[Asis-l] Ellyssa Kroski: _On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies_

[gerrymck]

Colleagues/

I have discovered that an Open Access / Pre-Print of _On the Move with
the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies_ by Ellyssa Kroski
is Now Available

[ http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00015024/ ]

/Gerry

On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies

Table of Contents

Chapter One: What is the Mobile
Web?............................................................................................
3

The Mobile Web Defined..............................................................................................................
3
Who Are the Early Adopters?
.......................................................................................................
3
What Are People Doing with Their Mobile Devices?
.................................................................. 4
Benefits of the Mobile Web
..........................................................................................................
6
Mobile Web Challenges
................................................................................................................
6
Mobile Web Resources &
Reports................................................................................................
7
Notes ............................................................................................................................................
8

Chapter 2: Mobile Devices
.............................................................................................................
10

Mobile Phone Devices
................................................................................................................
10
Mobile Phone Manufacturers.......................................................................................................11
Operating Systems
......................................................................................................................
12
Mobile Phone Carriers
................................................................................................................
14
Mobile Phone Features
...............................................................................................................
14
Data Plans ..................................................................................................................................
17
Other devices ..............................................................................................................................
18
Mobile Devices Resources & Reports
........................................................................................
18
Notes ..........................................................................................................................................
19

Chapter Three: What Can You Do with the Mobile Web?: Mobile Web
Applications................... 21

Email ..........................................................................................................................................
21
Text Messaging ...........................................................................................................................
22
Ring Tones & Wallpaper
.............................................................................................................
22
Music & Radio...........................................................................................................................
23
Software & Games
......................................................................................................................
24
Instant Messaging
.......................................................................................................................
25
Social Networking
......................................................................................................................
25
Social Mapping Networks.....................................................................................................26
Media Sharing Social Networks
...........................................................................................27
Search.........................................................................................................................................
27
Multimedia Search
................................................................................................................28
Local Search.........................................................................................................................28
Shopping Search....................................................................................................................28
Visual/Camera Phone Search
................................................................................................29
Voice Search.........................................................................................................................29
Mapping .....................................................................................................................................
29
Widgets ......................................................................................................................................
30
E-Books......................................................................................................................................
31
AudioBooks ...............................................................................................................................
32
Travel Information
......................................................................................................................
33
Browsers ....................................................................................................................................
33
News...........................................................................................................................................
34
Blogging.....................................................................................................................................
35
RSS Feeds ..................................................................................................................................
35
Food Ordering............................................................................................................................
36
Microblogging............................................................................................................................
36
Mobile Web QuickPicks
.............................................................................................................
36
iPhone Only Applications
...........................................................................................................
37
iPhone QuickPicks
......................................................................................................................
38
Mobile Web Applications Resources &
Reports.........................................................................
38
Notes ..........................................................................................................................................
40

Chapter 4: Library Mobile Initiatives
.............................................................................................
41

Mobile Library Websites and MOPACs (Mobile OPACs)
......................................................... 41
Mobile Collections.....................................................................................................................
42
Mobile Library Instruction..........................................................................................................
43
Mobile Databases.......................................................................................................................
43
Mobile Audio Tours
....................................................................................................................
44
Library SMS Notifications..........................................................................................................
45
SMS Reference ...........................................................................................................................
45
Mobile Library Circulation
.........................................................................................................
46
Library Mobile Resources & Reports
.........................................................................................
47
Notes ..........................................................................................................................................
48

Chapter 5: How to Create a Mobile Experience
.............................................................................
49

Developing a Mobile Strategy
....................................................................................................
49
The Nuts and Bolts of Going
Mobile..........................................................................................
50
Take No Action .....................................................................................................................50
Push Content via Mobile Alerts
............................................................................................50
Mobile Style Sheets...............................................................................................................51
Transcoded Websites
.............................................................................................................51
Mobile-Only Websites...........................................................................................................51
Tips for designing a mobile
Website...........................................................................................
52
Creating for Mobile Resources &
Reports..................................................................................
52
Notes ..........................................................................................................................................
53

Chapter Six: Getting Started with the Mobile Web
........................................................................
54

Forums .......................................................................................................................................
54
Blogs ..........................................................................................................................................
54
Websites .....................................................................................................................................
55
Getting Started
Activities............................................................................................................
55
Starter Activity #1: Yahoo!
Go..............................................................................................55
Starter Activity #2: E-Books
.................................................................................................56
Starter Activity #3: Text
Yourself..........................................................................................56
Starter Activity #4: QR
Codes...............................................................................................56
Starter Activity #5: Visit the
Library.....................................................................................56
Starter Activity #6:
ListenUp!...............................................................................................56
Starter Activity #7: Get
Creative...........................................................................................57
Appendix: QR Codes
......................................................................................................................
58

[ http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00015024/01/mobile_web_ltr.pdf ]

_On the Move with the Mobile Web_ is an issue in the Library
Technology Reports series (44 (5) 2008)

[ http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/on-the-move-with-the-mobile-web-libraries-and-mobile-technologies.html
]

About the Author

Ellyssa Kroski is a reference librarian most recently at Columbia
University as well as an independent information consultant and
international conference speaker. She is an adjunct faculty member at
her alma mater, Long Island University's Palmer School of Library
Science, as well as at Pratt Institute and San Jose State University,
where she teaches LIS students about new and emerging Web
technologies. Ellyssa has worked with Information and Internet
technologies since the mid-90s.

Ellyssa is a published author and has written about emerging
technologies and their applications in libraries for major library
publications and scholarly journals. Her book Web 2.0 for Librarians
and Information Professional was published in February 2008. Ellyssa
teaches professional development workshops and provides technology
instruction throughout the country. She blogs at iLibrarian and
InfoTangle.

Thanks For Your Outstanding Work, Ellysa !!!

Regards,

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu

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