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Journal Article
The use of handheld mobile devices: their impact and implications for library services
2010
Overview
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to carry out a survey in order to better understand the nature of handheld mobile computing use by academic library users and to determine whether there is a significant demand for using the library services with these small screen devices.Design methodology approach - A survey is created to measure whether people want to access an OPAC with a small screen. Additionally, through open-ended questions, the survey attempts to gain a broader understanding of handheld mobile computing's impact on, and implications for, the services provided by academic libraries.Findings - A total of 58.4 percent of respondents who own a web-enabled handheld device indicate that they would use small screen devices, such as PDAs or web-enabled cell phones to search a library OPAC.Originality value - The increasing prevalence of handheld mobile computing devices such as PDAs and web-enabled cell phones warrants investigation as to its impact on libraries. This study examines an academic library user population and the potential demand for using the library's catalog with handheld mobile computing devices
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited,Emerald
Subject
/ Application programming interface
/ E-books
/ Exact sciences and technology
/ Information and communication sciences
/ Information and communication technologies
/ Information science. Documentation
/ Information service management
/ Information technologies: storage media, equipment
/ Integrated library systems-ILS
/ Library and documentation centre management
/ Library and information science. General aspects
/ Mobile communication systems
/ Mobile communications networks
/ Sciences and techniques of general use
/ Services
/ Studies
