & the Impact on (and Opportunities for) Publisher Content / Nicki Augustyn, Managing Editor, CHEST, American College of Chest Physicians
4:00 - 4:45 p.m.
"Ask Anything" Session
Bring your questions, comments, and ideas to share with the entire group / Moderator: Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO
4:45 - 5:00 p.m. Forum Wrap-up / Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO
Registration
NISO Voting and LSA Members > Early-Bird (Ends 5/1/2011): $200.00 ; Regular: $225.00 ; On-site: $250.00
Non-Members > Early-Bird (Ends 5/1/2011): $240.00 ; Regular: $285.00 ; On-site: $300.00
Student > $130.00
Registration Information
• Early bird rates are offered until May 1, 2011.
• Registration closes May 11, 2011. After that date, a processing fee of $50 will be added. This also applies to any on-site registration.
[snip]
• Registration includes a continental breakfast and lunch. [snip]
[snip]
Meeting Location
The CHF Conference Center
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702
Source And Appropriate Links Available At
[http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/mobiletechnologies/]
iPhone. iPad. Android. Blackberry. Kindle. App store. 3G.
The visibility and utility of mobile hardware, software, and connectivity continue their exponential increase. Libraries are finding it difficult to ignore the implications a perpetually connected user base has to information resources traditionally confined to desktop or laptop computers. Library users stand to benefit enormously if libraries can effectively offer their information resources in the now-ubiquitous mobile medium.
Many questions remain to be answered:
• How informed are libraries and their resource providers about what users want to do with mobile devices?
• Are information providers’ recent mobile interface offerings useful to libraries and mobile users?
• How can libraries take advantage of existing popular mobile apps?
• Can individual libraries be effective in addressing mobile technologies and user demands on their own, or will development dollars be best spent on collaborative efforts or vendor-supplied services? Are such efforts and services available?
• In focusing more attention on mobile users, are libraries neglecting other user populations who do not have access to mobile devices?
• Do mobile device and service providers have any incentive to work with libraries and serve neglected populations?
These and other issues remain in flux as the library and larger information communities attempt to grasp the impact of mobile computing. Join NISO for a one-day forum at which invited speakers will explore many of the pressing questions about libraries’ interaction with and promotion of mobile technologies.
Agenda
8:00 a.m. Registration Desk Opens
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Introduction: How Standards Fit (or don’t fit) in Mobile Computing / Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Opening Keynote / Brian O’Leary, Founder and Principal, Magellan Media
Presentation Slides > Mobile Reading Comes Of Age
[http://www.slideshare.net/bfoleary/mobile-reading-comes-of-age-niso-forum]
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break
Mobile Computing, Libraries, and Users: Providing Context
10:45 - 11:30 a.m.
Using Surveys to Find out What Users Want with Mobile Devices / Bennett Claire Ponsford, Digital Services Librarian, Texas A&M University Libraries
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
MedLinePlus Mobile: The Why, What, and How / Loren Frant, Head of the Health Information Products Unit, National Library of Medicine (NLM)
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch
Examples of Mobile Technologies
1:15 - 2:00 p.m.
Models for Mobile in Teaching and Learning / Chris Millet, Manager of Advanced Learning Projects at Education Technology Services, Penn State University
2:00 - 2:45 p.m.
Mobile Sensors: Building an Open Source Staff-Facing Tablet App for Library Assessment / Jason Casden, Digital Technologies Development Librarian, N.C. State University Libraries
2:45 - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
Mobile Interfaces & the Impact on (and Opportunities for) Publisher Content / Nicki Augustyn, Managing Editor, CHEST, American College of Chest Physicians
4:00 - 4:45 p.m.
"Ask Anything" Session
Bring your questions, comments, and ideas to share with the entire group / Moderator: Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO
4:45 - 5:00 p.m. Forum Wrap-up / Todd Carpenter, Managing Director, NISO
Registration
NISO Voting and LSA Members > Early-Bird (Ends 5/1/2011): $200.00 ; Regular: $225.00 ; On-site: $250.00
Non-Members > Early-Bird (Ends 5/1/2011): $240.00 ; Regular: $285.00 ; On-site: $300.00
Student > $130.00
Registration Information
• Early bird rates are offered until May 1, 2011.
• Registration closes May 11, 2011. After that date, a processing fee of $50 will be added. This also applies to any on-site registration.
[snip]
• Registration includes a continental breakfast and lunch. [snip]
[snip]
Meeting Location
The CHF Conference Center
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702
Source And Appropriate Links Available At
[http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/mobiletechnologies/]
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