Mobile Technologies & Academics: Do Students Use Mobile Technologies in Their Academic Lives and are Librarians Ready to Meet this Challenge?

被引:35
作者
Dresselhaus, Angela [1 ]
Shrode, Flora [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Utah State Univ, Logan, UT 84322 USA
[2] Utah State Univ, Reference Serv, Logan, UT 84322 USA
[3] Utah State Univ, Instruct Serv, Logan, UT 84322 USA
关键词
WEB; SERVICES;
D O I
10.6017/ital.v31i2.2166
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
080201 [机械制造及其自动化];
摘要
In this paper we report on two surveys and offer an introductory plan that librarians may use to begin implementing mobile access to selected library databases and services. Results from the first survey helped us to gain insight into where students at Utah State University (USU) in Logan, Utah, stand regarding their use of mobile devices for academic activities in general and their desire for access to library services and resources in particular. A second survey, conducted with librarians, gave us an idea of the extent to which responding libraries offer mobile access, their future plans for mobile implementation, and their opinions about whether and how mobile technologies may be useful to library patrons. In the last segment of the paper, we outline steps librarians can take as they "go mobile."
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页码:82 / 101
页数:20
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