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== Libraries offering mobile interfaces or applications ==

=== Mobile interfaces ===

Library OPACs or websites which are especially designed for viewing on mobile devices.

*[http://www.mobib.nu/ Aalborg Libraries, Denmark] Website

*[http://www.library.american.edu/mobile/ American University Library] Website

*[http://aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Athabasca University] OPAC

*[http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/mobile/ Ball State University] Website [http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/MOPAC OPAC] ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://flas.upc.edu/brgf Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferraté. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya] Website & OPAC

*[http://iis.bhsu.edu/lis/pda/ Black Hills State University] OPAC

*[http://www.bc.edu/libraries/mobile/ Boston College] Website

*[http://med-libwww.bu.edu/mobile/index.cfm Boston University Medical Center Mobile Library] Website

*[http://www.lib.byu.edu/m Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library] Website

*[http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/mobile/ Cal Poly Pomona University Library] Website

*[http://m.codlibrary.org/ College of DuPage Library] Website

*[http://www.deichmanske-bibliotek.oslo.kommune.no/om_oss/article16167-5391.html Deichmanske Bibliotek] (public library in Oslo, Norway) OPAC (in Norwegian)

*[http://library.duke.edu/mobile/ Duke University] Website

*[http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/airpac/ Georgetown University] OPAC

*[http://lib.ugent.be/mobile/ Ghent University Library, Belgium] OPAC - see also [http://lib.ugent.be/tektok/2009/10/meercat-mobiel.html/ blog entry about its mobile interface] [Dutch]

*[http://library.hanover.edu/mobile/mhome.html Hanover College, Duggan Library] Website

*[http://mplwebcat.mplib.org/airpac/ Hennepin Country Library] OPAC

*[http://mobile.cib.unibo.it/ The Italian Serials Catalogue ACNP] run by the University of Bologna

*[http://www.kb.nl Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands] Website suitable for desktop and mobile devices.

*[http://mobile.linccweb.org/ Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)] (LINCCWeb) - OPAC - run by [http://www.cclaflorida.org/ College Center for Library Automation] (CCLA)

*[http://libraries.mit.edu/mobile-site/ Massachusetts Institute of Technology]

*[http://www.lib.muohio.edu/m/ Miami University Libraries (Ohio)] Catalog and other services

*[http://library.msstate.edu/m/ Mississippi State University Libraries] Website & OPAC

*[http://waldo.library.nashville.org/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Nashville Public Library] OPAC ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/helka/ National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland] OPAC

*[http://m.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2009/01/23/2-new-mobile-library-interfaces/ screenshots])

*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/ North Carolina State University Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.nova.edu/library/m/ Nova Southeastern University - Alvin Sherman Library] Website

*[http://library.open.ac.uk Open University Library, United Kingdom] Website

*[http://www.oplin.org/mobile/ OPLIN] Website

*[http://m.ocls.info/ Orange County Library System (FL)] Website & OPAC (AirPAC)

*[http://m.library.oregonstate.edu Oregon State University MobileLib] website with Iphone and mobile browser versions.

*[http://m.library.rice.edu Rice University, Fondren Library, Houston, TX] mobile website and catalog searching

*[http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/airpac/ Ryerson University Library] OPAC (AirPAC)

*[http://www.saclibrary.org/mobile Sacramento Public Library] Website

*[http://www.csbsju.edu/library/mobile/ St. John’s University, College of St. Benedict (Clemens Library)] Website

*[http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek/mobib_biblioteket_rett_paa_mobilen Stavanger Public Library, Norway] OPAC (in Norwegian)

*[http://lib.tcu.edu/m Texas Christian University] Website & OPAC

*[http://m.tripod.brynmawr.edu Tricolleges (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore)] OPAC

*[http://mobil.uni-koeln.de/int/bsuche.xml Universitaetsbibliothek Koeln, Germany] OPAC

*[http://m.library.ualberta.ca/ University of Alberta]

*[http://www.library.ualberta.ca/pdazone/ University of Alberta PDA Zone] PDA

*[http://cf.uba.uva.nl/mobiel/ University of Amsterdam] Website and OPAC

*[http://www.library.ubc.ca/m/ University of British Columbia Library] Website

*[http://diana.uca.es/airpac/ University of Cadiz Library, Spain] OPAC ([http://www.uca.es/area/biblioteca/accesoexterno/airpac more information] in Spanish)

*[http://mysite.du.edu/~jokraus/test/m.html University of Denver (Penrose Library) in beta version] Website

*[http://hades.grainger.uiuc.edu/nikki/Mobile/Version1/index.htm University of Illinois Library (Grainger)] Website

*[http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/m/ University of Iowa Libraries] Website

*[http://www.lib.umn.edu/mobile/ University of Minnesota Library] Website

*[http://m.library.unomaha.edu/ University of Nebraska Omaha Library] Website

*[http://www.lib.unc.edu/m University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill] Website

*[http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/library/mobile/ University of Richmond Libraries] Website [http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Foncampus.richmond.edu%2Facademics%2Flibary%2Fmobile%2Flibmobilecat.htm&_gwt_noimg=1 OPAC] ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.lib.rochester.edu/m University of Rochester Libraries Mobile] Website

*[http://mobile.usfca.edu/mobile.html University of San Francisco Mobile] Library Hours & Catalog

*[http://mobile.virginia.edu/library.php University of Virginia Library] or [http://m.lib.virginia.edu/ fancier version] Website ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots]) [http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/mobile/ background info]

*[http://elibrary.wayne.edu:6060/airpac/ Wayne State University Library] OPAC

*[http://m.worthingtonlibraries.org/ Worthington Libraries] Website & OPAC

*[http://www.med.yale.edu/library/m/ Yale University's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library] Website

=== Mobile applications ===

*[http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301077850&mt=8 District of Columbia Public Library iPhone application] (iTunes link)
*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/wolfwalk NC State "Wolf Walk" geo-locative campus tour]
*[http://indianau.boopsie.com/ Indiana University Search IU - Library Application]
*[http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/iusask-for-os-2-2-1/id336561280?mt=8 University of Saskatchewan] iUSask (part of a campus application) (iTunes link)
*[http://itunes.com/apps/newlisbooks New LIS books app for University of Illinois Library, Urbana - Champaign] (iTunes link)
*[http://itunes.com/apps/ugl4eva Video tour app of the Undergraduate Library, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign] (iTunes link)

=== SMS notification services ===

Libraries using SMS services, e.g.:
* SMS if requested book is available (collect messages)
* SMS reminder if a book is due
* requesting a list of loans via SMS
* renewing books via SMS
* requesting an overview of outstanding fines via SMS
* checking the availability of books via SMS
* requesting the opening hours of the library via SMS

'''For SMS reference services, see [[Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services]]'''

*[http://aleph.unisg.ch/ALEPH IDS St. Gallen, Switzerland], sends SMS messages to students of the University of St. Gallen.

*[http://www.bi.no/Content/StartPageLibrary____60804.aspx BI Norwegian School of Management] offers SMS-alerts when items patrons have put on hold are available for pickup (see a 2007 [http://www.bi.no/Content/Article____65154.aspx press release] and their [http://www.bi.no/Content/Article____57438.aspx regulations]).

*[http://bibliotecnica.upc.es/bib160 Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferraté. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya] sens SMS-alerts when a laptot is avaiable for pickup ([http://bibliotecnica.upc.es/bib160/serveis/prestec_portatils/ More information here])

*[http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/search Bryn Mawr] send call numbers from OPAC via text message

*[http://www.dentonlibrary.com Denton Public Libraries] offers text message notification to inform customers of items ready to be picked up, due dates, items that are overdue and other notices through their cell phones. See a november 2007 [http://dentonlibrary.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/new-text-messaging-service/ news item].

*[http://www.elnet.ee The ELNET consortium, Estonia] is sending SMS messages from their OPAC.

*[http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/service/sms.html ETH Zürich Library] sends SMS collect messages. They are part of the NEBIS network (see below).

*[http://lib.ugent.be Ghent University Library] is sending SMS messages from their discovery interface.

*[http://lib.hse.fi/EN/services/mobiilipalvelut.html Helsinki School of Economics Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

*[http://lib.tkk.fi/en/services/circulation/mobile/ Helsinki University of Technology Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

*[https://my.monash.edu.au/library/services/sms/ Monash University Library, Australia] offers SMS notifications when items are due back, to remind patrons about overdue items, and to inform them about outstanding fines.

*[http://www.nebis.ch/ The NEBIS network, Switzerland] offers library notifications via SMS: reminders for books being overdue (i.e. first reminder) and collect messages.

*[http://www.muenster.de/stadt/buecherei/sms-service.html Public Library Münster, Germany] is sending various SMS messages.

*[http://alexandria.rice.edu/uhtbin/webcat/ Rice University, Fondren Library, Houston, TX] sends title and call numbers from catalog

*[http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/ Ryerson University Library] sends call numbers and locations by SMS from the catalogue.

*[http://library.simmons.edu/search Simmons College Library]'s catalog sends text messages from the library catalog with item recors attached.

*[http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek/mobib_biblioteket_rett_paa_mobilen Stavanger Public Library, Norway] (in Norwegian) offers the possibility to renew loans, make reservations and search the base, and they are using MoBib.

*[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] is sending SMS collect messages. Users are charged for this service.

*[http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/about/textalerts.html Undergraduate Library] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: sends text message alerts about Librarians' Office Hours the day they are happening (pilot for the Spring 2008 semester).

*[http://www.ub.uit.no/db_kat/dbkat-e.htm University Library of Tromsø, Norway] is sending SMS collect messages.

Of the 97 public libraries in Denmark: 60 sent SMS if books requested are ready for pickup, 37 use SMS for recalls, and 46 sent SMS as warnings some days before a book is due [data from the 2007 annual statistic for public libraries in Denmark].

*[http://m.library.oregonstate.edu Oregon State University MobileLib] sends location based directions to the library and library contact information that can be added to contacts. Also offers text the mobile site link to your phone from main website

=== Mobile collections ===

This includes audiobooks, ebooks, audio language courses, streaming music, films, images, etc. which can be used on mobile devices. These collections can either be downloaded from the library websites on user's own mobile devices or libraries lend mobile devices with the collections already on them.

*[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/FineArts/index.php?id=52075 Crouch Fine Arts Library at Baylor University] offers audio streaming databases. Music files from these databases can be downloaded on user's mobile devices.

*[http://cwmars.lib.overdrive.com/ The C/W MARS library network in Massachusetts] offer ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac.

*[http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections Duke University Libraries] offer digitized image collections (over 32,000 images) through the DukeMobile iPhone app ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHK3E4N7w6o demo] and [http://www.uwire.com/Article.aspx?id=4142844 press release])

*[http://ebooks.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] offers ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac.

*[http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/ipod/show_all.php St. Joseph County Public Library] offers audiobooks on iPod - either your own of the library's iPod.

*[http://www.fordlibrary.org/booksmoviesmagazinesmore/ipodbooks.html Thomas Ford Memorial Library], a public library which lends iPod audiobooks to the public.

*[http://listenalaska.lib.overdrive.com/ University of Alaska Fairbanks] offers audiobooks throug the ListenAlaska web portal.

*[http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ University of Virginia Library] Electronic Text Center

*[http://m.ieeexplore.ieee.org// IEEE Xplore Mobile] offers free search of all IEEE Xplore documents directly on your mobile device. You can view up to [only] TEN (10) article abstracts per search. To view full-text articles, send the article links to your e-mail address.

=== Mobile instruction ===

This includes the application of mobile devices for library instruction. Can be text-based, audio or video. For audio-based instruction, see also the section on [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting Podcasting].

*[http://digilab.open.ac.uk/testarea/mobileSafari/ Open University Library, United Kingdom] text-based instruction

*[http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/science/podcast.htm Washington State University Libraries] "How To ..." - Help with Library Resources and Tools: instructional podcasts

=== Mobile tours of the library ===

Audiotours can be either downloaded on users' own mobile devices, or mobile devices with audiotours on them can be lend by the library. Audiotours can be made available in various languages.

*[http://my.simmons.edu/library/tour/ Beatley Library & Information Commons Tour Portal]: you can check out an iPod at the Access Services Desk at Simmons College Library

*[http://library.duke.edu/about/perkinsproject/audio-tour.html Bostock Library Walking Audio Tour]: Duke University Libraries offer MP3 files to donload on your own MP3 player

*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/tours.html C.V. STarr East Asian Library] at Columbia University: offer MP3 tours in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Tibetan.

*[http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/induction/audiotour.htm London School of Economics, United Kingdom]: tour podcast can be downloaded or you can borrow a tour handset from the Welcome Point.

*[http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/tours-audio.html Oxford Brookes University Library, United Kingdom]: tour can be downloaded or you can borrow an MP3 player at the Enquiry Desk.

*[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] provided an audiotour of one of their exhibitions (Spring 2008). The audiotour was put on MP3 sticks. These were entered in the catalogue, so that users could borrow the MP3 sticks.

*[http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/services/reference/audiotour.html University of Otago Library, New Zealand], in English, Mandarin and Maori.

=== QR (Quick Response) 2D Codes ===

For a more detailed page about 2D codes, also known as QR codes, see the page in this wiki for [[QR Codes]]. See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code description in Wikipedia] and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=P-DntIQi2e8 explanation in CSI on YouTube]. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader software can scan the image of the QR 2D Code causing the phone's browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL.

*University of Bath Library, United Kingdom is doing a project including QR2D codes in their OPAC. Catalogue records are proviced with these codes. When scanning the code, a map of the library is launched on user's mobiles, helping them to locate the library material in the library building. The university uses QR in their teaching and learning and even [http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode/ blogs] on their QR code service.

*[http://bibliotecnica.upc.es/bib160 Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferraté. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya] uses QR Codes to provide additional information on promotional posters and to provide username and password to users who subscribe to the [http://bibliotecnica.upc.es/bib160/serveis/area_clic/ CLIC Area service] (a computer classroom)

=== Other mobile applications ===

*The Institut fuer Informationswissenschaft in Saarbruecken, Germany offers [http://twitter.com/VIBISB Twitter for new titles].

*[http://lib.ugent.be/index_en.shtml/ Ghent University Library, Belgium] offers [http://twitter.com/ugentbiblio/ Twitter for new entries in its Academic Bibliography].

*National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland, offers [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/mobile/articlerequest.php Mobile article request] and [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/mobile/feednavigator/ mobile RSS feeds].

*The Smart Library Location-Aware Mobile Library, Finland, provides map-based guidance to books and collections on PDA, described in http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-2.pdf and http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-28.pdf

*At the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, SMS is used during information literacy classes. Lecturers can add questions to PowerPoint presentations, which students can answer via SMS. The results of the sent SMS messages is directly visible in a diagram on the screen. Lecturers can thus assess the students' knowledge, but the tool is also useful for starting discussions. See the Dutch press release at http://www.vu.nl/nl/Images/pb%2009%20015%20SMS%20stemmen_tcm9-67541.pdf.

*The Ryerson University Library and Archives offers a [https://www.runner.ryerson.ca/Library/studentbooking/mobile/ mobile student room booking module].

*The University of Texas at Arlington Library developed [http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/shelflister/ ShelfLister], a mobile device staff client for stacks maintenance and inventory. The application is designed to work with the Voyager ILS and has been released under an open source license.

== Vendors and Publishers ==

=== Library Vendors offering mobile interfaces or applications ===

*[http://www.altarama.com.au/refxsms.htm Altarama Information Systems, Australia] offer a Reference by SMS service.

*[http://www.axiell.dk/ Axiell], Denmark offers the most widespread ILS for public libraries in Denmark (DDELIbra). Their mobile services are called DDElibra Mobil Professionel and DDElibra MoBiblo.

*[http://www.bibsyst.no/ Bibliofil], Norway offers the [http://www.bibsyst.no/produkter/publikum/netthent.php NettHent] software

*[http://www.e2campus.com e2Campus] offers campus-wide text notification system.

*[http://www.iii.com/ Innovative Interfaces] offers the AirPac module (mobile OPAC) and an SMS product.

*[http://www.ocls.info/Default.asp?bhcp=1 Orange County Library System] provides a SMS text messaging service that sends reminders to patrons when their items are coming due, as well as an SMS reference service.

*[http://ravewireless.com/ Rave Wireless] offer campus-wide alert system.

*[http://www.sirsidynix.com SirsiDynix] offers the [http://www.sirsidynix.com/Resources/Pdfs/Solutions/Products/PocketCirc.pdf PocketCirc] handheld circulation tool.

*[http://www.textalibrarian.com Text A Librarian, Powered by Mosio] - SMS/Text Message Reference Services

=== Vendors offering mobile tours ===

*[http://www.guidebycell.com Guide by cell]

*[http://museum411.com Museum 411]

=== Publishers offering databases for mobile devices ===

*[http://scitation.aip.org/iphone American Institute of Physics iResearch] iPhone application

* The American Insitute of Physics' [http://jrse.aip.org Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE)] can now be accessed from any mobile device equipped with a modern web browser.

*[http://dabacon.org/arxiview/ arXiview] arXiv for the iPhone

*[http://arxiv.mobi/ arXiv Browse] arXiv for mobile devices

*[http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=1336 EBSCOhost Mobile]

*[http://i.eb.com/ Encyclopaedia Britannica]

*[http://mobile.beta.factiva.com Factiva] news database

*[http://www.hooversmobile.com/ Hoover's Mobile] company information

*[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/mobile IEEE XPlore]

*[http://blog.martindale.com/need-to-get-cases-and-shepardize-weve-got-an-app-for-that Lexis/Nexis Get Cases and Shepardize]

*[http://m.psychiatryonline.com/ PsychiatryOnline]

*[http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/ PubMed for Handhelds] medical database
**[http://referencesontap.com/ PubMed On Tap] 3rd party, not official from NIH
**[http://mobileabstracts.com/ Mobile Abstracts] an iPhone PubMed search engine, not official from NIH

*[http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=331637962&mt=8 Questia] iPhone application (iTunes link)

*[http://refworks.com/mobile/ Refworks Mobile]

*[http://ssrnblog.com/2009/11/19/ssrns-iphone-app-issrn-is-available/ Social Sciences Research Network] iSSRN

*[http://www.serialssolutions.com/news-detail/the-summon-service-goes-mobile/ Summon] (Serials Solutions Web-Scale Discovery)

*[http://wl-w.com Westlaw] legal research database

*[http://www.worldcat.org/m/ Worldcat.org]

=== Publishers offering mobile collections ===

*[http://www.bbcaudiobooks.com/ BBC Audiobooks]

*[http://blog.eblib.com/?p=125 EBL Ebook Library]

*[http://books.google.com/m Google Books]

*[http://www.overdrive.com/ OverDrive]

*[http://m.safaribooksonline.com Safari Books Online]

*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/188-2544966-7570353?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200298460 Amazon Kindle for the iPhone] (US Only)

== Possible Health Effects ==

The use of wireless devices is increasing rapidly, yet there is concern in the scientific community that this technology could have adverse side effects. Some documents and websites to find out the facts and recommended precautions.

*[http://www.radiationresearch.org/ EM Radiation Research Trust]

*[http://www.icems.eu/ International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS)]

*[http://www.stralingsrisicos.nl/ Nationaal Platform Stralingsrisico's] (in Dutch)

*[http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/rf/wifi.asp Powerwatch Wi-Fi and Health]

*[http://www.emfacts.com/wifi/WiFi_A4_print.pdf Wireless Networks (WiFi) Consumer Health and Safety Advice] EMFacts Consultancy

== Suggested Reading ==

[[Researching M-Libraries]] - a wiki page for sharing experiences of researching m-libraries and discussing appropriate/applicable research methods.

=== Books, reports and journal articles ===

*[http://www.educause.edu/Resources/MassachusettsInstituteofTechno/170936 Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Transforming the Campus Experience with the MIT Mobile Web] Educause/ECAR 2009

*Mobiles, chapter (page 8-10) from [http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009-Horizon-Report.pdf The Horizon Report - 2009 Edition]

*[http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2291/2070 Always on: Libraries in a world of permanent connectivity] Lorcan Dempsey, First Monday, 14(1-5) January 2009.

*[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/216659547 M-libraries : libraries on the move to provide virtual access], proceedings of the [http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html First International m-Libraries Conference] Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham, London: Facet, 2008

*[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?contentType=Article&Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/2400360306.html Mobile learning for the twenty-first century librarian] Jim Hahn, Reference Services Review, 36(3), 2008, pp 272-288.

*[http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-261-mobile.pdf Mobile technologies, mobile users: Implications for academic libraries] Joan Lippincott, ARL Current Issues, 261, December 2008.

*[http://eprints.rclis.org/15024/1/mobile_web_ltr.pdf/ On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies] Ellyssa Kroski, Library Technology Reports, 44(5), July 2008.

*[http://www.egms.de/en/journals/mbi/index.shtml PDA (special issue)] ed. by Oliver Obst and Helmut Doolfuss, GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen, 8(2). This issue is partly in German and partly in English.

*[http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/5-The-Mobile-Difference--Typology.aspx The Mobile Difference] Pew Internet and American Life report - March 25, 2009

*[http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may09/index.shtml The Mobile-ized Library] Special issue of Computers in Libraries. May, 2009 v.29(5)

*[http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/docs/M-Libraries_report.pdf M-Libraries: Information on the Move] Keren Mills, A report from the [http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/index.php Arcadia Programme] (June, 2009)

=== Blogs and Posts ===

*[http://alatechsource.org/blog/2009/05/summer-of-mobile-library-services.html Summer of Mobile Library Services]- ALA TechSource Blog

*[http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/02/30_mobile_trend.html 30 Mobile Trends in Libraries] - Stephen's Lighthouse

*[http://dclibrarylabs.org/projects/iphone/ DCPL iPhone app launch]

*[http://handheldlib.blogspot.com/ Handheld Librarian] Handheld computer news, ideas, and opinions from librarians and others interested in libraries. Editor: Grace Lee

*[http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/ Mobile Libraries blog]

*[http://vickiowensm-learningblog.blogspot.com/ Vicki Owen's Topically Technological Library Blog]

*[http://labs.nypl.org/category/mobile/ New York Public Library Labs posts on mobile tech]

=== Other Resources ===

Including slide presentations, conferences, websites, etc.

*[http://percentmobile.com/ Percent Mobile] a website that lets you track the percentage of traffic going to your website from different mobile devices. Requires you to copy and paste some code into your homepage.

*[http://www.slideshare.net/ellyssa/libraries-to-go-mobile-tech-in-libraries-presentation Libraries to Go] Ellyssa Kroski Slideshare Presentation

*[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html The First International m-Libraries Conference] Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 13 -14 November 2007

*[http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/ Handheld Librarian Conference] Online Conference, July 30, 2009

*[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/ The Second International m-Libraries Conference] Vancouver, BC - 23rd - 24th June 2009

*[http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/ Megan Fox - PDAs, Handhelds and Mobile Technologies in Libraries] Website

*[http://www.slideshare.net/htomren/electronic-resources-to-go Electronic Resources to Go] Slideshare presentation from 2009 Electronic Resources in Libraries Conference

*[http://groups.google.com/group/mobilelibraries/topics mobilelibraries discussion group]

*[http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mobile-usability.html mobile usability] by Jacob Nielsen

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== Libraries offering mobile interfaces or applications ==

=== Mobile interfaces ===

Library OPACs or websites which are especially designed for viewing on mobile devices.

*[http://www.mobib.nu/ Aalborg Libraries, Denmark] Website

*[http://www.library.american.edu/mobile/ American University Library] Website

*[http://aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Athabasca University] OPAC

*[http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/mobile/ Ball State University] Website [http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/MOPAC OPAC] ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://flas.upc.edu/brgf Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferraté. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya] Website & OPAC

*[http://iis.bhsu.edu/lis/pda/ Black Hills State University] OPAC

*[http://med-libwww.bu.edu/mobile/index.cfm Boston University Medical Center Mobile Library] Website

*[http://www.lib.byu.edu/m Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library] Website

*[http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/mobile/ Cal Poly Pomona University Library] Website

*[http://www.deichmanske-bibliotek.oslo.kommune.no/om_oss/article16167-5391.html Deichmanske Bibliotek] (public library in Oslo, Norway) OPAC (in Norwegian)

*[http://library.duke.edu/mobile/ Duke University] Website

*[http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/airpac/ Georgetown University] OPAC

*[http://library.hanover.edu/mobile/mhome.html Hanover College, Duggan Library] Website

*[http://mplwebcat.mplib.org/airpac/ Hennepin Country Library] OPAC

*[http://mobile.cib.unibo.it/ The Italian Serials Catalogue ACNP] run by the University of Bologna

*[http://www.kb.nl Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands] Website suitable for desktop and mobile devices.

*[http://mobile.linccweb.org/ Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)] (LINCCWeb) - OPAC - run by [http://www.cclaflorida.org/ College Center for Library Automation] (CCLA)

*[http://library.msstate.edu/m/ Mississippi State University Libraries] Website & OPAC

*[http://waldo.library.nashville.org/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Nashville Public Library] OPAC ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/helka/ National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland] OPAC

*[http://m.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2009/01/23/2-new-mobile-library-interfaces/ screenshots])

*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/ North Carolina State University Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.nova.edu/library/m/ Nova Southeastern University - Alvin Sherman Library] Website

*[http://library.open.ac.uk Open University Library, United Kingdom] Website

*[http://www.oplin.org/mobile/ OPLIN] Website

*[http://m.ocls.info/ Orange County Library System (FL)] Website & OPAC (AirPAC)

*[http://m.library.oregonstate.edu Oregon State University MobileLib] website with Iphone and mobile browser versions.

*[http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/airpac/ Ryerson University Library] OPAC (AirPAC)

*[http://www.saclibrary.org/mobile Sacramento Public Library] Website

*[http://www.csbsju.edu/library/mobile/ St. John’s University, College of St. Benedict (Clemens Library)] Website

*[http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek/mobib_biblioteket_rett_paa_mobilen Stavanger Public Library, Norway] OPAC (in Norwegian)

*[http://lib.tcu.edu/m Texas Christian University] Website & OPAC

*[http://mobil.uni-koeln.de/int/bsuche.xml Universitaetsbibliothek Koeln, Germany] OPAC

*[http://www.library.ualberta.ca/pdazone/ University of Alberta PDA Zone] PDA

*[http://www.library.ubc.ca/m/ University of British Columbia Library] Website

*[http://diana.uca.es/airpac/ University of Cadiz Library, Spain] OPAC ([http://www.uca.es/area/biblioteca/accesoexterno/airpac more information] in Spanish)

*[http://mysite.du.edu/~jokraus/test/m.html University of Denver (Penrose Library) in beta version] Website

*[http://hades.grainger.uiuc.edu/nikki/Mobile/Version1/index.htm University of Illinois Library (Grainger)] Website

*[http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/library/mobile/ University of Richmond Libraries] Website [http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Foncampus.richmond.edu%2Facademics%2Flibary%2Fmobile%2Flibmobilecat.htm&_gwt_noimg=1 OPAC] ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://mobile.virginia.edu/library.php University of Virginia Library] or [http://m.lib.virginia.edu/ fancier version] Website ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots]) [http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/mobile/ background info]

*[http://elibrary.wayne.edu:6060/airpac/ Wayne State University Library] OPAC

*[http://m.worthingtonlibraries.org/ Worthington Libraries] Website & OPAC

*[http://www.med.yale.edu/library/m/ Yale University's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library] Website

=== Mobile applications ===

*[http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301077850&mt=8 District of Columbia Public Library iPhone application] (iTunes link)
*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/wolfwalk NC State "Wolf Walk" geo-locative campus tour]
*[http://indianau.boopsie.com/ Indiana University Search IU - Library Application]

=== SMS notification services ===

Libraries using SMS services, e.g.:
* SMS if requested book is available (collect messages)
* SMS reminder if a book is due
* requesting a list of loans via SMS
* renewing books via SMS
* requesting an overview of outstanding fines via SMS
* checking the availability of books via SMS
* requesting the opening hours of the library via SMS

'''For SMS reference services, see [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Libraries_Offering_SMS_Reference_Services Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services]'''

*[http://aleph.unisg.ch/ALEPH IDS St. Gallen, Switzerland], sends SMS messages to students of the University of St. Gallen.

*[http://www.bi.no/Content/StartPageLibrary____60804.aspx BI Norwegian School of Management] offers SMS-alerts when items patrons have put on hold are available for pickup (see a 2007 [http://www.bi.no/Content/Article____65154.aspx press release] and their [http://www.bi.no/Content/Article____57438.aspx regulations]).

*[http://bibliotecnica.upc.es/bib160 Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferraté. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya] sens SMS-alerts when a laptot is avaiable for pickup ([http://bibliotecnica.upc.es/bib160/serveis/prestec_portatils/ More information here])

*[http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/search Bryn Mawr] send call numbers from OPAC via text message

*[http://www.dentonlibrary.com Denton Public Libraries] offers text message notification to inform customers of items ready to be picked up, due dates, items that are overdue and other notices through their cell phones. See a november 2007 [http://dentonlibrary.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/new-text-messaging-service/ news item].

*[http://www.elnet.ee The ELNET consortium, Estonia] is sending SMS messages from their OPAC.

*[http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/service/sms.html ETH Zürich Library] sends SMS collect messages. They are part of the NEBIS network (see below).

*[http://lib.hse.fi/EN/services/mobiilipalvelut.html Helsinki School of Economics Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

*[http://lib.tkk.fi/en/services/circulation/mobile/ Helsinki University of Technology Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

*[https://my.monash.edu.au/library/services/sms/ Monash University Library, Australia] offers SMS notifications when items are due back, to remind patrons about overdue items, and to inform them about outstanding fines.

*[http://www.nebis.ch/ The NEBIS network, Switzerland] offers library notifications via SMS: reminders for books being overdue (i.e. first reminder) and collect messages.

*[http://www.muenster.de/stadt/buecherei/sms-service.html Public Library Münster, Germany] is sending various SMS messages.

*[http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/ Ryerson University Library] sends call numbers and locations by SMS from the catalogue.

*[http://library.simmons.edu/search Simmons College Library]'s catalog sends text messages from the library catalog with item recors attached.

*[http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek/mobib_biblioteket_rett_paa_mobilen Stavanger Public Library, Norway] (in Norwegian) offers the possibility to renew loans, make reservations and search the base, and they are using MoBib.

*[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] is sending SMS collect messages. Users are charged for this service.

*[http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/about/textalerts.html Undergraduate Library] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: sends text message alerts about Librarians' Office Hours the day they are happening (pilot for the Spring 2008 semester).

*[http://www.ub.uit.no/db_kat/dbkat-e.htm University Library of Tromsø, Norway] is sending SMS collect messages.

Of the 97 public libraries in Denmark: 60 sent SMS if books requested are ready for pickup, 37 use SMS for recalls, and 46 sent SMS as warnings some days before a book is due [data from the 2007 annual statistic for public libraries in Denmark].

*[http://m.library.oregonstate.edu Oregon State University MobileLib] sends location based directions to the library and library contact information that can be added to contacts. Also offers text the mobile site link to your phone from main website

=== Mobile collections ===

This includes audiobooks, ebooks, audio language courses, streaming music, films, images, etc. which can be used on mobile devices. These collections can either be downloaded from the library websites on user's own mobile devices or libraries lend mobile devices with the collections already on them.

*[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/FineArts/index.php?id=52075 Crouch Fine Arts Library at Baylor University] offers audio streaming databases. Music files from these databases can be downloaded on user's mobile devices.

*[http://cwmars.lib.overdrive.com/ The C/W MARS library network in Massachusetts] offer ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac.

*[http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections Duke University Libraries] offer digitized image collections (over 32,000 images) through the DukeMobile iPhone app ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHK3E4N7w6o demo] and [http://www.uwire.com/Article.aspx?id=4142844 press release])

*[http://ebooks.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] offers ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac.

*[http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/ipod/show_all.php St. Joseph County Public Library] offers audiobooks on iPod - either your own of the library's iPod.

*[http://www.fordlibrary.org/booksmoviesmagazinesmore/ipodbooks.html Thomas Ford Memorial Library], a public library which lends iPod audiobooks to the public.

*[http://listenalaska.lib.overdrive.com/ University of Alaska Fairbanks] offers audiobooks throug the ListenAlaska web portal.

*[http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ University of Virginia Library] Electronic Text Center

*[http://m.ieeexplore.ieee.org// IEEE Xplore Mobile] offers free search of all IEEE Xplore documents directly on your mobile device. You can view up to [only] TEN (10) article abstracts per search. To view full-text articles, send the article links to your e-mail address.

=== Mobile instruction ===

This includes the application of mobile devices for library instruction. Can be text-based, audio or video. For audio-based instruction, see also the section on [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting Podcasting].

*[http://digilab.open.ac.uk/testarea/mobileSafari/ Open University Library, United Kingdom] text-based instruction

*[http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/science/podcast.htm Washington State University Libraries] "How To ..." - Help with Library Resources and Tools: instructional podcasts

=== Mobile tours of the library ===

Audiotours can be either downloaded on users' own mobile devices, or mobile devices with audiotours on them can be lend by the library. Audiotours can be made available in various languages.

*[http://my.simmons.edu/library/tour/ Beatley Library & Information Commons Tour Portal]: you can check out an iPod at the Access Services Desk at Simmons College Library

*[http://library.duke.edu/about/perkinsproject/audio-tour.html Bostock Library Walking Audio Tour]: Duke University Libraries offer MP3 files to donload on your own MP3 player

*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/tours.html C.V. STarr East Asian Library] at Columbia University: offer MP3 tours in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Tibetan.

*[http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/induction/audiotour.htm London School of Economics, United Kingdom]: tour podcast can be downloaded or you can borrow a tour handset from the Welcome Point.

*[http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/tours-audio.html Oxford Brookes University Library, United Kingdom]: tour can be downloaded or you can borrow an MP3 player at the Enquiry Desk.

*[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] provided an audiotour of one of their exhibitions (Spring 2008). The audiotour was put on MP3 sticks. These were entered in the catalogue, so that users could borrow the MP3 sticks.

*[http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/services/reference/audiotour.html University of Otago Library, New Zealand], in English, Mandarin and Maori.

=== QR (Quick Response) 2D Codes ===

For a more detailed page about 2D codes, also known as QR codes, see the page in this wiki for [[QR Codes]]. See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code description in Wikipedia] and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=P-DntIQi2e8 explanation in CSI on YouTube]. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader software can scan the image of the QR 2D Code causing the phone's browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL.

*University of Bath Library, United Kingdom is doing a project including QR2D codes in their OPAC. Catalogue records are proviced with these codes. When scanning the code, a map of the library is launched on user's mobiles, helping them to locate the library material in the library building. The university uses QR in their teaching and learning and even [http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode/ blogs] on their QR code service.

*[http://bibliotecnica.upc.es/bib160 Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferraté. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya] uses QR Codes to provide additional information on promotional posters and to provide username and password to users who subscribe to the [http://bibliotecnica.upc.es/bib160/serveis/area_clic/ CLIC Area service] (a computer classroom)

=== Other mobile applications ===

*The Institut fuer Informationswissenschaft in Saarbruecken, Germany offers [http://twitter.com/VIBISB Twitter for new titles].

*National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland, offers [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/mobile/articlerequest.php Mobile article request] and [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/mobile/feednavigator/ mobile RSS feeds].

*The Smart Library Location-Aware Mobile Library, Finland, provides map-based guidance to books and collections on PDA, described in http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-2.pdf and http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-28.pdf

*At the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, SMS is used during information literacy classes. Lecturers can add questions to PowerPoint presentations, which students can answer via SMS. The results of the sent SMS messages is directly visible in a diagram on the screen. Lecturers can thus assess the students' knowledge, but the tool is also useful for starting discussions. See the Dutch press release at http://www.vu.nl/nl/Images/pb%2009%20015%20SMS%20stemmen_tcm9-67541.pdf.

*The Ryerson University Library and Archives offers a [https://www.runner.ryerson.ca/Library/studentbooking/mobile/ mobile student room booking module].

*The University of Texas at Arlington Library developed [http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/shelflister/ ShelfLister], a mobile device staff client for stacks maintenance and inventory. The application is designed to work with the Voyager ILS and has been released under an open source license.

== Vendors and Publishers ==

=== Library Vendors offering mobile interfaces or applications ===

*[http://www.altarama.com.au/refxsms.htm Altarama Information Systems, Australia] offer a Reference by SMS service.

*[http://www.axiell.dk/ Axiell], Denmark offers the most widespread ILS for public libraries in Denmark (DDELIbra). Their mobile services are called DDElibra Mobil Professionel and DDElibra MoBiblo.

*[http://www.bibsyst.no/ Bibliofil], Norway offers the [http://www.bibsyst.no/produkter/publikum/netthent.php NettHent] software

*[http://www.e2campus.com e2Campus] offers campus-wide text notification system.

*[http://www.iii.com/ Innovative Interfaces] offers the AirPac module (mobile OPAC) and an SMS product.

*[http://www.ocls.info/Default.asp?bhcp=1 Orange County Library System] provides a SMS text messaging service that sends reminders to patrons when their items are coming due, as well as an SMS reference service.

*[http://ravewireless.com/ Rave Wireless] offer campus-wide alert system.

*[http://www.sirsidynix.com SirsiDynix] offers the [http://www.sirsidynix.com/Resources/Pdfs/Solutions/Products/PocketCirc.pdf PocketCirc] handheld circulation tool.

*[http://www.textalibrarian.com Text A Librarian, Powered by Mosio] - SMS/Text Message Reference Services

=== Vendors offering mobile tours ===

*[http://www.guidebycell.com Guide by cell]

*[http://museum411.com Museum 411]

=== Publishers offering databases for mobile devices ===

*[http://scitation.aip.org/iphone American Institute of Physics iResearch] iPhone application

*[http://dabacon.org/arxiview/ arXiview] arXiv for the iPhone

*[http://arxiv.mobi/ arXiv Browse] arXiv for mobile devices

*[http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=1&topicID=1336 EBSCOhost Mobile]

*[http://i.eb.com/ Encyclopaedia Britannica]

*[http://mobile.beta.factiva.com Factiva] news database

*[http://www.hooversmobile.com/ Hoover's Mobile] company information

*[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/mobile IEEE XPlore]

*[http://blog.martindale.com/need-to-get-cases-and-shepardize-weve-got-an-app-for-that Lexis/Nexis Get Cases and Shepardize]

*[http://m.psychiatryonline.com/ PsychiatryOnline]

*[http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/ PubMed for Handhelds] medical database
**[http://referencesontap.com/ PubMed On Tap] 3rd party, not official from NIH

*[http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=331637962&mt=8 Questia] iPhone application (iTunes link)

*[http://refworks.com/mobile/ Refworks Mobile]

*[http://www.serialssolutions.com/news-detail/the-summon-service-goes-mobile/ Summon] (Serials Solutions Web-Scale Discovery)

*[http://wl-w.com Westlaw] legal research database

*[http://www.worldcat.org/m/ Worldcat.org]

=== Publishers offering mobile collections ===

*[http://www.bbcaudiobooks.com/ BBC Audiobooks]

*[http://blog.eblib.com/?p=125 EBL Ebook Library]

*[http://books.google.com/m Google Books]

*[http://www.overdrive.com/ OverDrive]

*[http://m.safaribooksonline.com Safari Books Online]

*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/188-2544966-7570353?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200298460 Amazon Kindle for the iPhone] (US Only)

== Possible Health Effects ==

The use of wireless devices is increasing rapidly, yet there is concern in the scientific community that this technology could have adverse side effects. Some documents and websites to find out the facts and recommended precautions.

*[http://www.radiationresearch.org/ EM Radiation Research Trust]

*[http://www.icems.eu/ International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS)]

*[http://www.stralingsrisicos.nl/ Nationaal Platform Stralingsrisico's] (in Dutch)

*[http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/rf/wifi.asp Powerwatch Wi-Fi and Health]

*[http://www.emfacts.com/wifi/WiFi_A4_print.pdf Wireless Networks (WiFi) Consumer Health and Safety Advice] EMFacts Consultancy

== Suggested Reading ==

[[Researching M-Libraries]] - a wiki page for sharing experiences of researching m-libraries and discussing appropriate/applicable research methods.

=== Books, reports and journal articles ===

*Mobiles, chapter (page 8-10) from [http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009-Horizon-Report.pdf The Horizon Report - 2009 Edition]

*[http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2291/2070 Always on: Libraries in a world of permanent connectivity] Lorcan Dempsey, First Monday, 14(1-5) January 2009.

*[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/216659547 M-libraries : libraries on the move to provide virtual access], proceedings of the [http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html First International m-Libraries Conference] Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham, London: Facet, 2008

*[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?contentType=Article&Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/2400360306.html Mobile learning for the twenty-first century librarian] Jim Hahn, Reference Services Review, 36(3), 2008, pp 272-288.

*[http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-261-mobile.pdf Mobile technologies, mobile users: Implications for academic libraries] Joan Lippincott, ARL Current Issues, 261, December 2008.

*[http://eprints.rclis.org/15024/1/mobile_web_ltr.pdf/ On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies] Ellyssa Kroski, Library Technology Reports, 44(5), July 2008.

*[http://www.egms.de/en/journals/mbi/index.shtml PDA (special issue)] ed. by Oliver Obst and Helmut Doolfuss, GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen, 8(2). This issue is partly in German and partly in English.

*[http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/5-The-Mobile-Difference--Typology.aspx The Mobile Difference] Pew Internet and American Life report - March 25, 2009

*[http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may09/index.shtml The Mobile-ized Library] Special issue of Computers in Libraries. May, 2009 v.29(5)

*[http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/docs/M-Libraries_report.pdf M-Libraries: Information on the Move] Keren Mills, A report from the [http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/index.php Arcadia Programme] (June, 2009)

=== Blogs and Posts ===

*[http://alatechsource.org/blog/2009/05/summer-of-mobile-library-services.html Summer of Mobile Library Services]- ALA TechSource Blog

*[http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/02/30_mobile_trend.html 30 Mobile Trends in Libraries] - Stephen's Lighthouse

*[http://dclibrarylabs.org/projects/iphone/ DCPL iPhone app launch]

*[http://handheldlib.blogspot.com/ Handheld Librarian] Handheld computer news, ideas, and opinions from librarians and others interested in libraries. Editor: Grace Lee

*[http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/ Mobile Libraries blog]

*[http://vickiowensm-learningblog.blogspot.com/ Vicki Owen's Topically Technological Library Blog]

*[http://labs.nypl.org/category/mobile/ New York Public Library Labs posts on mobile tech]

=== Other Resources ===

Including slide presentations, conferences, websites, etc.

*[http://www.slideshare.net/ellyssa/libraries-to-go-mobile-tech-in-libraries-presentation Libraries to Go] Ellyssa Kroski Slideshare Presentation

*[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html The First International m-Libraries Conference] Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 13 -14 November 2007

*[http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/ Handheld Librarian Conference] Online Conference, July 30, 2009

*[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/ The Second International m-Libraries Conference] Vancouver, BC - 23rd - 24th June 2009

*[http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/ Megan Fox - PDAs, Handhelds and Mobile Technologies in Libraries] Website

*[http://www.slideshare.net/htomren/electronic-resources-to-go Electronic Resources to Go] Slideshare presentation from 2009 Electronic Resources in Libraries Conference

*[http://groups.google.com/group/mobilelibraries/topics mobilelibraries discussion group]

*[http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mobile-usability.html mobile usability] by Jacob Nielsen

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Jprinsen: /* Other Resources */ study by Jacob Nielsen on mobile usability added

== Libraries offering mobile interfaces or applications ==

=== Mobile interfaces ===

Library OPACs or websites which are especially designed for viewing on mobile devices.

*[http://www.mobib.nu/ Aalborg Libraries, Denmark] Website

*[http://www.library.american.edu/mobile/ American University Library] Website

*[http://aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Athabasca University] OPAC

*[http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/mobile/ Ball State University] Website [http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/MOPAC OPAC] ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://flas.upc.edu/brgf Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferraté. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya] Website & OPAC

*[http://iis.bhsu.edu/lis/pda/ Black Hills State University] OPAC

*[http://med-libwww.bu.edu/mobile/index.cfm Boston University Medical Center Mobile Library] Website

*[http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/mobile/ Cal Poly Pomona University Library] Website

*[http://www.deichmanske-bibliotek.oslo.kommune.no/om_oss/article16167-5391.html Deichmanske Bibliotek] (public library in Oslo, Norway) OPAC (in Norwegian)

*[http://library.duke.edu/mobile/ Duke University] Website

*[http://library.hanover.edu/mobile/mhome.html Hanover College, Duggan Library] Website

*[http://mplwebcat.mplib.org/airpac/ Hennepin Country Library] OPAC

*[http://mobile.cib.unibo.it/ The Italian Serials Catalogue ACNP] run by the University of Bologna

*[http://www.kb.nl Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands] Website suitable for desktop and mobile devices.

*[http://mobile.linccweb.org/ Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)] (LINCCWeb) - OPAC - run by [http://www.cclaflorida.org/ College Center for Library Automation] (CCLA)

*[http://waldo.library.nashville.org/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Nashville Public Library] OPAC ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/helka/ National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland] OPAC

*[http://m.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2009/01/23/2-new-mobile-library-interfaces/ screenshots])

*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/ North Carolina State University Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.nova.edu/library/m/ Nova Southeastern University - Alvin Sherman Library] Website

*[http://library.open.ac.uk Open University Library, United Kingdom] Website

*[http://www.oplin.org/mobile/ OPLIN] Website

*[http://m.ocls.info/ Orange County Library System (FL)] Website & OPAC (AirPAC)

*[http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/airpac/ Ryerson University Library] OPAC (AirPAC)

*[http://www.csbsju.edu/library/mobile/ St. John’s University, College of St. Benedict (Clemens Library)] Website

*[http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek/mobib_biblioteket_rett_paa_mobilen Stavanger Public Library, Norway] OPAC (in Norwegian)

*[http://lib.tcu.edu/m Texas Christian University] Website & OPAC

*[http://mobil.uni-koeln.de/int/bsuche.xml Universitaetsbibliothek Koeln, Germany] OPAC

*[http://www.library.ualberta.ca/pdazone/ University of Alberta PDA Zone] PDA

*[http://diana.uca.es/airpac/ University of Cadiz Library, Spain] OPAC ([http://www.uca.es/area/biblioteca/accesoexterno/airpac more information] in Spanish)

*[http://hades.grainger.uiuc.edu/nikki/Mobile/Version1/index.htm University of Illinois Library (Grainger)] Website

*[http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/library/mobile/ University of Richmond Libraries] Website [http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Foncampus.richmond.edu%2Facademics%2Flibary%2Fmobile%2Flibmobilecat.htm&_gwt_noimg=1 OPAC] ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://mobile.virginia.edu/library.php University of Virginia Library] or [http://m.lib.virginia.edu/ fancier version] Website ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots]) [http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/mobile/ background info]

*[http://www.med.yale.edu/library/m/ Yale University's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library] Website

*[http://elibrary.wayne.edu:6060/airpac/ Wayne State University Library] OPAC
*[http://m.library.oregonstate.edu Oregon State University MobileLib] website with Iphone and mobile browser versions.

=== Mobile applications ===

*[http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301077850&mt=8 District of Columbia Public Library iPhone application] (iTunes link)
*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/wolfwalk NC State "Wolf Walk" geo-locative campus tour]

=== SMS notification services ===

Libraries using SMS services, e.g.:
* SMS if requested book is available (collect messages)
* SMS reminder if a book is due
* requesting a list of loans via SMS
* renewing books via SMS
* requesting an overview of outstanding fines via SMS
* checking the availability of books via SMS
* requesting the opening hours of the library via SMS

'''For SMS reference services, see [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Libraries_Offering_SMS_Reference_Services Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services]'''

*[http://aleph.unisg.ch/ALEPH IDS St. Gallen, Switzerland], sends SMS messages to students of the University of St. Gallen.

*[http://www.bi.no/Content/StartPageLibrary____60804.aspx BI Norwegian School of Management] offers SMS-alerts when items patrons have put on hold are available for pickup (see a 2007 [http://www.bi.no/Content/Article____65154.aspx press release] and their [http://www.bi.no/Content/Article____57438.aspx regulations]).

*[http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/search Bryn Mawr] send call numbers from OPAC via text message

*[http://www.dentonlibrary.com Denton Public Libraries] offers text message notification to inform customers of items ready to be picked up, due dates, items that are overdue and other notices through their cell phones. See a november 2007 [http://dentonlibrary.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/new-text-messaging-service/ news item].

*[http://www.elnet.ee The ELNET consortium, Estonia] is sending SMS messages from their OPAC.

*[http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/service/sms.html ETH Zürich Library] sends SMS collect messages. They are part of the NEBIS network (see below).

*[http://lib.hse.fi/EN/services/mobiilipalvelut.html Helsinki School of Economics Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

*[http://lib.tkk.fi/en/services/circulation/mobile/ Helsinki University of Technology Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

*[https://my.monash.edu.au/library/services/sms/ Monash University Library, Australia] offers SMS notifications when items are due back, to remind patrons about overdue items, and to inform them about outstanding fines.

*[http://www.nebis.ch/ The NEBIS network, Switzerland] offers library notifications via SMS: reminders for books being overdue (i.e. first reminder) and collect messages.

*[http://www.muenster.de/stadt/buecherei/sms-service.html Public Library Münster, Germany] is sending various SMS messages.

*[http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/ Ryerson University Library] sends call numbers and locations by SMS from the catalogue.

*[http://library.simmons.edu/search Simmons College Library]'s catalog sends text messages from the library catalog with item recors attached.

*[http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek/mobib_biblioteket_rett_paa_mobilen Stavanger Public Library, Norway] (in Norwegian) offers the possibility to renew loans, make reservations and search the base, and they are using MoBib.

*[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] is sending SMS collect messages. Users are charged for this service.

*[http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/about/textalerts.html Undergraduate Library] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: sends text message alerts about Librarians' Office Hours the day they are happening (pilot for the Spring 2008 semester).

*[http://www.ub.uit.no/db_kat/dbkat-e.htm University Library of Tromsø, Norway] is sending SMS collect messages.

Of the 97 public libraries in Denmark: 60 sent SMS if books requested are ready for pickup, 37 use SMS for recalls, and 46 sent SMS as warnings some days before a book is due [data from the 2007 annual statistic for public libraries in Denmark].

*[http://m.library.oregonstate.edu Oregon State University MobileLib] sends location based directions to the library and library contact information that can be added to contacts. Also offers text the mobile site link to your phone from main website

=== Mobile collections ===

This includes audiobooks, ebooks, audio language courses, streaming music, films, images, etc. which can be used on mobile devices. These collections can either be downloaded from the library websites on user's own mobile devices or libraries lend mobile devices with the collections already on them.

*[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/FineArts/index.php?id=52075 Crouch Fine Arts Library at Baylor University] offers audio streaming databases. Music files from these databases can be downloaded on user's mobile devices.

*[http://cwmars.lib.overdrive.com/ The C/W MARS library network in Massachusetts] offer ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac.

*[http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections Duke University Libraries] offer digitized image collections (over 32,000 images) through the DukeMobile iPhone app ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHK3E4N7w6o demo] and [http://www.uwire.com/Article.aspx?id=4142844 press release])

*[http://ebooks.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] offers ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac.

*[http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/ipod/show_all.php St. Joseph County Public Library] offers audiobooks on iPod - either your own of the library's iPod.

*[http://www.fordlibrary.org/booksmoviesmagazinesmore/ipodbooks.html Thomas Ford Memorial Library], a public library which lends iPod audiobooks to the public.

*[http://listenalaska.lib.overdrive.com/ University of Alaska Fairbanks] offers audiobooks throug the ListenAlaska web portal.

*[http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ University of Virginia Library] Electronic Text Center

=== Mobile instruction ===

This includes the application of mobile devices for library instruction. Can be text-based, audio or video. For audio-based instruction, see also the section on [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting Podcasting].

*[http://digilab.open.ac.uk/testarea/mobileSafari/ Open University Library, United Kingdom] text-based instruction

*[http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/science/podcast.htm Washington State University Libraries] "How To ..." - Help with Library Resources and Tools: instructional podcasts

=== Mobile tours of the library ===

Audiotours can be either downloaded on users' own mobile devices, or mobile devices with audiotours on them can be lend by the library. Audiotours can be made available in various languages.

*[http://my.simmons.edu/library/tour/ Beatley Library & Information Commons Tour Portal]: you can check out an iPod at the Access Services Desk at Simmons College Library

*[http://library.duke.edu/about/perkinsproject/audio-tour.html Bostock Library Walking Audio Tour]: Duke University Libraries offer MP3 files to donload on your own MP3 player

*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/tours.html C.V. STarr East Asian Library] at Columbia University: offer MP3 tours in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Tibetan.

*[http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/induction/audiotour.htm London School of Economics, United Kingdom]: tour podcast can be downloaded or you can borrow a tour handset from the Welcome Point.

*[http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/tours-audio.html Oxford Brookes University Library, United Kingdom]: tour can be downloaded or you can borrow an MP3 player at the Enquiry Desk.

*[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] provided an audiotour of one of their exhibitions (Spring 2008). The audiotour was put on MP3 sticks. These were entered in the catalogue, so that users could borrow the MP3 sticks.

*[http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/services/reference/audiotour.html University of Otago Library, New Zealand], in English, Mandarin and Maori.

=== Quick Response 2D Codes ===

See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code description in Wikipedia] and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=P-DntIQi2e8 explanation in CSI on YouTube]. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader software can scan the image of the QR 2D Code causing the phone's browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL.

*University of Bath Library, United Kingdom is doing a project including QR2D codes in their OPAC. Catalogue records are proviced with these codes. When scanning the code, a map of the library is launched on user's mobiles, helping them to locate the library material in the library building. The university uses QR in their teaching and learning and even [http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode/ blogs] on their QR code service.

=== Other mobile applications ===

*The Institut fuer Informationswissenschaft in Saarbruecken, Germany offers [http://twitter.com/VIBISB Twitter for new titles].

*National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland, offers [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/mobile/articlerequest.php Mobile article request] and [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/mobile/feednavigator/ mobile RSS feeds].

*The Smart Library Location-Aware Mobile Library, Finland, provides map-based guidance to books and collections on PDA, described in http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-2.pdf and http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-28.pdf

*At the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, SMS is used during information literacy classes. Lecturers can add questions to PowerPoint presentations, which students can answer via SMS. The results of the sent SMS messages is directly visible in a diagram on the screen. Lecturers can thus assess the students' knowledge, but the tool is also useful for starting discussions. See the Dutch press release at http://www.vu.nl/nl/Images/pb%2009%20015%20SMS%20stemmen_tcm9-67541.pdf.

*The Ryerson University Library and Archives offers a [https://www.runner.ryerson.ca/Library/studentbooking/mobile/ mobile student room booking module].

== Vendors and Publishers ==

=== Library Vendors offering mobile interfaces or applications ===

*[http://www.altarama.com.au/refxsms.htm Altarama Information Systems, Australia] offer a Reference by SMS service.

*[http://www.axiell.dk/ Axiell], Denmark offers the most widespread ILS for public libraries in Denmark (DDELIbra). Their mobile services are called DDElibra Mobil Professionel and DDElibra MoBiblo.

*[http://www.bibsyst.no/ Bibliofil], Norway offers the [http://www.bibsyst.no/produkter/publikum/netthent.php NettHent] software

*[http://www.e2campus.com e2Campus] offers campus-wide text notification system.

*[http://www.iii.com/ Innovative Interfaces] offers the AirPac module (mobile OPAC) and an SMS product.

*[http://www.ocls.info/Default.asp?bhcp=1 Orange County Library System] provides a SMS text messaging service that sends reminders to patrons when their items are coming due, as well as an SMS reference service.

*[http://ravewireless.com/ Rave Wireless] offer campus-wide alert system.

*[http://www.sirsidynix.com SirsiDynix] offers the [http://www.sirsidynix.com/Resources/Pdfs/Solutions/Products/PocketCirc.pdf PocketCirc] handheld circulation tool.

*[http://www.textalibrarian.com Text A Librarian, Powered by Mosio] - SMS/Text Message Reference Services

=== Vendors offering mobile tours ===

*[http://www.guidebycell.com Guide by cell]

*[http://museum411.com Museum 411]

=== Publishers offering databases for mobile devices ===

*[http://mobile.beta.factiva.com Factiva] news database

*[http://www.hooversmobile.com/ Hoover's Mobile] company information

*[http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/ PubMed for Handhelds] medical database
**[http://referencesontap.com/ PubMed On Tap] 3rd party, not official from NIH

*[http://refworks.com/mobile/ Refworks Mobile]

*[http://wl-w.com Westlaw] legal research database

*[http://www.worldcat.org/m/ Worldcat.org]

*[http://dabacon.org/arxiview/ arXiview] arXiv for the iPhone

=== Publishers offering mobile collections ===

*[http://www.bbcaudiobooks.com/ BBC Audiobooks]

*[http://blog.eblib.com/?p=125 EBL Ebook Library]

*[http://books.google.com/m Google Books]

*[http://www.overdrive.com/ OverDrive]

*[http://m.safaribooksonline.com Safari Books Online]

*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/188-2544966-7570353?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200298460 Amazon Kindle for the iPhone] (US Only)

== Possible Health Effects ==

The use of wireless devices is increasing rapidly, yet there is concern in the scientific community that this technology could have adverse side effects. Some documents and websites to find out the facts and recommended precautions.

*[http://www.radiationresearch.org/ EM Radiation Research Trust]

*[http://www.icems.eu/ International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS)]

*[http://www.stralingsrisicos.nl/ Nationaal Platform Stralingsrisico's] (in Dutch)

*[http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/rf/wifi.asp Powerwatch Wi-Fi and Health]

*[http://www.emfacts.com/wifi/WiFi_A4_print.pdf Wireless Networks (WiFi) Consumer Health and Safety Advice] EMFacts Consultancy

== Suggested Reading ==

=== Books, reports and journal articles ===

*[http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2291/2070 Always on: Libraries in a world of permanent connectivity] Lorcan Dempsey, First Monday, 14(1-5) January 2009.

*[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/216659547 M-libraries : libraries on the move to provide virtual access], proceedings of the [http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html First International m-Libraries Conference] Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham, London: Facet, 2008

*[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?contentType=Article&Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/2400360306.html Mobile learning for the twenty-first century librarian] Jim Hahn, Reference Services Review, 36(3), 2008, pp 272-288.

*[http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-261-mobile.pdf Mobile technologies, mobile users: Implications for academic libraries] Joan Lippincott, ARL Current Issues, 261, December 2008.

*[http://eprints.rclis.org/15024/1/mobile_web_ltr.pdf/ On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies] Ellyssa Kroski, Library Technology Reports, 44(5), July 2008.

*[http://www.egms.de/en/journals/mbi/index.shtml PDA (special issue)] ed. by Oliver Obst and Helmut Doolfuss, GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen, 8(2). This issue is partly in German and partly in English.

*[http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/5-The-Mobile-Difference--Typology.aspx The Mobile Difference] Pew Internet and American Life report - March 25, 2009

*[http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may09/index.shtml The Mobile-ized Library] Special issue of Computers in Libraries. May, 2009 v.29(5)

*[http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/docs/M-Libraries_report.pdf M-Libraries: Information on the Move] Keren Mills, A report from the [http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/index.php Arcadia Programme] (June, 2009)

=== Blogs and Posts ===

*[http://alatechsource.org/blog/2009/05/summer-of-mobile-library-services.html Summer of Mobile Library Services]- ALA TechSource Blog

*[http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/02/30_mobile_trend.html 30 Mobile Trends in Libraries] - Stephen's Lighthouse

*[http://dclibrarylabs.org/projects/iphone/ DCPL iPhone app launch]

*[http://handheldlib.blogspot.com/ Handheld Librarian] Handheld computer news, ideas, and opinions from librarians and others interested in libraries. Editor: Grace Lee

*[http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/ Mobile Libraries blog]

*[http://vickiowensm-learningblog.blogspot.com/ Vicki Owen's Topically Technological Library Blog]

*[http://labs.nypl.org/category/mobile/ New York Public Library Labs posts on mobile tech]

=== Other Resources ===

Including slide presentations, conferences, websites, etc.

*[http://www.slideshare.net/ellyssa/libraries-to-go-mobile-tech-in-libraries-presentation Libraries to Go] Ellyssa Kroski Slideshare Presentation

*[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html The First International m-Libraries Conference] Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 13 -14 November 2007

*[http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/ Handheld Librarian Conference] Online Conference, July 30, 2009

*[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/ The Second International m-Libraries Conference] Vancouver, BC - 23rd - 24th June 2009

*[http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/ Megan Fox - PDAs, Handhelds and Mobile Technologies in Libraries] Website

*[http://www.slideshare.net/htomren/electronic-resources-to-go Electronic Resources to Go] Slideshare presentation from 2009 Electronic Resources in Libraries Conference

*[http://groups.google.com/group/mobilelibraries/topics mobilelibraries discussion group]

*[http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mobile-usability.html mobile usability] by Jacob Nielsen

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== Libraries offering mobile interfaces or applications ==

=== Mobile interfaces ===

Library OPACs or websites which are especially designed for viewing on mobile devices.

*[http://www.mobib.nu/ Aalborg Libraries, Denmark] Website

*[http://www.library.american.edu/mobile/ American University Library] Website

*[http://aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Athabasca University] OPAC

*[http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/mobile/ Ball State University] Website [http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/MOPAC OPAC] ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://flas.upc.edu/brgf Biblioteca Rector Gabriel Ferraté. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya] Website & OPAC

*[http://iis.bhsu.edu/lis/pda/ Black Hills State University] OPAC

*[http://med-libwww.bu.edu/mobile/index.cfm Boston University Medical Center Mobile Library] Website

*[http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/mobile/ Cal Poly Pomona University Library] Website

*[http://www.deichmanske-bibliotek.oslo.kommune.no/om_oss/article16167-5391.html Deichmanske Bibliotek] (public library in Oslo, Norway) OPAC (in Norwegian)

*[http://library.duke.edu/mobile/ Duke University] Website

*[http://library.hanover.edu/mobile/mhome.html Hanover College, Duggan Library] Website

*[http://mplwebcat.mplib.org/airpac/ Hennepin Country Library] OPAC

*[http://mobile.cib.unibo.it/ The Italian Serials Catalogue ACNP] run by the University of Bologna

*[http://www.kb.nl Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands] Website suitable for desktop and mobile devices.

*[http://mobile.linccweb.org/ Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)] (LINCCWeb) - OPAC - run by [http://www.cclaflorida.org/ College Center for Library Automation] (CCLA)

*[http://waldo.library.nashville.org/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Nashville Public Library] OPAC ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/helka/ National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland] OPAC

*[http://m.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2009/01/23/2-new-mobile-library-interfaces/ screenshots])

*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/ North Carolina State University Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.nova.edu/library/m/ Nova Southeastern University - Alvin Sherman Library] Website

*[http://library.open.ac.uk Open University Library, United Kingdom] Website

*[http://www.oplin.org/mobile/ OPLIN] Website

*[http://m.ocls.info/ Orange County Library System (FL)] Website & OPAC (AirPAC)

*[http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/airpac/ Ryerson University Library] OPAC (AirPAC)

*[http://www.csbsju.edu/library/mobile/ St. John’s University, College of St. Benedict (Clemens Library)] Website

*[http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek/mobib_biblioteket_rett_paa_mobilen Stavanger Public Library, Norway] OPAC (in Norwegian)

*[http://lib.tcu.edu/m Texas Christian University] Website & OPAC

*[http://mobil.uni-koeln.de/int/bsuche.xml Universitaetsbibliothek Koeln, Germany] OPAC

*[http://www.library.ualberta.ca/pdazone/ University of Alberta PDA Zone] PDA

*[http://diana.uca.es/airpac/ University of Cadiz Library, Spain] OPAC ([http://www.uca.es/area/biblioteca/accesoexterno/airpac more information] in Spanish)

*[http://hades.grainger.uiuc.edu/nikki/Mobile/Version1/index.htm University of Illinois Library (Grainger)] Website

*[http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/library/mobile/ University of Richmond Libraries] Website [http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Foncampus.richmond.edu%2Facademics%2Flibary%2Fmobile%2Flibmobilecat.htm&_gwt_noimg=1 OPAC] ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://mobile.virginia.edu/library.php University of Virginia Library] or [http://m.lib.virginia.edu/ fancier version] Website ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots]) [http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/mobile/ background info]

*[http://www.med.yale.edu/library/m/ Yale University's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library] Website

*[http://elibrary.wayne.edu:6060/airpac/ Wayne State University Library] OPAC
*[http://m.library.oregonstate.edu Oregon State University MobileLib] website with Iphone and mobile browser versions.

=== Mobile applications ===

*[http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301077850&mt=8 District of Columbia Public Library iPhone application] (iTunes link)
*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/wolfwalk NC State "Wolf Walk" geo-locative campus tour]

=== SMS notification services ===

Libraries using SMS services, e.g.:
* SMS if requested book is available (collect messages)
* SMS reminder if a book is due
* requesting a list of loans via SMS
* renewing books via SMS
* requesting an overview of outstanding fines via SMS
* checking the availability of books via SMS
* requesting the opening hours of the library via SMS

'''For SMS reference services, see [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Libraries_Offering_SMS_Reference_Services Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services]'''

*[http://aleph.unisg.ch/ALEPH IDS St. Gallen, Switzerland], sends SMS messages to students of the University of St. Gallen.

*[http://www.bi.no/Content/StartPageLibrary____60804.aspx BI Norwegian School of Management] offers SMS-alerts when items patrons have put on hold are available for pickup (see a 2007 [http://www.bi.no/Content/Article____65154.aspx press release] and their [http://www.bi.no/Content/Article____57438.aspx regulations]).

*[http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/search Bryn Mawr] send call numbers from OPAC via text message

*[http://www.dentonlibrary.com Denton Public Libraries] offers text message notification to inform customers of items ready to be picked up, due dates, items that are overdue and other notices through their cell phones. See a november 2007 [http://dentonlibrary.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/new-text-messaging-service/ news item].

*[http://www.elnet.ee The ELNET consortium, Estonia] is sending SMS messages from their OPAC.

*[http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/service/sms.html ETH Zürich Library] sends SMS collect messages. They are part of the NEBIS network (see below).

*[http://lib.hse.fi/EN/services/mobiilipalvelut.html Helsinki School of Economics Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

*[http://lib.tkk.fi/en/services/circulation/mobile/ Helsinki University of Technology Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

*[https://my.monash.edu.au/library/services/sms/ Monash University Library, Australia] offers SMS notifications when items are due back, to remind patrons about overdue items, and to inform them about outstanding fines.

*[http://www.nebis.ch/ The NEBIS network, Switzerland] offers library notifications via SMS: reminders for books being overdue (i.e. first reminder) and collect messages.

*[http://www.muenster.de/stadt/buecherei/sms-service.html Public Library Münster, Germany] is sending various SMS messages.

*[http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/ Ryerson University Library] sends call numbers and locations by SMS from the catalogue.

*[http://library.simmons.edu/search Simmons College Library]'s catalog sends text messages from the library catalog with item recors attached.

*[http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek/mobib_biblioteket_rett_paa_mobilen Stavanger Public Library, Norway] (in Norwegian) offers the possibility to renew loans, make reservations and search the base, and they are using MoBib.

*[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] is sending SMS collect messages. Users are charged for this service.

*[http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/about/textalerts.html Undergraduate Library] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: sends text message alerts about Librarians' Office Hours the day they are happening (pilot for the Spring 2008 semester).

*[http://www.ub.uit.no/db_kat/dbkat-e.htm University Library of Tromsø, Norway] is sending SMS collect messages.

Of the 97 public libraries in Denmark: 60 sent SMS if books requested are ready for pickup, 37 use SMS for recalls, and 46 sent SMS as warnings some days before a book is due [data from the 2007 annual statistic for public libraries in Denmark].

*[http://m.library.oregonstate.edu Oregon State University MobileLib] sends location based directions to the library and library contact information that can be added to contacts. Also offers text the mobile site link to your phone from main website

=== Mobile collections ===

This includes audiobooks, ebooks, audio language courses, streaming music, films, images, etc. which can be used on mobile devices. These collections can either be downloaded from the library websites on user's own mobile devices or libraries lend mobile devices with the collections already on them.

*[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/FineArts/index.php?id=52075 Crouch Fine Arts Library at Baylor University] offers audio streaming databases. Music files from these databases can be downloaded on user's mobile devices.

*[http://cwmars.lib.overdrive.com/ The C/W MARS library network in Massachusetts] offer ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac.

*[http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections Duke University Libraries] offer digitized image collections (over 32,000 images) through the DukeMobile iPhone app ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHK3E4N7w6o demo] and [http://www.uwire.com/Article.aspx?id=4142844 press release])

*[http://ebooks.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] offers ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac.

*[http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/ipod/show_all.php St. Joseph County Public Library] offers audiobooks on iPod - either your own of the library's iPod.

*[http://www.fordlibrary.org/booksmoviesmagazinesmore/ipodbooks.html Thomas Ford Memorial Library], a public library which lends iPod audiobooks to the public.

*[http://listenalaska.lib.overdrive.com/ University of Alaska Fairbanks] offers audiobooks throug the ListenAlaska web portal.

*[http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ University of Virginia Library] Electronic Text Center

=== Mobile instruction ===

This includes the application of mobile devices for library instruction. Can be text-based, audio or video. For audio-based instruction, see also the section on [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting Podcasting].

*[http://digilab.open.ac.uk/testarea/mobileSafari/ Open University Library, United Kingdom] text-based instruction

*[http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/science/podcast.htm Washington State University Libraries] "How To ..." - Help with Library Resources and Tools: instructional podcasts

=== Mobile tours of the library ===

Audiotours can be either downloaded on users' own mobile devices, or mobile devices with audiotours on them can be lend by the library. Audiotours can be made available in various languages.

*[http://my.simmons.edu/library/tour/ Beatley Library & Information Commons Tour Portal]: you can check out an iPod at the Access Services Desk at Simmons College Library

*[http://library.duke.edu/about/perkinsproject/audio-tour.html Bostock Library Walking Audio Tour]: Duke University Libraries offer MP3 files to donload on your own MP3 player

*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/tours.html C.V. STarr East Asian Library] at Columbia University: offer MP3 tours in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Tibetan.

*[http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/induction/audiotour.htm London School of Economics, United Kingdom]: tour podcast can be downloaded or you can borrow a tour handset from the Welcome Point.

*[http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/tours-audio.html Oxford Brookes University Library, United Kingdom]: tour can be downloaded or you can borrow an MP3 player at the Enquiry Desk.

*[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] provided an audiotour of one of their exhibitions (Spring 2008). The audiotour was put on MP3 sticks. These were entered in the catalogue, so that users could borrow the MP3 sticks.

*[http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/services/reference/audiotour.html University of Otago Library, New Zealand], in English, Mandarin and Maori.

=== Quick Response 2D Codes ===

See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code description in Wikipedia] and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=P-DntIQi2e8 explanation in CSI on YouTube]. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader software can scan the image of the QR 2D Code causing the phone's browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL.

*University of Bath Library, United Kingdom is doing a project including QR2D codes in their OPAC. Catalogue records are proviced with these codes. When scanning the code, a map of the library is launched on user's mobiles, helping them to locate the library material in the library building. The university uses QR in their teaching and learning and even [http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode/ blogs] on their QR code service.

=== Other mobile applications ===

*The Institut fuer Informationswissenschaft in Saarbruecken, Germany offers [http://twitter.com/VIBISB Twitter for new titles].

*National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland, offers [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/mobile/articlerequest.php Mobile article request] and [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/mobile/feednavigator/ mobile RSS feeds].

*The Smart Library Location-Aware Mobile Library, Finland, provides map-based guidance to books and collections on PDA, described in http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-2.pdf and http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-28.pdf

*At the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, SMS is used during information literacy classes. Lecturers can add questions to PowerPoint presentations, which students can answer via SMS. The results of the sent SMS messages is directly visible in a diagram on the screen. Lecturers can thus assess the students' knowledge, but the tool is also useful for starting discussions. See the Dutch press release at http://www.vu.nl/nl/Images/pb%2009%20015%20SMS%20stemmen_tcm9-67541.pdf.

*The Ryerson University Library and Archives offers a [https://www.runner.ryerson.ca/Library/studentbooking/mobile/ mobile student room booking module].

== Vendors and Publishers ==

=== Library Vendors offering mobile interfaces or applications ===

*[http://www.altarama.com.au/refxsms.htm Altarama Information Systems, Australia] offer a Reference by SMS service.

*[http://www.axiell.dk/ Axiell], Denmark offers the most widespread ILS for public libraries in Denmark (DDELIbra). Their mobile services are called DDElibra Mobil Professionel and DDElibra MoBiblo.

*[http://www.bibsyst.no/ Bibliofil], Norway offers the [http://www.bibsyst.no/produkter/publikum/netthent.php NettHent] software

*[http://www.e2campus.com e2Campus] offers campus-wide text notification system.

*[http://www.iii.com/ Innovative Interfaces] offers the AirPac module (mobile OPAC) and an SMS product.

*[http://www.ocls.info/Default.asp?bhcp=1 Orange County Library System] provides a SMS text messaging service that sends reminders to patrons when their items are coming due, as well as an SMS reference service.

*[http://ravewireless.com/ Rave Wireless] offer campus-wide alert system.

*[http://www.sirsidynix.com SirsiDynix] offers the [http://www.sirsidynix.com/Resources/Pdfs/Solutions/Products/PocketCirc.pdf PocketCirc] handheld circulation tool.

*[http://www.textalibrarian.com Text A Librarian, Powered by Mosio] - SMS/Text Message Reference Services

=== Vendors offering mobile tours ===

*[http://www.guidebycell.com Guide by cell]

*[http://museum411.com Museum 411]

=== Publishers offering databases for mobile devices ===

*[http://mobile.beta.factiva.com Factiva] news database

*[http://www.hooversmobile.com/ Hoover's Mobile] company information

*[http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/ PubMed for Handhelds] medical database
**[http://referencesontap.com/ PubMed On Tap] 3rd party, not official from NIH

*[http://refworks.com/mobile/ Refworks Mobile]

*[http://wl-w.com Westlaw] legal research database

*[http://www.worldcat.org/m/ Worldcat.org]

*[http://dabacon.org/arxiview/ arXiview] arXiv for the iPhone

=== Publishers offering mobile collections ===

*[http://www.bbcaudiobooks.com/ BBC Audiobooks]

*[http://blog.eblib.com/?p=125 EBL Ebook Library]

*[http://books.google.com/m Google Books]

*[http://www.overdrive.com/ OverDrive]

*[http://m.safaribooksonline.com Safari Books Online]

*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/188-2544966-7570353?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200298460 Amazon Kindle for the iPhone] (US Only)

== Possible Health Effects ==

The use of wireless devices is increasing rapidly, yet there is concern in the scientific community that this technology could have adverse side effects. Some documents and websites to find out the facts and recommended precautions.

*[http://www.radiationresearch.org/ EM Radiation Research Trust]

*[http://www.icems.eu/ International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS)]

*[http://www.stralingsrisicos.nl/ Nationaal Platform Stralingsrisico's] (in Dutch)

*[http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/rf/wifi.asp Powerwatch Wi-Fi and Health]

*[http://www.emfacts.com/wifi/WiFi_A4_print.pdf Wireless Networks (WiFi) Consumer Health and Safety Advice] EMFacts Consultancy

== Suggested Reading ==

=== Books, reports and journal articles ===

*[http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2291/2070 Always on: Libraries in a world of permanent connectivity] Lorcan Dempsey, First Monday, 14(1-5) January 2009.

*[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/216659547 M-libraries : libraries on the move to provide virtual access], proceedings of the [http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html First International m-Libraries Conference] Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham, London: Facet, 2008

*[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?contentType=Article&Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/2400360306.html Mobile learning for the twenty-first century librarian] Jim Hahn, Reference Services Review, 36(3), 2008, pp 272-288.

*[http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-261-mobile.pdf Mobile technologies, mobile users: Implications for academic libraries] Joan Lippincott, ARL Current Issues, 261, December 2008.

*[http://eprints.rclis.org/15024/1/mobile_web_ltr.pdf/ On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies] Ellyssa Kroski, Library Technology Reports, 44(5), July 2008.

*[http://www.egms.de/en/journals/mbi/index.shtml PDA (special issue)] ed. by Oliver Obst and Helmut Doolfuss, GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen, 8(2). This issue is partly in German and partly in English.

*[http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/5-The-Mobile-Difference--Typology.aspx The Mobile Difference] Pew Internet and American Life report - March 25, 2009

*[http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may09/index.shtml The Mobile-ized Library] Special issue of Computers in Libraries. May, 2009 v.29(5)

*[http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/docs/M-Libraries_report.pdf M-Libraries: Information on the Move] Keren Mills, A report from the [http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/index.php Arcadia Programme] (June, 2009)

=== Blogs and Posts ===

*[http://alatechsource.org/blog/2009/05/summer-of-mobile-library-services.html Summer of Mobile Library Services]- ALA TechSource Blog

*[http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/02/30_mobile_trend.html 30 Mobile Trends in Libraries] - Stephen's Lighthouse

*[http://dclibrarylabs.org/projects/iphone/ DCPL iPhone app launch]

*[http://handheldlib.blogspot.com/ Handheld Librarian] Handheld computer news, ideas, and opinions from librarians and others interested in libraries. Editor: Grace Lee

*[http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/ Mobile Libraries blog]

*[http://vickiowensm-learningblog.blogspot.com/ Vicki Owen's Topically Technological Library Blog]

*[http://labs.nypl.org/category/mobile/ New York Public Library Labs posts on mobile tech]

=== Other Resources ===

Including slide presentations, conferences, websites, etc.

*[http://www.slideshare.net/ellyssa/libraries-to-go-mobile-tech-in-libraries-presentation Libraries to Go] Ellyssa Kroski Slideshare Presentation

*[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html The First International m-Libraries Conference] Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 13 -14 November 2007

*[http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/ Handheld Librarian Conference] Online Conference, July 30, 2009

*[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/ The Second International m-Libraries Conference] Vancouver, BC - 23rd - 24th June 2009

*[http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/ Megan Fox - PDAs, Handhelds and Mobile Technologies in Libraries] Website

*[http://www.slideshare.net/htomren/electronic-resources-to-go Electronic Resources to Go] Slideshare presentation from 2009 Electronic Resources in Libraries Conference

*[http://groups.google.com/group/mobilelibraries/topics mobilelibraries discussion group]

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== Libraries offering mobile interfaces or applications ==

=== Mobile interfaces ===

Library OPACs or websites which are especially designed for viewing on mobile devices.

*[http://www.mobib.nu/ Aalborg Libraries, Denmark] Website

*[http://www.library.american.edu/mobile/ American University Library] Website

*[http://aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Athabasca University] OPAC

*[http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/mobile/ Ball State University] Website [http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/MOPAC OPAC] ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://iis.bhsu.edu/lis/pda/ Black Hills State University] OPAC

*[http://med-libwww.bu.edu/mobile/index.cfm Boston University Medical Center Mobile Library] Website

*[http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/mobile/ Cal Poly Pomona University Library] Website

*[http://www.deichmanske-bibliotek.oslo.kommune.no/om_oss/article16167-5391.html Deichmanske Bibliotek] (public library in Oslo, Norway) OPAC (in Norwegian)

*[http://library.duke.edu/mobile/ Duke University] Website

*[http://library.hanover.edu/mobile/mhome.html Hanover College, Duggan Library] Website

*[http://mplwebcat.mplib.org/airpac/ Hennepin Country Library] OPAC

*[http://mobile.cib.unibo.it/ The Italian Serials Catalogue ACNP] run by the University of Bologna

*[http://www.kb.nl Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands] Website suitable for desktop and mobile devices.

*[http://mobile.linccweb.org/ Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)] OPAC

*[http://waldo.library.nashville.org/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Nashville Public Library] OPAC ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/helka/ National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland] OPAC

*[http://m.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2009/01/23/2-new-mobile-library-interfaces/ screenshots])

*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/ North Carolina State University Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.nova.edu/library/m/ Nova Southeastern University - Alvin Sherman Library] Website

*[http://library.open.ac.uk Open University Library, United Kingdom] Website

*[http://www.oplin.org/mobile/ OPLIN] Website

*[http://m.ocls.info/ Orange County Library System (FL)] Website & OPAC (AirPAC)

*[http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/airpac/ Ryerson University Library] OPAC (AirPAC)

*[http://www.csbsju.edu/library/mobile/ St. John’s University, College of St. Benedict (Clemens Library)] Website

*[http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek/mobib_biblioteket_rett_paa_mobilen Stavanger Public Library, Norway] OPAC (in Norwegian)

*[http://mobil.uni-koeln.de/int/bsuche.xml Universitaetsbibliothek Koeln, Germany] OPAC

*[http://www.library.ualberta.ca/pdazone/ University of Alberta PDA Zone] PDA

*[http://diana.uca.es/airpac/ University of Cadiz Library, Spain] OPAC ([http://www.uca.es/area/biblioteca/accesoexterno/airpac more information] in Spanish)

*[http://hades.grainger.uiuc.edu/nikki/Mobile/Version1/index.htm University of Illinois Library (Grainger)] Website

*[http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/library/mobile/ University of Richmond Libraries] Website [http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Foncampus.richmond.edu%2Facademics%2Flibary%2Fmobile%2Flibmobilecat.htm&_gwt_noimg=1 OPAC] ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://mobile.virginia.edu/library.php University of Virginia Library] Website ([http://userslib.com/2008/09/03/mobile-library-catalogs screenshots])

*[http://www.med.yale.edu/library/m/ Yale University's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library] Website

*[http://elibrary.wayne.edu:6060/airpac/ Wayne State University Library] OPAC
*[http://m.library.oregonstate.edu Oregon State University MobileLib] website with Iphone and mobile browser versions.

=== Mobile applications ===

*[http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301077850&mt=8 District of Columbia Public Library iPhone application] (iTunes link)

=== SMS notification services ===

Libraries using SMS services, e.g.:
* SMS if requested book is available (collect messages)
* SMS reminder if a book is due
* requesting a list of loans via SMS
* renewing books via SMS
* requesting an overview of outstanding fines via SMS
* checking the availability of books via SMS
* requesting the opening hours of the library via SMS

For SMS reference services, see [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Libraries_Offering_SMS_Reference_Services Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services]

*[http://aleph.unisg.ch/ALEPH IDS St. Gallen, Switzerland], sends SMS messages to students of the University of St. Gallen.

*[http://www.bi.no/Content/StartPageLibrary____60804.aspx BI Norwegian School of Management] offers SMS-alerts when items patrons have put on hold are available for pickup (see a 2007 [http://www.bi.no/Content/Article____65154.aspx press release] and their [http://www.bi.no/Content/Article____57438.aspx regulations]).

*[http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/search Bryn Mawr] send call numbers from OPAC via text message

*[http://www.dentonlibrary.com Denton Public Libraries] offers text message notification to inform customers of items ready to be picked up, due dates, items that are overdue and other notices through their cell phones. See a november 2007 [http://dentonlibrary.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/new-text-messaging-service/ news item].

*[http://www.elnet.ee The ELNET consortium, Estonia] is sending SMS messages from their OPAC.

*[http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/service/sms.html ETH Zürich Library] sends SMS collect messages. They are part of the NEBIS network (see below).

*[http://lib.hse.fi/EN/services/mobiilipalvelut.html Helsinki School of Economics Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

*[http://lib.tkk.fi/en/services/circulation/mobile/ Helsinki University of Technology Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

*[https://my.monash.edu.au/library/services/sms/ Monash University Library, Australia] offers SMS notifications when items are due back, to remind patrons about overdue items, and to inform them about outstanding fines.

*[http://www.nebis.ch/ The NEBIS network, Switzerland] offers library notifications via SMS: reminders for books being overdue (i.e. first reminder) and collect messages.

*[http://www.muenster.de/stadt/buecherei/sms-service.html Public Library Münster, Germany] is sending various SMS messages.

*[http://innopac.lib.ryerson.ca/ Ryerson University Library] sends call numbers and locations by SMS from the catalogue.

*[http://library.simmons.edu/search Simmons College Library]'s catalog sends text messages from the library catalog with item recors attached.

*[http://www.stavanger-kulturhus.no/stavanger_bibliotek/mobib_biblioteket_rett_paa_mobilen Stavanger Public Library, Norway] (in Norwegian) offers the possibility to renew loans, make reservations and search the base, and they are using MoBib.

*[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] is sending SMS collect messages. Users are charged for this service.

*[http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/about/textalerts.html Undergraduate Library] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: sends text message alerts about Librarians' Office Hours the day they are happening (pilot for the Spring 2008 semester).

*[http://www.ub.uit.no/db_kat/dbkat-e.htm University Library of Tromsø, Norway] is sending SMS collect messages.

Of the 97 public libraries in Denmark: 60 sent SMS if books requested are ready for pickup, 37 use SMS for recalls, and 46 sent SMS as warnings some days before a book is due [data from the 2007 annual statistic for public libraries in Denmark].

*[http://m.library.oregonstate.edu Oregon State University MobileLib] sends location based directions to the library and library contact information that can be added to contacts. Also offers text the mobile site link to your phone from main website

=== Mobile collections ===

This includes audiobooks, ebooks, audio language courses, streaming music, films, etc. which can be used on mobile devices. These collections can either be downloaded from the library websites on user's own mobile devices or libraries lend mobile devices with the collections already on them.

*[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/FineArts/index.php?id=52075 Crouch Fine Arts Library at Baylor University] offers audio streaming databases. Music files from these databases can be downloaded on user's mobile devices.

*[http://cwmars.lib.overdrive.com/ The C/W MARS library network in Massachusetts] offer ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac.

*[http://ebooks.nypl.org/ New York Public Library] offers ebooks and audiobooks via the OverDrive service, also for the Mac.

*[http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/ipod/show_all.php St. Joseph County Public Library] offers audiobooks on iPod - either your own of the library's iPod.

*[http://www.fordlibrary.org/booksmoviesmagazinesmore/ipodbooks.html Thomas Ford Memorial Library], a public library which lends iPod audiobooks to the public.

*[http://listenalaska.lib.overdrive.com/ University of Alaska Fairbanks] offers audiobooks throug the ListenAlaska web portal.

*[http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ University of Virginia Library] Electronic Text Center

=== Mobile instruction ===

This includes the application of mobile devices for library instruction. Can be text-based, audio or video. For audio-based instruction, see also the section on [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting Podcasting].

*[http://digilab.open.ac.uk/testarea/mobileSafari/ Open University Library, United Kingdom] text-based instruction

*[http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/science/podcast.htm Washington State University Libraries] "How To ..." - Help with Library Resources and Tools: instructional podcasts

=== Mobile tours of the library ===

Audiotours can be either downloaded on users' own mobile devices, or mobile devices with audiotours on them can be lend by the library. Audiotours can be made available in various languages.

*[http://my.simmons.edu/library/tour/ Beatley Library & Information Commons Tour Portal]: you can check out an iPod at the Access Services Desk at Simmons College Library

*[http://library.duke.edu/about/perkinsproject/audio-tour.html Bostock Library Walking Audio Tour]: Duke University Libraries offer MP3 files to donload on your own MP3 player

*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/tours.html C.V. STarr East Asian Library] at Columbia University: offer MP3 tours in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Tibetan.

*[http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/induction/audiotour.htm London School of Economics, United Kingdom]: tour podcast can be downloaded or you can borrow a tour handset from the Welcome Point.

*[http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/tours-audio.html Oxford Brookes University Library, United Kingdom]: tour can be downloaded or you can borrow an MP3 player at the Enquiry Desk.

*[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] provided an audiotour of one of their exhibitions (Spring 2008). The audiotour was put on MP3 sticks. These were entered in the catalogue, so that users could borrow the MP3 sticks.

*[http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/services/reference/audiotour.html University of Otago Library, New Zealand], in English, Mandarin and Maori.

=== Quick Response 2D Codes ===

See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code description in Wikipedia] and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=P-DntIQi2e8 explanation in CSI on YouTube]. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader software can scan the image of the QR 2D Code causing the phone's browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL.

*University of Bath Library, United Kingdom is doing a project including QR2D codes in their OPAC. Catalogue records are proviced with these codes. When scanning the code, a map of the library is launched on user's mobiles, helping them to locate the library material in the library building. The university uses QR in their teaching and learning and even [http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/qrcode/ blogs] on their QR code service.

=== Other mobile applications ===

*The Institut fuer Informationswissenschaft in Saarbruecken, Germany offers [http://twitter.com/VIBISB Twitter for new titles].

*National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland, offers [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/mobile/articlerequest.php Mobile article request] and [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/mobile/feednavigator/ mobile RSS feeds].

*The Smart Library Location-Aware Mobile Library, Finland, provides map-based guidance to books and collections on PDA, described in http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-2.pdf and http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-28.pdf

*At the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, SMS is used during information literacy classes. Lecturers can add questions to PowerPoint presentations, which students can answer via SMS. The results of the sent SMS messages is directly visible in a diagram on the screen. Lecturers can thus assess the students' knowledge, but the tool is also useful for starting discussions. See the Dutch press release at http://www.vu.nl/nl/Images/pb%2009%20015%20SMS%20stemmen_tcm9-67541.pdf.

*The Ryerson University Library and Archives offers a [https://www.runner.ryerson.ca/Library/studentbooking/mobile/ mobile student room booking module].

== Vendors and Publishers ==

=== Library Vendors offering mobile interfaces or applications ===

*[http://www.altarama.com.au/refxsms.htm Altarama Information Systems, Australia] offer a Reference by SMS service.

*[http://www.axiell.dk/ Axiell], Denmark offers the most widespread ILS for public libraries in Denmark (DDELIbra). Their mobile services are called DDElibra Mobil Professionel and DDElibra MoBiblo.

*[http://www.bibsyst.no/ Bibliofil], Norway offers the [http://www.bibsyst.no/produkter/publikum/netthent.php NettHent] software

*[http://www.e2campus.com e2Campus] offers campus-wide text notification system.

*[http://www.iii.com/ Innovative Interfaces] offers the AirPac module (mobile OPAC) and an SMS product.

*[http://www.ocls.info/Default.asp?bhcp=1 Orange County Library System] provides a SMS text messaging service that sends reminders to patrons when their items are coming due, as well as an SMS reference service.

*[http://ravewireless.com/ Rave Wireless] offer campus-wide alert system.

*[http://www.sirsidynix.com SirsiDynix] offers the [http://www.sirsidynix.com/Resources/Pdfs/Solutions/Products/PocketCirc.pdf PocketCirc] handheld circulation tool.

=== Vendors offering mobile tours ===

*[http://www.guidebycell.com Guide by cell]

*[http://museum411.com Museum 411]

=== Publishers offering databases for mobile devices ===

*[http://mobile.beta.factiva.com Factiva] news database

*[http://www.hooversmobile.com/ Hoover's Mobile] company information

*[http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/ PubMed for Handhelds] medical database
**[http://referencesontap.com/ PubMed On Tap] 3rd party, not official from NIH

*[http://refworks.com/mobile/ Refworks Mobile]

*[http://wl-w.com Westlaw] legal research database

*[http://www.worldcat.org/m/ Worldcat.org]

=== Publishers offering mobile collections ===

*[http://www.bbcaudiobooks.com/ BBC Audiobooks]

*[http://blog.eblib.com/?p=125 EBL Ebook Library]

*[http://books.google.com/m Google Books]

*[http://www.overdrive.com/ OverDrive]

*[http://m.safaribooksonline.com Safari Books Online]

*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/188-2544966-7570353?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200298460 Amazon Kindle for the iPhone] (US Only)

== Possible Health Effects ==

The use of wireless devices is increasing rapidly, yet there is concern in the scientific community that this technology could have adverse side effects. Some documents and websites to find out the facts and recommended precautions.

*[http://www.radiationresearch.org/ EM Radiation Research Trust]

*[http://www.icems.eu/ International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS)]

*[http://www.stralingsrisicos.nl/ Nationaal Platform Stralingsrisico's] (in Dutch)

*[http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/rf/wifi.asp Powerwatch Wi-Fi and Health]

*[http://www.emfacts.com/wifi/WiFi_A4_print.pdf Wireless Networks (WiFi) Consumer Health and Safety Advice] EMFacts Consultancy

== Suggested Reading ==

=== Books, reports and journal articles ===

*[http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2291/2070 Always on: Libraries in a world of permanent connectivity] Lorcan Dempsey, First Monday, 14(1-5) January 2009.

*[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/216659547 M-libraries : libraries on the move to provide virtual access], proceedings of the [http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html First International m-Libraries Conference] Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham, London: Facet, 2008

*[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?contentType=Article&Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/2400360306.html Mobile learning for the twenty-first century librarian] Jim Hahn, Reference Services Review, 36(3), 2008, pp 272-288.

*[http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-261-mobile.pdf Mobile technologies, mobile users: Implications for academic libraries] Joan Lippincott, ARL Current Issues, 261, December 2008.

*[http://eprints.rclis.org/15024/1/mobile_web_ltr.pdf/ On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies] Ellyssa Kroski, Library Technology Reports, 44(5), July 2008.

*[http://www.egms.de/en/journals/mbi/index.shtml PDA (special issue)] ed. by Oliver Obst and Helmut Doolfuss, GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen, 8(2). This issue is partly in German and partly in English.

*[http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/5-The-Mobile-Difference--Typology.aspx The Mobile Difference] Pew Internet and American Life report - March 25, 2009

=== Blogs and Posts ===

*[http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/02/30_mobile_trend.html 30 Mobile Trends in Libraries] - Stephen's Lighthouse

*[http://dclibrarylabs.org/projects/iphone/ DCPL iPhone app launch]

*[http://handheldlib.blogspot.com/ Handheld Librarian] Handheld computer news, ideas, and opinions from librarians and others interested in libraries. Editor: Grace Lee

*[http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/ Mobile Libraries blog]

=== Other Resources ===

Including slide presentations, conferences, websites, etc.

*[http://www.slideshare.net/ellyssa/libraries-to-go-mobile-tech-in-libraries-presentation Libraries to Go] Ellyssa Kroski Slideshare Presentation

*[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html The First International m-Libraries Conference] Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 13 -14 November 2007

*[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/ The Second International m-Libraries Conference] Vancouver, BC - 23rd - 24th June 2009

*[http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/ Megan Fox - PDAs, Handhelds and Mobile Technologies in Libraries] Website

*[http://www.slideshare.net/htomren/electronic-resources-to-go Electronic Resources to Go] Slideshare presentation from 2009 Electronic Resources in Libraries Conference

*[http://groups.google.com/group/mobilelibraries/topics mobilelibraries discussion group]

Online Reference

2009-02-27T09:48:26Z

Jprinsen: /* Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services */

= Software for SMS Reference =
*[http://www.google.com/sms/ Google SMS]
*[http://www.altarama.com.au/refxsms.htm Altarama's Reference by SMS]
*[http://mobile.aol.com/aolproducts/aimtxt AIM Hack]: Your users can:
**Send a message to 246246 (AIMAIM)
**Enter the text "send [library's AIM address] [question]" (without quotations or brackets)
***For example:
*** send anytownlibrarychat what are yr hours?
**From that point on, send and receive messages as you normally would. (Your patron doesn't need to use the account prefix, etc. for each message during the session)
**Standard messaging rates will apply
*[http://www.textalibrarian.com Text A Librarian - SMS Reference Services]

= Software We Like for IM Reference =
''If you would like to recommend software, please sign your name to the recommendation so that we know it's not from a vendor. An explanation of why you like this software would be great too!''

*[http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/ Trillian] - Multiple network program (''Recommended by [[User:Meredith|Meredith]]'')
*[http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ Gaim] - Open Source, multiple network (''Recommended by [[User:Meredith|Meredith]]'') (renamed [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] as of April 6, 2007)
*[http://fire.sourceforge.net/ Fire] - Open Source, Mac, multiple network (''Recommended by [[User:Walkingpaper|Aaron]]'')
*[http://www.adiumx.com/ Adium] - Open Source, Mac, multiple networks (''Recommended by [[User:Walkingpaper|Aaron]]'')
*[http://www.meebo.com Meebo] - Multiple network, web-based interface (''Recommended by [[User:JonHaupt|Jon]]'')
** Also: [http://www.meebome.com Meebo me!] is a widget that lets people chat at you directly through your web site.
*[http://www.miranda-im.org/ Miranda] - Has anyone tried the Miranda client? This isn't a recommendation, but a query.
*[http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/05/20/webbased_instant_messengers_a_miniguide.htm Web-Based Instant Messengers: A Mini-Guide] - listing of 12 web-based IM options
*[http://libraryh3lp.com Libraryh3lp] - Anonymous widget on the website so users don't need to use Aim, Yahoo, MSN. Can receive Aim, Yahoo, MSN IMS also. Can run on multiple computers, doesn't display when the library is closed, nice stats/saved transcripts. Inexpensive. (''Recommended by [[User:shansen|Susan]]'')

= Software We Like for Other Types of Online Reference =
''If you would like to recommend software, please sign your name to the recommendation so that we know it's not from a vendor. An explanation of why you like this software would be great too!''

*[http://skype.com Skype] - Free VOIP Software (''Recommended by [[User:Meredith|Meredith]]'')
*[http://www.unyte.net Unyte] - Free 'screen-showing' software, works well with Skype (''Recommended by [[User:Dansich|Dansich]]'')
*[http://get.live.com/messenger/overview Windows Live Messenger] - Free Voice, Video, Sharing features (''Recommeded by [[User:Colin|Colin]]'']

= Libraries Using Virtual Reference Services =

Check out the LISWiki's [http://liswiki.com/wiki/List_of_libraries_providing_virtual_reference_services List of libraries providing virtual reference services] for a list of libraries providing Virtual Reference services of all kinds.

== Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services ==
*[http://www.library.american.edu/ask/im.html American University, Washington, DC] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "askaulibrary: txt content here")
*[http://www.askalibrarian.mobi/ Ask a Librarian Mobile] Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)
*[http://www.ahml.info/find_information/ Arlington Heights Memorial Library (IL)]--using the AOL 265010 hack.
*[http://biblioteksvar.no/en/ Biblioteksvar]
*[http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/askalibrarian.html Binghamton University Libraries] (SMS via AIM 265010)
*[http://www.bryant.edu/wps/wcm/connect/Bryant/Divisions/Information%20Systems/Library_New/Research%20Help/Ask%20A%20Librarian Bryant University, Douglas and Judith Krupp Library]
*[http://library.curtin.edu.au/contact/sms.html Curtin University of Technology]
**Curtin University Library in Australia has an [http://library.curtin.edu.au/contact/sms.html SMS a Query] reference service. This paper [http://conferences.alia.org.au/online2005/papers/a12.pdf "TXTing Librarians @ Curtin"] was presented at the [http://online.alia.org.au/ Information Online conference]in February 2005.
*[http://www.hinsdalelibrary.info/ask/askhpl.htm Hinsdale Public Library (IL)] (SMS to AIM 265010 then "askhpl: text of question here")
*[http://library.iit.edu/ask/ Illinois Institute of Technology] (SMS to AIM 265010 then text "iitlibrary: question here")
*[http://www.lib.ksu.edu/reference/vref/ K-State Libraries (Kansas State University)] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "halehelp: message")
*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libref North Carolina State State University Libraries] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "ncstatelib: message")
*[http://library.neiu.edu/ask.html Northeastern Illinois University Ronald Williams Library] (SMS via AIM to 265010 with neiulibrary: your question)
*[http://www.library.qut.edu.au/ask.jsp Queensland University of Technology Library (MessageNet.com.au)]
*[http://www.selu.edu/Library/ServicesDept/referenc/textalibrarian.html Southeastern Louisiana University] (Altarama’s Reference by SMS)
*[http://www.swin.edu.au/lib/inquiry/contact.htm#sms Swinburne University of Technology Library]
*[http://www.nlb.gov.sg/CPMS.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=CPMS_page_RL_LKC_Services_enquiry National Library Board Singapore, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library SMS Enquiry Service]
*[http://www.ocls.info/xplor/default.asp?bhcp=1 Orange County Library System (Florida)]
*[http://lib.tcu.edu/www/eref/AskAQuestion.asp Texas Christian University Library] (SMS vis AIM 265010 then text "tculibrary: message")
*[http://www.uclouvain.be/bib Université Catholique de Louvain Library of Sciences and technologies, Belgium], pilot from Oct 2008-March 2009
*[http://www2.lib.udel.edu/ref/askalib/ University of Delaware] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "AskRefIM: message")
*[http://www.lib.virginia.edu/askalibrarian/ University of Virginia] (in reference email via Upside Wireless' Virtual SMS)
*[http://zsr.wfu.edu/services/information/text.html Wake Forest University] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "askzaklive: message")
*[http://www.wclibrary.info/ask/text.asp Washington-Centerville Public Library (Ohio)] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "askwclibrary message")
*[http://www.library.yale.edu/science/textmsg.html Yale Science Libraries (Yale University)] Using an iPhone
*[http://www.maui.hawaii.edu/library/help/askAlibrarian.html Maui Community College Library (MCC Library)] (SMS via AIM to 265010 then text "mauicclib: txt message here")
*[http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/services/gethelp.shtml Indiana University South Bend (Franklin D. Schurz Library)] (SMS via AIM to 246246 then text "send iusblibrarian your message")
*[http://www.brockport.edu/library/help/textalibrarian.html Drake Library (College at Brockport)] (Using a Blackberry)

== Libraries Offering Skype Reference Services ==
*[http://www.library.ohiou.edu/ask/skype.html Ohio University Libraries, Athens, OH]
*[http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/asklib/index.html University of Waterloo, Ontario] (pilot, with [http://www.unyte.net Unyte])

== [[Libraries Using IM Reference]] ==
[[Libraries Using IM Reference|This section now has its own page.]]

== Libraries Using MeeboMe for Embedded Chat ==
*[http://www.albion.edu/library/ask_a_librarian.asp Albion College, Albion, MI]
*[http://www.library.american.edu/ask/im.html American University, Washington, DC]
*[http://www.chamberscountylibrary.org/live.htm H. Grady Bradshaw Chambers County Public Library]
*[http://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org Beaufort County Public Library, Beaufort South Carolina]
*[http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/askalibrarian.html Binghamton University Libraries]
*[http://library.csusm.edu/ California State University San Marcos]
*[http://www.cheltenhamlibraries.org/library_services/ask_a_librarian.php/ Cheltenham Township Library System, PA]
*[http://cheshirelibrary.org/teens Cheshire Public Library, Cheshire, CT]
*[http://libraries.claremont.edu/help/askus/ Claremont Colleges, CA] for personal pages only -- general IM ref now done with libraryh3lp (as of 1/21/09)
*[http://swem.wm.edu/resources/subject-guides/classical-studies.cfm The College of William and Mary's Earl Gregg Swem Library]
*[http://founders.concordia.edu/web2/Ask%20A%20Librarian.html Concordia University Texas]
*[http://www.cmpl.org/contactus Clinton-Macomb Public Library]
*[http://www.coastalbend.edu/library Coastal Bend College Library]
*[http://www.crystallakelibrary.org/ask_me.htm Crystal Lake Public Library]
*[http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/asklib.html Dakota State University, Madison, SD]
*[http://danburylibrary.org/ask/ Danbury Public Library]
*[http://www.darienlibrary.org/contact.php Darien Public Library]
*[http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu Duke University Medical Center Library]
*[http://www.library.eku.edu/askalibrarian/meebo.html Eastern Kentucky University]
*[http://library.edgewood.edu/ask-librarian.htm Edgewood College, Madison, WI]
*[http://www.epcc.edu/vvlib/askvv1.htm El Paso Community College, Valle Verde Library]
*[http://www.epl.org/library/reference-help.html Evanston Public Library]
*[http://www.exeterpubliclibrary.org/ Exeter Public Library]
*[http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/ref/askpol.htm Florida Atlantic University]
*[http://library.gmu.edu/mudge/IM/IMRef.html George Mason University]
*[http://www.gvsu.edu/library/index.cfm?id=F12ED967-0001-DDB0-894D6E623846E42A Grand Valley State University]
*[http://hartness.vsc.edu Hartness Library System Serving Community College of Vermont and Vermont Tech]
*[http://www.hinsdalelibrary.info/ask/askhpl.htm Hinsdale (IL) Public LIbrary]
*[http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/library/hcc/help.asp Hostos Community College Library]
*[http://library.hccs.edu/learn_how/askalib.php Houston Community Colleges]
*[http://www.idahohistory.net/research.html Idaho State Historical Society]
*[http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis]
*[http://gryphonsanddragons.blogspot.com Johnson County Library Teen Book Group]
*[http://lacrosselibrary.org/ La Crosse Public Library, La Crosse, WI]
*[http://rc.lsuc.on.ca/library/services_reference.htm Law Society of Upper Canada Great Library]
*[http://www.bccn.boone.in.us/LPL/web.html Lebanon Public Library, Lebanon, IN]
*[http://www.uab.edu/lister/qpask/widget.html Lister Hill Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham]
*[http://www.livermore.lib.ca.us Livermore Public Library, Livermore, CA]
*[http://www.lmu.edu/Page32416.aspx Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA]
*[http://library.mcmaster.ca/justask/ McMaster University]
*[http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/library/askmcm.html McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids]
*[http://www.maclibrary.org/index.php?pr=Contact_Us McMinnville Public Library, McMinnville, OR]
*[http://library.mcneese.edu McNeese State University Library, Lake Charles, LA]
*[http://www.library.mun.ca/hsl/chat.php Health Sciences Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland]
*[http://www.library.mun.ca/swgc/chat.php Ferris Hodgett Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland]
*[http://swilley.mercer.edu/askmercer.asp Mercer University - Atlanta]
*[http://www.meredith.edu/library/askalibrarian.htm Meredith College, Raleigh, NC]
*[http://www.mmrls.org/met_staff.htm Metrowest MA Regional Library System, Waltham Massachusetts]
*[http://library.millsaps.edu Millsaps College Library]
*[http://www.mc3.edu/sa/lib/im.htm Montgomery County Community College Libraries, Blue Bell, PA]
*[http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/ref/contactus.html Nebraska Library Commission]
*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libref North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC]
*[http://library.neiu.edu/ask.html Northeastern Illinois University Ronald Williams Library, Chicago, IL]
*[http://library.nsuok.edu/reference/chatreference.html Northeastern State University, Oklahoma]
*[http://www.norwich.edu/academics/library/index.html Norwich University, Northfield, VT]
*[http://www.library.ohiou.edu/ask/index.html Ohio University Libraries, Athens, OH]
*[http://www2.ohlone.edu/org/library/ask.html Ohlone Community College Library]
*[http://osulibrary.orst.edu/cascades/chat.htm Oregon State University--Cascades Campus]
*[http://www.osceolalibrary.org/ Osceola Library System]
*[http://www.parkridgelibrary.org/askil.html Park Ridge Public Library--Reference Department]
*[http://www.parkridgelibrary.org/ya/yaindexorange.html Park Ridge Public Library--Young Adult Department]
*[http://www.pointloma.edu/RyanLibrary.htm Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA]
*[http://www.myspace.com/libraryloft Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County The Loft @ ImaginOn]
*[http://www.lib.purdue.edu/mel Purdue University Libraries - Management and Economics Library]
*[http://library.samford.edu/service/askalib.html Samford University Library]
*[http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov South Carolina State Library]
*[http://www.scls.info/about/staff.html South Central (WI) Library System]
*[http://library.southtexascollege.edu/info/askafaq.html South Texas College Libraries]
*[http://www.infodepot.org/zUsing/AskLibIM.asp Spartanburg County Public Libraries]
*[http://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/contact Stanford University Library Information Center]
*[http://www.stanford.edu/group/cubberley/services/reference Stanford University Cubberley Education Library]
*[http://www.stolaf.edu/library St. Olaf College Libraries]
*[http://www.albion.edu/library/ask_a_librarian.asp Stockwell-Mudd Library, Albion College, Albion, MI]
*[http://lib.tcu.edu/www/eref/AskAQuestion.asp Texas Christian University Library]
*[http://www.nursing.edu.au/libcontacts/ The College of Nursing, Katie Zepps Nursing Library]
*[http://www.fordlibrary.org/chat Thomas Ford Memorial Library]
*[http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/SML/reference/ask.html Thomas Jefferson University, Scott Memorial Library]
*[http://library.tulane.edu/help/index.php Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library]
*[http://library.albany.edu/contactus.html University at Albany]
*[http://library.buffalo.edu/askalibrarian University at Buffalo]
*[http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/askalibrarian/ University of Calgary]
*[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/govinfo/gov_online.html University of California Berkeley Library]
*[http://biomed.ucsd.edu/ask/ University of California San Diego Biomedical Library]
*[http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/askus.cfm University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries]
*[http://denison.uchsc.edu/askalibrarian/index.html University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center - Denison Memorial Library]
*[http://www.ucd.ie/library/ University College Dublin - James Joyce Library]
*[http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/askus/ University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)]
*[http://www.umuc.edu/library/help/instantmessage.shtml University of Maryland University College (UMUC)]
*[http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/asklib/ University of Waterloo, Ontario]
*[http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/services/ask.cfm University of Wyoming, William Robertson Coe Library]
*[http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/chat.html Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa]
*[http://www.library.umass.edu/ask/im/ University of Massachusetts, Amherst - W.E.B. Du Bois Library]
*[http://library.usm.maine.edu/research/askus/index.html University of Southern Maine Libraries]
*[http://www.library.uiuc.edu/askus University of Illinois at Urbana]
*[http://library.up.edu/default.aspx?cid=6756&pid=58 University of Portland]
*[http://www.villapark.lib.il.us/research/reference.php Villa Park Public Library, Villa Park, IL]
*[http://www.lib.virginia.edu/questions.html University of Virginia Libraries]
*[http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/asklib/index.html University of Waterloo, Ontario]
*[http://library.usu.edu/ref/im.php Utah State University]
*[http://chat.waubonsee.edu/~aburke/ Waubonsee Community College (Todd Library) - Adam Burke, Librarian]
*[http://www.lib.purdue.edu/mel Purdue University - Management and Economics Library]
*[http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/24-7/IM.html Washington State University]
*[http://library.wcsu.edu/web/assistance/reference/ask/ Western Connecticut State University]
*[http://www.wou.edu/provost/library Western Oregon University]
*[http://www.westernu.edu/xp/edu/library/library-chat-reference.xml Western University of Health Sciences]
[http://camila.pbwiki.com/IM+Reference (Info on our setup)]
*[http://library.willamette.edu/help/ Willamette University]
*[http://www.lib.umich.edu/askus/ University of Michigan]
*[http://www.lib.fsu.edu/help/ask Florida State University]
*[http://www.library.yale.edu/science/services/im.html Yale University Science Libraries]
*[http://www.maui.hawaii.edu/library/help/askAlibrarian.html Maui Community College Library]
*[http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help/refchat.html Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Instant Answers]
*[http://www.framinghamlibrary.org/referenc.htm Framingham Public Library, Framingham, MA]
*[http://www.ku.edu.tr/ku/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2146&Itemid=3007 Koç University Library, İstanbul - Turkey]

== Libraries Using Chatango for Embedded Chat ==
*[http://www.library.southernct.edu/de_home.html Southern Connecticut State University - Buley Library]
*[http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/libraryconnection/ University of Calgary - Library Connection] (embedded within Blackboard CMS)
*[http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ Oregon State University Libraries]

== Libraries Using Plugoo for Embedded Chat ==
*[http://www.lib.byu.edu/ Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library]
*[http://library.law.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin Law Library]
*[http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/education.jsp Temple University Libraries (Education Guide)]
*[http://www.ccpl.org/content.asp?id=61973&action=detail&catID=5407&parentID=5373 Charleston County Public Library]
*[http://www.mwcc.edu/library/ask_librarian.html#Ask-A-LibrarianLIVE Mt. Wachusett Community College Library]

== Libraries Using libraryh3lp for Embedded Chat ==
*[http://www.lib.unc.edu/livehelp/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, main chat page] (Note: libraryh3lp provides an online/offline presence button, and the chat widget is currently configured to pop-up rather than run embedded.)
*[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/ask Baylor University, Ask a Librarian page]
*[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/finearts/ Baylor University Crouch Fine Arts Library]
*[http://www.lib.ksu.edu/reference/vref/index.html K-State Libraries, Kansas State University]
*[http://www.lib.uwo.ca/taylor/researchhelp.shtml University of Western Ontario, Taylor Library]
*[http://www.library.fullerton.edu/asp/askalibrarian.aspx California State University Fullerton, Pollak Library]
*[http://library.auraria.edu Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver/Metropolitan State College of Denver/Community College of Denver]
*[http://library.iit.edu/ask/ Illinois Institute of Technology]
*North Carolina State University. Our [http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libref Ask Us page], [http://www2.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/?Nty=1&N=0&Ntt=chat&Ntk=Keyword catalog], a [http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/nrl branch library], and our [http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/course/EAC/580 course pages].
*[http://www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org/reference/index.html Rochester Public Library, MN] Love it! will be making it more prominent soon-doing some testing with additional queues. Also have it on our catalog "Not found" page. Have seen big increase in questions. Really like when we are closed it goes away and we refer to our state Chat AskMN
*[http://www.worthingtonlibraries.org, Worthington Public Libraries, OH]
*[http://libraries.claremont.edu/help/askus/ Claremont Colleges Libraries, CA]
*[http://www.valdosta.edu/library/ask.php Valdosta State University, Odum Library, Valdosta, GA]
*[http://www.tillabook.info Tillamook County Library, OR]
*[http://www.kslib.info State Library of Kansas]

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =
*[http://walkingpaper.org/ Walking Paper] by Aaron Schmidt
*[http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/ Librarian in Black] by Sarah Houghton-Jan
*[http://www.teachinglibrarian.org/weblog/blogger.html Digital Reference] by Stephen Francoeur
*[http://info.winnefox.org/blogs/ask/ AskAway @ Winnefox ] by Joy Schwarz
*[http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com/ Dissertation Research Blog] by Lissa Lord
*[http://www.shushers.ca/libraridan LibrariDan] by Dan Sich
*[http://libraryh3lp.blogspot.com/ Library H3lp]

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out =
*[http://walkingpaper.org/358 IM Talking Points] at Walking Paper by Aaron Schmidt.
*[http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2007/04/instant_messagi.html Instant messaging and security: how to talk to IT] at Librarian in Black by Sarah Houghton-Jan
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/fred/pubs/stutzman_pub7.pdf Collaborative reference work in the blogosphere] by Jerrey Pomerantz and Frederic Stutzman
*[http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/162/report_display.asp Teens and Technology] from the Pew Internet & American Life Project (July 2005)
*[http://media.aoltimewarner.com/media/newmedia/cb_press_view.cfm?release_num=55254160 AOL Second Annual Instant Messaging Trends Survey]
*[http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA512192.html?display=searchResults&stt=001&text=im+me IM Me] by Aaron Schmidt and Michael Stephens. Featured in ''Library Journal'' in April, 2005
*[http://babyboomerlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/chat-reference-at-morrisville-state.html Chat Reference at Morrisville State College Library] by Bill Drew. Featured in Ronan, Jana, ed. ''Chat reference : a guide to live virtual reference services''
*[http://www.charlestonco.com/comp.cfm?id=47&CFID=9689640&CFTOKEN=6638826 Virtual Reference Software Comparative Review] by Jody Condit Fagan. ''The Charleston Advisor'', April 2005, pp. 16-35. (Behind a subscription wall.)
*[http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/133/report_display.asp How Americans Use Instant Messaging] from the Pew Internet & American Life Project (September 2004)
* Web-Based Chat VS. Instant Messaging by Sarah Houghton-Jan and Aaron Schmidt. Featured in ''ONLINE'', Jul/Aug 2005.
*[http://www.oregonlibraries.net/staff/?p=178 web-based chat vs. instant messaging] by Caleb Tucker-Raymond at the L-net staff information blog.
*[http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v06n01/chase_d01.htm Papa's Got A Brand New (Virtual )Bag] by Darren Chase
*[http://lbr.library-blogs.net/war_what_is_it_good_for.htm War... What is it good for?] by Luke Rosenberger from lbr weblog. Post looks at the "war" between web-based virtual reference services and IM.
*[http://www.teachinglibrarian.org/weblog/2005/06/web-based-chat-and-im-not-eitheror-but.html Web-based chat and IM: Not "either/or" but "both/and"] by Stephen Francoeur from Digital Reference.
*[http://www.homerlibrary.org/HomerILA.ppt IM Reference: What We've Learned] (Homer Township @ Illinois Library Association; October 14, 2005)
*[http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/v33/333Houghton.htm Virtual Reference @ Your Library] by Sarah Houghton-Jan. Featured in ''KnowledgeQuest'', Jan/Feb 2005.
*[http://edificeref.info/?p=71 Trillian training materials] - by Beatrice Pulliam, a great training for using Trillian in providing virtual reference services.
*[http://www.american.edu/tesol/Baron-SeeYouOnlineCorrected64.pdf See You Online: Gender Issues in College Student Use of Instant Messaging] by Naomi S. Baron, Department of Language and Foreign Studies, American University. In addition to interesting findings, this paper includes useful terminology for discussing IM.
* [http://www.ala.org/ala/pla/plapubs/publiclibraries/julyaugust2005.pdf Instant Messaging: Quick and Dirty Reference for Teens and Others] by Sarah Houghton-Jan. Featured in ''Public Libraries'', Jul/Aug 2005.
* [http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/schwagbag/archives/2005/06/iming_goes_live.html IM goes live at UNLV Libraries] by Sherri Vokey at ::schwagbag::
* [http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-4/digital.htm Building and Maintaining Digital Reference Services] ERIC Digest by Joann M. Wasik (1999).
* [http://librariansatthegate.blogspot.com/2006/01/implementing-instant-message-im.html Implementing an instant message (IM) reference service] by Alec at Librarians at the Gate
* [http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/eref/gaim/ Gaim Setup for Library IM Services] by Pam Sessoms and Charles Cobine, UNC-Chapel Hill's Davis Library.
*[http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/09/using-fee-based-databases-in-virtual.html Using Fee-Based Databases in a Virtual Reference Setting] September 2006
*[http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/10/collaboration-as-norm-in-reference.html Collaboration as the Norm in Reference Work by Jeffrey Pomeranz] A review of the article in RUSQ Fall 2006
*Maximiek, Sarah and Brown, Elizabeth and Rushton, Erin (2006) [http://www.haworthpress.com/store/Toc_views.asp?sid=2PLHFLQ79HPX8GESAVH8RJ45C91R1RA9&TOCName=J106v13n04%5FTOC&desc=Volume%3A%2013%20Issue%3A%204l Connecting to Students: Launching Instant Messaging Reference at Binghamton University.] College & Undergraduate Libraries. Volume: 13 Issue: 4, 2006

= Resources for IM Reference Training =
*[http://bearspace.baylor.edu/Ellen_M_Hampton/www/IMtraining/index.htm Learning How to Use Instant Messaging Software]- developed in the fall of 2007 to train reference staff unfamiliar with the basics of IM, licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA License.

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= Software for SMS Reference =
*[http://www.google.com/sms/ Google SMS]
*[http://www.altarama.com.au/refxsms.htm Altarama's Reference by SMS]
*[http://mobile.aol.com/aolproducts/aimtxt AIM Hack]: Your users can:
**Send a message to 246246 (AIMAIM)
**Enter the text "send [library's AIM address] [question]" (without quotations or brackets)
***For example:
*** send anytownlibrarychat what are yr hours?
**From that point on, send and receive messages as you normally would. (Your patron doesn't need to use the account prefix, etc. for each message during the session)
**Standard messaging rates will apply
*[http://www.textalibrarian.com Text A Librarian - SMS Reference Services]

= Software We Like for IM Reference =
''If you would like to recommend software, please sign your name to the recommendation so that we know it's not from a vendor. An explanation of why you like this software would be great too!''

*[http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/ Trillian] - Multiple network program (''Recommended by [[User:Meredith|Meredith]]'')
*[http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ Gaim] - Open Source, multiple network (''Recommended by [[User:Meredith|Meredith]]'') (renamed [http://www.pidgin.im/ Pidgin] as of April 6, 2007)
*[http://fire.sourceforge.net/ Fire] - Open Source, Mac, multiple network (''Recommended by [[User:Walkingpaper|Aaron]]'')
*[http://www.adiumx.com/ Adium] - Open Source, Mac, multiple networks (''Recommended by [[User:Walkingpaper|Aaron]]'')
*[http://www.meebo.com Meebo] - Multiple network, web-based interface (''Recommended by [[User:JonHaupt|Jon]]'')
** Also: [http://www.meebome.com Meebo me!] is a widget that lets people chat at you directly through your web site.
*[http://www.miranda-im.org/ Miranda] - Has anyone tried the Miranda client? This isn't a recommendation, but a query.
*[http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/05/20/webbased_instant_messengers_a_miniguide.htm Web-Based Instant Messengers: A Mini-Guide] - listing of 12 web-based IM options
*[http://libraryh3lp.com Libraryh3lp] - Anonymous widget on the website so users don't need to use Aim, Yahoo, MSN. Can receive Aim, Yahoo, MSN IMS also. Can run on multiple computers, doesn't display when the library is closed, nice stats/saved transcripts. Inexpensive. (''Recommended by [[User:shansen|Susan]]'')

= Software We Like for Other Types of Online Reference =
''If you would like to recommend software, please sign your name to the recommendation so that we know it's not from a vendor. An explanation of why you like this software would be great too!''

*[http://skype.com Skype] - Free VOIP Software (''Recommended by [[User:Meredith|Meredith]]'')
*[http://www.unyte.net Unyte] - Free 'screen-showing' software, works well with Skype (''Recommended by [[User:Dansich|Dansich]]'')
*[http://get.live.com/messenger/overview Windows Live Messenger] - Free Voice, Video, Sharing features (''Recommeded by [[User:Colin|Colin]]'']

= Libraries Using Virtual Reference Services =

Check out the LISWiki's [http://liswiki.com/wiki/List_of_libraries_providing_virtual_reference_services List of libraries providing virtual reference services] for a list of libraries providing Virtual Reference services of all kinds.

== Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services ==
*[http://www.library.american.edu/ask/im.html American University, Washington, DC] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "askaulibrary: txt content here")
*[http://www.askalibrarian.mobi/ Ask a Librarian Mobile] Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)
*[http://www.ahml.info/find_information/ Arlington Heights Memorial Library (IL)]--using the AOL 265010 hack.
*[http://biblioteksvar.no/en/ Biblioteksvar]
*[http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/askalibrarian.html Binghamton University Libraries] (SMS via AIM 265010)
*[http://www.bryant.edu/wps/wcm/connect/Bryant/Divisions/Information%20Systems/Library_New/Research%20Help/Ask%20A%20Librarian Bryant University, Douglas and Judith Krupp Library]
*[http://library.curtin.edu.au/contact/sms.html Curtin University of Technology]
**Curtin University Library in Australia has an [http://library.curtin.edu.au/contact/sms.html SMS a Query] reference service. This paper [http://conferences.alia.org.au/online2005/papers/a12.pdf "TXTing Librarians @ Curtin"] was presented at the [http://online.alia.org.au/ Information Online conference]in February 2005.
*[http://www.hinsdalelibrary.info/ask/askhpl.htm Hinsdale Public Library (IL)] (SMS to AIM 265010 then "askhpl: text of question here")
*[http://library.iit.edu/ask/ Illinois Institute of Technology] (SMS to AIM 265010 then text "iitlibrary: question here")
*[http://www.lib.ksu.edu/reference/vref/ K-State Libraries (Kansas State University)] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "halehelp: message")
*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libref North Carolina State State University Libraries] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "ncstatelib: message")
*[http://library.neiu.edu/ask.html Northeastern Illinois University Ronald Williams Library] (SMS via AIM to 265010 with neiulibrary: your question)
*[http://www.library.qut.edu.au/ask.jsp Queensland University of Technology Library (MessageNet.com.au)]
*[http://www.selu.edu/Library/ServicesDept/referenc/textalibrarian.html Southeastern Louisiana University] (Altarama’s Reference by SMS)
*[http://www.swin.edu.au/lib/inquiry/contact.htm#sms Swinburne University of Technology Library]
*[http://www.nlb.gov.sg/CPMS.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=CPMS_page_RL_LKC_Services_enquiry National Library Board Singapore, Lee Kong Chian Reference Library SMS Enquiry Service]
*[http://www.ocls.info/xplor/default.asp?bhcp=1 Orange County Library System (Florida)]
*[http://lib.tcu.edu/www/eref/AskAQuestion.asp Texas Christian University Library] (SMS vis AIM 265010 then text "tculibrary: message")
*[http://www.uclouvain.be/bib Université Catholique de Louvain Library, Belgium], pilot from Oct 2008-March 2009
*[http://www2.lib.udel.edu/ref/askalib/ University of Delaware] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "AskRefIM: message")
*[http://www.lib.virginia.edu/askalibrarian/ University of Virginia] (in reference email via Upside Wireless' Virtual SMS)
*[http://zsr.wfu.edu/services/information/text.html Wake Forest University] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "askzaklive: message")
*[http://www.wclibrary.info/ask/text.asp Washington-Centerville Public Library (Ohio)] (SMS via AIM 265010 then text "askwclibrary message")
*[http://www.library.yale.edu/science/textmsg.html Yale Science Libraries (Yale University)] Using an iPhone
*[http://www.maui.hawaii.edu/library/help/askAlibrarian.html Maui Community College Library (MCC Library)] (SMS via AIM to 265010 then text "mauicclib: txt message here")
*[http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/services/gethelp.shtml Indiana University South Bend (Franklin D. Schurz Library)] (SMS via AIM to 246246 then text "send iusblibrarian your message")
*[http://www.brockport.edu/library/help/textalibrarian.html Drake Library (College at Brockport)] (Using a Blackberry)

== Libraries Offering Skype Reference Services ==
*[http://www.library.ohiou.edu/ask/skype.html Ohio University Libraries, Athens, OH]
*[http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/asklib/index.html University of Waterloo, Ontario] (pilot, with [http://www.unyte.net Unyte])

== [[Libraries Using IM Reference]] ==
[[Libraries Using IM Reference|This section now has its own page.]]

== Libraries Using MeeboMe for Embedded Chat ==
*[http://www.albion.edu/library/ask_a_librarian.asp Albion College, Albion, MI]
*[http://www.library.american.edu/ask/im.html American University, Washington, DC]
*[http://www.chamberscountylibrary.org/live.htm H. Grady Bradshaw Chambers County Public Library]
*[http://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org Beaufort County Public Library, Beaufort South Carolina]
*[http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/webdocs/askalibrarian.html Binghamton University Libraries]
*[http://library.csusm.edu/ California State University San Marcos]
*[http://www.cheltenhamlibraries.org/library_services/ask_a_librarian.php/ Cheltenham Township Library System, PA]
*[http://cheshirelibrary.org/teens Cheshire Public Library, Cheshire, CT]
*[http://libraries.claremont.edu/help/askus/ Claremont Colleges, CA] for personal pages only -- general IM ref now done with libraryh3lp (as of 1/21/09)
*[http://swem.wm.edu/resources/subject-guides/classical-studies.cfm The College of William and Mary's Earl Gregg Swem Library]
*[http://founders.concordia.edu/web2/Ask%20A%20Librarian.html Concordia University Texas]
*[http://www.cmpl.org/contactus Clinton-Macomb Public Library]
*[http://www.coastalbend.edu/library Coastal Bend College Library]
*[http://www.crystallakelibrary.org/ask_me.htm Crystal Lake Public Library]
*[http://www.departments.dsu.edu/library/asklib.html Dakota State University, Madison, SD]
*[http://danburylibrary.org/ask/ Danbury Public Library]
*[http://www.darienlibrary.org/contact.php Darien Public Library]
*[http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu Duke University Medical Center Library]
*[http://www.library.eku.edu/askalibrarian/meebo.html Eastern Kentucky University]
*[http://library.edgewood.edu/ask-librarian.htm Edgewood College, Madison, WI]
*[http://www.epcc.edu/vvlib/askvv1.htm El Paso Community College, Valle Verde Library]
*[http://www.epl.org/library/reference-help.html Evanston Public Library]
*[http://www.exeterpubliclibrary.org/ Exeter Public Library]
*[http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/ref/askpol.htm Florida Atlantic University]
*[http://library.gmu.edu/mudge/IM/IMRef.html George Mason University]
*[http://www.gvsu.edu/library/index.cfm?id=F12ED967-0001-DDB0-894D6E623846E42A Grand Valley State University]
*[http://hartness.vsc.edu Hartness Library System Serving Community College of Vermont and Vermont Tech]
*[http://www.hinsdalelibrary.info/ask/askhpl.htm Hinsdale (IL) Public LIbrary]
*[http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/library/hcc/help.asp Hostos Community College Library]
*[http://library.hccs.edu/learn_how/askalib.php Houston Community Colleges]
*[http://www.idahohistory.net/research.html Idaho State Historical Society]
*[http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/research/askalibrarian Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis]
*[http://gryphonsanddragons.blogspot.com Johnson County Library Teen Book Group]
*[http://lacrosselibrary.org/ La Crosse Public Library, La Crosse, WI]
*[http://rc.lsuc.on.ca/library/services_reference.htm Law Society of Upper Canada Great Library]
*[http://www.bccn.boone.in.us/LPL/web.html Lebanon Public Library, Lebanon, IN]
*[http://www.uab.edu/lister/qpask/widget.html Lister Hill Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham]
*[http://www.livermore.lib.ca.us Livermore Public Library, Livermore, CA]
*[http://www.lmu.edu/Page32416.aspx Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA]
*[http://library.mcmaster.ca/justask/ McMaster University]
*[http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org/library/askmcm.html McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids]
*[http://www.maclibrary.org/index.php?pr=Contact_Us McMinnville Public Library, McMinnville, OR]
*[http://library.mcneese.edu McNeese State University Library, Lake Charles, LA]
*[http://www.library.mun.ca/hsl/chat.php Health Sciences Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland]
*[http://www.library.mun.ca/swgc/chat.php Ferris Hodgett Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland]
*[http://swilley.mercer.edu/askmercer.asp Mercer University - Atlanta]
*[http://www.meredith.edu/library/askalibrarian.htm Meredith College, Raleigh, NC]
*[http://www.mmrls.org/met_staff.htm Metrowest MA Regional Library System, Waltham Massachusetts]
*[http://library.millsaps.edu Millsaps College Library]
*[http://www.mc3.edu/sa/lib/im.htm Montgomery County Community College Libraries, Blue Bell, PA]
*[http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/ref/contactus.html Nebraska Library Commission]
*[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libref North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC]
*[http://library.neiu.edu/ask.html Northeastern Illinois University Ronald Williams Library, Chicago, IL]
*[http://library.nsuok.edu/reference/chatreference.html Northeastern State University, Oklahoma]
*[http://www.norwich.edu/academics/library/index.html Norwich University, Northfield, VT]
*[http://www.library.ohiou.edu/ask/index.html Ohio University Libraries, Athens, OH]
*[http://www2.ohlone.edu/org/library/ask.html Ohlone Community College Library]
*[http://osulibrary.orst.edu/cascades/chat.htm Oregon State University--Cascades Campus]
*[http://www.osceolalibrary.org/ Osceola Library System]
*[http://www.parkridgelibrary.org/askil.html Park Ridge Public Library--Reference Department]
*[http://www.parkridgelibrary.org/ya/yaindexorange.html Park Ridge Public Library--Young Adult Department]
*[http://www.pointloma.edu/RyanLibrary.htm Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA]
*[http://www.myspace.com/libraryloft Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County The Loft @ ImaginOn]
*[http://www.lib.purdue.edu/mel Purdue University Libraries - Management and Economics Library]
*[http://library.samford.edu/service/askalib.html Samford University Library]
*[http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov South Carolina State Library]
*[http://www.scls.info/about/staff.html South Central (WI) Library System]
*[http://library.southtexascollege.edu/info/askafaq.html South Texas College Libraries]
*[http://www.infodepot.org/zUsing/AskLibIM.asp Spartanburg County Public Libraries]
*[http://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/contact Stanford University Library Information Center]
*[http://www.stanford.edu/group/cubberley/services/reference Stanford University Cubberley Education Library]
*[http://www.stolaf.edu/library St. Olaf College Libraries]
*[http://www.albion.edu/library/ask_a_librarian.asp Stockwell-Mudd Library, Albion College, Albion, MI]
*[http://lib.tcu.edu/www/eref/AskAQuestion.asp Texas Christian University Library]
*[http://www.nursing.edu.au/libcontacts/ The College of Nursing, Katie Zepps Nursing Library]
*[http://www.fordlibrary.org/chat Thomas Ford Memorial Library]
*[http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/SML/reference/ask.html Thomas Jefferson University, Scott Memorial Library]
*[http://library.tulane.edu/help/index.php Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library]
*[http://library.albany.edu/contactus.html University at Albany]
*[http://library.buffalo.edu/askalibrarian University at Buffalo]
*[http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/askalibrarian/ University of Calgary]
*[http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/govinfo/gov_online.html University of California Berkeley Library]
*[http://biomed.ucsd.edu/ask/ University of California San Diego Biomedical Library]
*[http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/askus.cfm University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries]
*[http://denison.uchsc.edu/askalibrarian/index.html University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center - Denison Memorial Library]
*[http://www.ucd.ie/library/ University College Dublin - James Joyce Library]
*[http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/askus/ University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)]
*[http://www.umuc.edu/library/help/instantmessage.shtml University of Maryland University College (UMUC)]
*[http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/asklib/ University of Waterloo, Ontario]
*[http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/services/ask.cfm University of Wyoming, William Robertson Coe Library]
*[http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/chat.html Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa]
*[http://www.library.umass.edu/ask/im/ University of Massachusetts, Amherst - W.E.B. Du Bois Library]
*[http://library.usm.maine.edu/research/askus/index.html University of Southern Maine Libraries]
*[http://www.library.uiuc.edu/askus University of Illinois at Urbana]
*[http://library.up.edu/default.aspx?cid=6756&pid=58 University of Portland]
*[http://www.villapark.lib.il.us/research/reference.php Villa Park Public Library, Villa Park, IL]
*[http://www.lib.virginia.edu/questions.html University of Virginia Libraries]
*[http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/asklib/index.html University of Waterloo, Ontario]
*[http://library.usu.edu/ref/im.php Utah State University]
*[http://chat.waubonsee.edu/~aburke/ Waubonsee Community College (Todd Library) - Adam Burke, Librarian]
*[http://www.lib.purdue.edu/mel Purdue University - Management and Economics Library]
*[http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/24-7/IM.html Washington State University]
*[http://library.wcsu.edu/web/assistance/reference/ask/ Western Connecticut State University]
*[http://www.wou.edu/provost/library Western Oregon University]
*[http://www.westernu.edu/xp/edu/library/library-chat-reference.xml Western University of Health Sciences]
[http://camila.pbwiki.com/IM+Reference (Info on our setup)]
*[http://library.willamette.edu/help/ Willamette University]
*[http://www.lib.umich.edu/askus/ University of Michigan]
*[http://www.lib.fsu.edu/help/ask Florida State University]
*[http://www.library.yale.edu/science/services/im.html Yale University Science Libraries]
*[http://www.maui.hawaii.edu/library/help/askAlibrarian.html Maui Community College Library]
*[http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Library/Help/refchat.html Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Instant Answers]
*[http://www.framinghamlibrary.org/referenc.htm Framingham Public Library, Framingham, MA]

== Libraries Using Chatango for Embedded Chat ==
*[http://www.library.southernct.edu/de_home.html Southern Connecticut State University - Buley Library]
*[http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/libraryconnection/ University of Calgary - Library Connection] (embedded within Blackboard CMS)
*[http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ Oregon State University Libraries]

== Libraries Using Plugoo for Embedded Chat ==
*[http://www.lib.byu.edu/ Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library]
*[http://library.law.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin Law Library]
*[http://library.temple.edu/articles/subject_guides/education.jsp Temple University Libraries (Education Guide)]
*[http://www.ccpl.org/content.asp?id=61973&action=detail&catID=5407&parentID=5373 Charleston County Public Library]
*[http://www.mwcc.edu/library/ask_librarian.html#Ask-A-LibrarianLIVE Mt. Wachusett Community College Library]

== Libraries Using libraryh3lp for Embedded Chat ==
*[http://www.lib.unc.edu/livehelp/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, main chat page] (Note: libraryh3lp provides an online/offline presence button, and the chat widget is currently configured to pop-up rather than run embedded.)
*[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/ask Baylor University, Ask a Librarian page]
*[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/finearts/ Baylor University Crouch Fine Arts Library]
*[http://www.lib.ksu.edu/reference/vref/index.html K-State Libraries, Kansas State University]
*[http://www.lib.uwo.ca/taylor/researchhelp.shtml University of Western Ontario, Taylor Library]
*[http://www.library.fullerton.edu/asp/askalibrarian.aspx California State University Fullerton, Pollak Library]
*[http://library.auraria.edu Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver/Metropolitan State College of Denver/Community College of Denver]
*[http://library.iit.edu/ask/ Illinois Institute of Technology]
*North Carolina State University. Our [http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libref Ask Us page], [http://www2.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/?Nty=1&N=0&Ntt=chat&Ntk=Keyword catalog], a [http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/nrl branch library], and our [http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/course/EAC/580 course pages].
*[http://www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org/reference/index.html Rochester Public Library, MN] Love it! will be making it more prominent soon-doing some testing with additional queues. Also have it on our catalog "Not found" page. Have seen big increase in questions. Really like when we are closed it goes away and we refer to our state Chat AskMN
*[http://www.worthingtonlibraries.org, Worthington Public Libraries, OH]
*[http://libraries.claremont.edu/help/askus/ Claremont Colleges Libraries, CA]
*[http://www.valdosta.edu/library/ask.php Valdosta State University, Odum Library, Valdosta, GA]
*[http://www.tillabook.info Tillamook County Library, OR]
*[http://www.kslib.info State Library of Kansas]

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =
*[http://walkingpaper.org/ Walking Paper] by Aaron Schmidt
*[http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/ Librarian in Black] by Sarah Houghton-Jan
*[http://www.teachinglibrarian.org/weblog/blogger.html Digital Reference] by Stephen Francoeur
*[http://info.winnefox.org/blogs/ask/ AskAway @ Winnefox ] by Joy Schwarz
*[http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com/ Dissertation Research Blog] by Lissa Lord
*[http://www.shushers.ca/libraridan LibrariDan] by Dan Sich
*[http://libraryh3lp.blogspot.com/ Library H3lp]

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check Out =
*[http://walkingpaper.org/358 IM Talking Points] at Walking Paper by Aaron Schmidt.
*[http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2007/04/instant_messagi.html Instant messaging and security: how to talk to IT] at Librarian in Black by Sarah Houghton-Jan
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/fred/pubs/stutzman_pub7.pdf Collaborative reference work in the blogosphere] by Jerrey Pomerantz and Frederic Stutzman
*[http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/162/report_display.asp Teens and Technology] from the Pew Internet & American Life Project (July 2005)
*[http://media.aoltimewarner.com/media/newmedia/cb_press_view.cfm?release_num=55254160 AOL Second Annual Instant Messaging Trends Survey]
*[http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA512192.html?display=searchResults&stt=001&text=im+me IM Me] by Aaron Schmidt and Michael Stephens. Featured in ''Library Journal'' in April, 2005
*[http://babyboomerlibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/05/chat-reference-at-morrisville-state.html Chat Reference at Morrisville State College Library] by Bill Drew. Featured in Ronan, Jana, ed. ''Chat reference : a guide to live virtual reference services''
*[http://www.charlestonco.com/comp.cfm?id=47&CFID=9689640&CFTOKEN=6638826 Virtual Reference Software Comparative Review] by Jody Condit Fagan. ''The Charleston Advisor'', April 2005, pp. 16-35. (Behind a subscription wall.)
*[http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/133/report_display.asp How Americans Use Instant Messaging] from the Pew Internet & American Life Project (September 2004)
* Web-Based Chat VS. Instant Messaging by Sarah Houghton-Jan and Aaron Schmidt. Featured in ''ONLINE'', Jul/Aug 2005.
*[http://www.oregonlibraries.net/staff/?p=178 web-based chat vs. instant messaging] by Caleb Tucker-Raymond at the L-net staff information blog.
*[http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v06n01/chase_d01.htm Papa's Got A Brand New (Virtual )Bag] by Darren Chase
*[http://lbr.library-blogs.net/war_what_is_it_good_for.htm War... What is it good for?] by Luke Rosenberger from lbr weblog. Post looks at the "war" between web-based virtual reference services and IM.
*[http://www.teachinglibrarian.org/weblog/2005/06/web-based-chat-and-im-not-eitheror-but.html Web-based chat and IM: Not "either/or" but "both/and"] by Stephen Francoeur from Digital Reference.
*[http://www.homerlibrary.org/HomerILA.ppt IM Reference: What We've Learned] (Homer Township @ Illinois Library Association; October 14, 2005)
*[http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/v33/333Houghton.htm Virtual Reference @ Your Library] by Sarah Houghton-Jan. Featured in ''KnowledgeQuest'', Jan/Feb 2005.
*[http://edificeref.info/?p=71 Trillian training materials] - by Beatrice Pulliam, a great training for using Trillian in providing virtual reference services.
*[http://www.american.edu/tesol/Baron-SeeYouOnlineCorrected64.pdf See You Online: Gender Issues in College Student Use of Instant Messaging] by Naomi S. Baron, Department of Language and Foreign Studies, American University. In addition to interesting findings, this paper includes useful terminology for discussing IM.
* [http://www.ala.org/ala/pla/plapubs/publiclibraries/julyaugust2005.pdf Instant Messaging: Quick and Dirty Reference for Teens and Others] by Sarah Houghton-Jan. Featured in ''Public Libraries'', Jul/Aug 2005.
* [http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/schwagbag/archives/2005/06/iming_goes_live.html IM goes live at UNLV Libraries] by Sherri Vokey at ::schwagbag::
* [http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-4/digital.htm Building and Maintaining Digital Reference Services] ERIC Digest by Joann M. Wasik (1999).
* [http://librariansatthegate.blogspot.com/2006/01/implementing-instant-message-im.html Implementing an instant message (IM) reference service] by Alec at Librarians at the Gate
* [http://www.lib.unc.edu/reference/eref/gaim/ Gaim Setup for Library IM Services] by Pam Sessoms and Charles Cobine, UNC-Chapel Hill's Davis Library.
*[http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/09/using-fee-based-databases-in-virtual.html Using Fee-Based Databases in a Virtual Reference Setting] September 2006
*[http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/10/collaboration-as-norm-in-reference.html Collaboration as the Norm in Reference Work by Jeffrey Pomeranz] A review of the article in RUSQ Fall 2006
*Maximiek, Sarah and Brown, Elizabeth and Rushton, Erin (2006) [http://www.haworthpress.com/store/Toc_views.asp?sid=2PLHFLQ79HPX8GESAVH8RJ45C91R1RA9&TOCName=J106v13n04%5FTOC&desc=Volume%3A%2013%20Issue%3A%204l Connecting to Students: Launching Instant Messaging Reference at Binghamton University.] College & Undergraduate Libraries. Volume: 13 Issue: 4, 2006

= Resources for IM Reference Training =
*[http://bearspace.baylor.edu/Ellen_M_Hampton/www/IMtraining/index.htm Learning How to Use Instant Messaging Software]- developed in the fall of 2007 to train reference staff unfamiliar with the basics of IM, licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA License.

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== Libraries offering mobile interfaces or applications ==

=== Mobile interfaces ===

[http://www.mobib.nu/ Aalborg Libraries, Denmark] Website

[http://www.library.american.edu/mobile/ American University Library] Website

[http://aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Athabasca University] OPAC

[http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/mobile/ Ball State University] Website

[http://iis.bhsu.edu/lis/pda/ Black Hills State University] OPAC

[http://med-libwww.bu.edu/mobile/index.cfm Boston University Medical Center Mobile Library] Website

[http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/mobile/ Cal Poly Pomona University Library] Website

[http://library.duke.edu/mobile/ Duke University] Website

[http://library.hanover.edu/mobile/mhome.html Hanover College, Duggan Library] Website

[http://mobile.cib.unibo.it/ The Italian Serials Catalogue ACNP] run by the University of Bologna

[http://www.kb.nl Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands] Website suitable for desktop and mobile devices.

[http://mobile.linccweb.org/ Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)] OPAC

[http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/helka/ National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland] OPAC

[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/ North Carolina State University Library] Website

[http://www.csbsju.edu/library/mobile/ St. John’s University, College of St. Benedict (Clemens Library)] Website

[http://mobil.uni-koeln.de/int/bsuche.xml Universitaetsbibliothek Koeln, Germany] OPAC

[http://www.library.ualberta.ca/pdazone/ University of Alberta PDA Zone] PDA

[http://diana.uca.es/airpac/ University of Cadiz Library, Spain] OPAC ([http://www.uca.es/area/biblioteca/accesoexterno/airpac more information] in Spanish)

[http://hades.grainger.uiuc.edu/nikki/Mobile/Version1/index.htm University of Illinois Library (Grainger)] Website

[http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/library/mobile/ University of Richmond Libraries] Website

[http://www.med.yale.edu/library/m/ Yale University's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library] Website

=== Mobile applications ===
[http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301077850&mt=8 District of Columbia Public Library iPhone application] (iTunes link)

=== SMS ===

See also [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Libraries_Offering_SMS_Reference_Services Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services]

Examples include:
* SMS if requested book is available (collect messages)
* SMS reminder if a book is due
* requesting a list of loans via SMS
* renewing books via SMS
* requesting an overview of outstanding fines via SMS
* checking the availability of books via SMS
* requesting the opening hours of the library via SMS

[http://aleph.unisg.ch/ALEPH IDS St. Gallen, Switzerland], sends SMS messages to students of the University of St. Gallen.

[http://www.askalibrarian.mobi/ Ask a Librarian Mobile] Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)

[http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/search Bryn Mawr] send call numbers from OPAC via text message

[http://www.elnet.ee The ELNET consortium, Estonia] is sending SMS messages from their OPAC.

[http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/service/sms.html ETH Zürich Library] sends SMS collect messages. They are part of the NEBIS network (see below).

[http://lib.hse.fi/EN/services/mobiilipalvelut.html Helsinki School of Economics Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

[http://lib.tkk.fi/en/services/circulation/mobile/ Helsinki University of Technology Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

[http://www.nebis.ch/ The NEBIS network, Switzerland] offers library notifications via SMS: reminders for books being overdue (i.e. first reminder) and collect messages.

[http://www.muenster.de/stadt/buecherei/sms-service.html Public Library Münster, Germany] is sending various SMS messages.

[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] is sending SMS collect messages. Users are charged for this service.

[http://www.ub.uit.no/db_kat/dbkat-e.htm University Library of Tromsø, Norway] is sending SMS collect messages.

Of the 97 public libraries in Denmark: 60 sent SMS if books requested are ready for pickup, 37 use SMS for recalls, and 46 sent SMS as warnings some days before a book is due [data from the 2007 annual statistic for public libraries in Denmark].

=== Mobile collections ===

This includes audiobooks, ebooks, language courses (audio), streaming music, films. These collections can either be downloaded from the library websites on user's own mobile devices or libraries lend mobile devices with the collections already on them.

[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/FineArts/index.php?id=52075 Crouch Fine Arts Library at Baylor University] offers audio streaming databases. Music files from these databases can be downloaded on user's mobile devices.

[http://books.google.com/m Google Books] offers books in a format suitable for reading on mobile devices.

[http://www.fordlibrary.org/booksmoviesmagazinesmore/ipodbooks.html Thomas Ford Memorial Library] lends iPod audiobooks to the public.

=== Mobile instruction ===

This includes the application of mobile devices for library instruction. See also the section on [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting Podcasting].

[http://digilab.open.ac.uk/testarea/mobileSafari/ Open University Library, United Kingdom]

[http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/science/podcast.htm Washington State University Libraries] "How To ..." - Help with Library Resources and Tools

=== Mobile tours of the library ===

Audiotours can be either downloaded on user's own mobile devices, or mobile devices with audiotours on them can be lend by the library.

[http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/induction/audiotour.htm London School of Economics, United Kingdom]: tour podcast can be downloaded or you can borrow a tour handset from the Welcome Point.

[http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/tours-audio.html Oxford Brookes University Library, United Kingdom]: tour can be downloaded or you can borrow an MP3 player at the Enquiry Desk.

[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] provided an audiotour of one of their exhibitions (Spring 2008). The audiotour was put on MP3 sticks. These were entered in the catalogue, so that users could borrow the MP3 sticks.

[http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/services/reference/audiotour.html University of Otago Library, New Zealand], in English, Mandarin and Maori.

=== Quick Response 2D Codes ===

See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code description in Wikipedia] and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=P-DntIQi2e8 explanation in CSI on YouTube]. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader software can scan the image of the QR Code causing the phone's browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL.

University of Bath, United Kingdom is doing a project including QR2D codes in their OPAC. Catalogue records are proviced with these codes. When scanning the code, a map of the library is launched on user's mobiles, helping them to locate the library material in the library building.

=== Other mobile applications ===

The Institut fuer Informationswissenschaft in Saarbruecken, Germany offers [http://twitter.com/VIBISB Twitter for new titles].

National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland, offers [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/mobile/articlerequest.php Mobile article request] and [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/mobile/feednavigator/ mobile RSS feeds].

The Smart Library Location-Aware Mobile Library, Finland, provides map-based guidance to books and collections on PDA, described in http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-2.pdf and http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-28.pdf

At the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, SMS is used during information literacy classes. Lecturers can add questions to PowerPoint presentations, which students can answer via SMS. The results of the sent SMS messages is directly visible in a diagram on the screen. Lecturers can thus assess the students' knowledge, but the tool is also useful for starting discussions. See the Dutch press release at http://www.vu.nl/nl/Images/pb%2009%20015%20SMS%20stemmen_tcm9-67541.pdf.

== Vendors and Publishers ==

=== Library Vendors offering mobile interfaces or applications ===

[http://www.axiell.dk/ Axiell, Denmark]. Axiell offers the most widespread ILS for public libraries in Denmark (DDELIbra). Their mobile services are called DDElibra Mobil Professionel and DDElibra MoBiblo.

[http://www.iii.com/ Innovative Interfaces] offers the AirPac module (mobile OPAC) and an SMS product.

[http://www.bibsyst.no/produkter/publikum/netthent.php NettHent] by the Norwegian company Bibliotek-Systemer As

[http://www.worldcat.org/m/ Worldcat.org]

=== Publishers offering databases for mobile devices ===

[http://mobile.beta.factiva.com Factiva]

[http://books.google.com/m Google Books]

[http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/ PubMed for Handhelds]

[http://wl-w.com Westlaw]

== Possible Health Effects ==

[http://www.radiationresearch.org/ EM Radiation Research Trust]

[http://www.icems.eu/ International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS)]

[http://www.stralingsrisicos.nl/ Nationaal Platform Stralingsrisico's] (in Dutch)

[http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/rf/wifi.asp Powerwatch Wi-Fi and Health]

[http://www.emfacts.com/wifi/WiFi_A4_print.pdf Wireless Networks (WiFi) Consumer Health and Safety Advice] EMFacts Consultancy

== Suggested Reading ==

[http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2291/2070 Always on: Libraries in a world of permanent connectivity] Lorcan Dempsey, First Monday, 14(1-5) January 2009.

[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/216659547 M-libraries : libraries on the move to provide virtual access], proceedings of the[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html First International m-Libraries Conference] Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham, London: Facet, 2008

[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?contentType=Article&Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/2400360306.html Mobile learning for the twenty-first century librarian] Jim Hahn, Reference Services Review, 36(3), 2008, pp 272-288.

[http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-261-mobile.pdf Mobile technologies, mobile users: Implications for academic libraries] Joan Lippincott, ARL Current Issues, 261, December 2008.

[http://eprints.rclis.org/15024/ On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies] Ellyssa Kroski, Library Technology Reports, 44(5), July 2008.

[http://www.egms.de/en/journals/mbi/index.shtml PDA (special issue)] ed. by Oliver Obst and Helmut Doolfuss, GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen, 8(2). This issue is partly in German and partly in English.

=== Blog Posts ===

[http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/02/30_mobile_trend.html 30 Mobile Trends in Libraries] - Stephen's Lighthouse

[http://dclibrarylabs.org/projects/iphone/ DCPL iPhone app launch]

[http://handheldlib.blogspot.com/ Handheld Librarian] Handheld computer news, ideas, and opinions from librarians and others interested in libraries. Editor: Grace Lee

=== Other Resources ===

[http://www.slideshare.net/ellyssa/libraries-to-go-mobile-tech-in-libraries-presentation Libraries to Go] Ellyssa Kroski Slideshare Presentation

[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html The First International m-Libraries Conference] Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 13 -14 November 2007

[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/ The Second International m-Libraries Conference] Vancouver, BC - 23rd - 24th June 2009

[http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/ Megan Fox - PDAs, Handhelds and Mobile Technologies in Libraries] Website

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== Libraries offering mobile interfaces or applications ==

=== Mobile interfaces ===

[http://www.mobib.nu/ Aalborg Libraries, Denmark] Website

[http://www.library.american.edu/mobile/ American University Library] Website

[http://aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/airpac/jsp/airpacIndex.jsp Athabasca University] OPAC

[http://www.bsu.edu/libraries/mobile/ Ball State University] Website

[http://iis.bhsu.edu/lis/pda/ Black Hills State University] OPAC

[http://med-libwww.bu.edu/mobile/index.cfm Boston University Medical Center Mobile Library] Website

[http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/mobile/ Cal Poly Pomona University Library] Website

[http://library.duke.edu/mobile/ Duke University] Website

[http://library.hanover.edu/mobile/mhome.html Hanover College, Duggan Library] Website

[http://mobile.cib.unibo.it/ The Italian Serials Catalogue ACNP] run by the University of Bologna

[http://www.kb.nl Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands] Website suitable for desktop and mobile devices.

[http://mobile.linccweb.org/ Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)] OPAC

[http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/helka/ National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland] OPAC

[http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/ North Carolina State University Library] Website

[http://www.csbsju.edu/library/mobile/ St. John’s University, College of St. Benedict (Clemens Library)] Website

[http://mobil.uni-koeln.de/int/bsuche.xml Universitaetsbibliothek Koeln, Germany] OPAC

[http://www.library.ualberta.ca/pdazone/ University of Alberta PDA Zone] PDA

[http://diana.uca.es/airpac/ University of Cadiz Library, Spain] OPAC ([http://www.uca.es/area/biblioteca/accesoexterno/airpac more information] in Spanish)

[http://hades.grainger.uiuc.edu/nikki/Mobile/Version1/index.htm University of Illinois Library (Grainger)] Website

[http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/library/mobile/ University of Richmond Libraries] Website

[http://www.med.yale.edu/library/m/ Yale University's Cushing/Whitney Medical Library] Website

=== Mobile applications ===
[http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301077850&mt=8 District of Columbia Public Library iPhone application] (iTunes link)

=== SMS ===

See also [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Libraries_Offering_SMS_Reference_Services Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services]

Examples include:
* SMS if requested book is available (collect messages)
* SMS reminder if a book is due
* requesting a list of loans via SMS
* renewing books via SMS
* requesting an overview of outstanding fines via SMS
* checking the availability of books via SMS
* requesting the opening hours of the library via SMS

[http://aleph.unisg.ch/ALEPH IDS St. Gallen, Switzerland], sends SMS messages to students of the University of St. Gallen.

[http://www.askalibrarian.mobi/ Ask a Librarian Mobile] Library Information Network for Community Colleges (Florida)

[http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/search Bryn Mawr] send call numbers from OPAC via text message

[http://www.elnet.ee The ELNET consortium, Estonia] is sending SMS messages from their OPAC.

[http://www.ethbib.ethz.ch/service/sms.html ETH Zürich Library] sends SMS collect messages. They are part of the NEBIS network (see below).

[http://lib.hse.fi/EN/services/mobiilipalvelut.html Helsinki School of Economics Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

[http://lib.tkk.fi/en/services/circulation/mobile/ Helsinki University of Technology Library, Finland] is sending various SMS messages.

[http://www.nebis.ch/ The NEBIS network, Switzerland] offers library notifications via SMS: reminders for books being overdue (i.e. first reminder) and collect messages.

[http://www.muenster.de/stadt/buecherei/sms-service.html Public Library Münster, Germany] is sending various SMS messages.

[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] is sending SMS collect messages. Users are charged for this service.

[http://www.ub.uit.no/db_kat/dbkat-e.htm University Library of Tromsø, Norway] is sending SMS collect messages.

Of the 97 public libraries in Denmark: 60 sent SMS if books requested are ready for pickup, 37 use SMS for recalls, and 46 sent SMS as warnings some days before a book is due [data from the 2007 annual statistic for public libraries in Denmark].

=== Mobile collections ===

This includes audiobooks, ebooks, language courses (audio), streaming music, films. These collections can either be downloaded from the library websites on user's own mobile devices or libraries lend mobile devices with the collections already on them.

[http://www.baylor.edu/lib/FineArts/index.php?id=52075 Crouch Fine Arts Library at Baylor University] offers audio streaming databases. Music files from these databases can be downloaded on user's mobile devices.

[http://books.google.com/m Google Books] offers books in a format suitable for reading on mobile devices.

[http://www.fordlibrary.org/booksmoviesmagazinesmore/ipodbooks.html Thomas Ford Memorial Library] lends iPod audiobooks to the public.

=== Mobile instruction ===

This includes the application of mobile devices for library instruction. See also the section on [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Podcasting Podcasting].

[http://digilab.open.ac.uk/testarea/mobileSafari/ Open University Library, United Kingdom]

[http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/science/podcast.htm Washington State University Libraries] "How To ..." - Help with Library Resources and Tools

=== Mobile tours of the library ===

Audiotours can be either downloaded on user's own mobile devices, or mobile devices with audiotours on them can be lend by the library.

[http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/induction/audiotour.htm London School of Economics, United Kingdom]: tour podcast can be downloaded or you can borrow a tour handset from the Welcome Point.

[http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/tours-audio.html Oxford Brookes University Library, United Kingdom]: tour can be downloaded or you can borrow an MP3 player at the Enquiry Desk.

[http://www.luts.ee/test/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=427&Itemid=257 Tartu Public Library, Estonia] provided an audiotour of one of their exhibitions (Spring 2008). The audiotour was put on MP3 sticks. These were entered in the catalogue, so that users could borrow the MP3 sticks.

[http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/services/reference/audiotour.html University of Otago Library, New Zealand], in English, Mandarin and Maori.

=== Quick Response 2D Codes ===

See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code description in Wikipedia] and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=P-DntIQi2e8 explanation in CSI on YouTube]. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader software can scan the image of the QR Code causing the phone's browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL.

University of Bath, United Kingdom is doing a project including QR2D codes in their OPAC. Catalogue records are proviced with these codes. When scanning the code, a map of the library is launched on user's mobiles, helping them to locate the library material in the library building.

=== Other mobile applications ===

The Institut fuer Informationswissenschaft in Saarbruecken, Germany offers [http://twitter.com/VIBISB Twitter for new titles].

National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko, Finland, offers [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/mobile/articlerequest.php Mobile article request] and [http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/mobile/feednavigator/ mobile RSS feeds].

The Smart Library Location-Aware Mobile Library, Finland, provides map-based guidance to books and collections on PDA, described in http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-2.pdf and http://www.rotuaari.net/downloads/publication-28.pdf

At the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands, SMS is used during information literacy classes. Lecturers can add questions to PowerPoint presentations, which students can answer via SMS. The results of the sent SMS messages is directly visible in a diagram on the screen. Lecturers can thus assess the students' knowledge, but the tool is also useful for starting discussions. See the Dutch press release at http://www.vu.nl/nl/Images/pb%2009%20015%20SMS%20stemmen_tcm9-67541.pdf.

== Vendors and Publishers ==

=== Library Vendors offering mobile interfaces or applications ===

[http://www.axiell.dk/ Axiell, Denmark]. Axiell offers the most widespread ILS for public libraries in Denmark (DDELIbra). Their mobile services are called DDElibra Mobil Professionel and DDElibra MoBiblo.

[http://www.bibsyst.no/produkter/publikum/netthent.php NettHent] by the Norwegian company Bibliotek-Systemer As

[http://www.worldcat.org/m/ Worldcat.org]

=== Publishers offering databases for mobile devices ===

[http://mobile.beta.factiva.com Factiva]

[http://books.google.com/m Google Books]

[http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/ PubMed for Handhelds]

[http://wl-w.com Westlaw]

== Possible Health Effects ==

[http://www.radiationresearch.org/ EM Radiation Research Trust]

[http://www.icems.eu/ International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS)]

[http://www.stralingsrisicos.nl/ Nationaal Platform Stralingsrisico's] (in Dutch)

[http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/rf/wifi.asp Powerwatch Wi-Fi and Health]

[http://www.emfacts.com/wifi/WiFi_A4_print.pdf Wireless Networks (WiFi) Consumer Health and Safety Advice] EMFacts Consultancy

== Suggested Reading ==

[http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2291/2070 Always on: Libraries in a world of permanent connectivity] Lorcan Dempsey, First Monday, 14(1-5) January 2009.

[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/216659547 M-libraries : libraries on the move to provide virtual access], proceedings of the[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html First International m-Libraries Conference] Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham, London: Facet, 2008

[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/ViewContentServlet?contentType=Article&Filename=Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Articles/2400360306.html Mobile learning for the twenty-first century librarian] Jim Hahn, Reference Services Review, 36(3), 2008, pp 272-288.

[http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-261-mobile.pdf Mobile technologies, mobile users: Implications for academic libraries] Joan Lippincott, ARL Current Issues, 261, December 2008.

[http://eprints.rclis.org/15024/ On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies] Ellyssa Kroski, Library Technology Reports, 44(5), July 2008.

[http://www.egms.de/en/journals/mbi/index.shtml PDA (special issue)] ed. by Oliver Obst and Helmut Doolfuss, GMS Medizin – Bibliothek – Information. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für medizinisches Bibliothekswesen, 8(2). This issue is partly in German and partly in English.

=== Blog Posts ===

[http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2008/02/30_mobile_trend.html 30 Mobile Trends in Libraries] - Stephen's Lighthouse

[http://dclibrarylabs.org/projects/iphone/ DCPL iPhone app launch]

[http://handheldlib.blogspot.com/ Handheld Librarian] Handheld computer news, ideas, and opinions from librarians and others interested in libraries. Editor: Grace Lee

=== Other Resources ===

[http://www.slideshare.net/ellyssa/libraries-to-go-mobile-tech-in-libraries-presentation Libraries to Go] Ellyssa Kroski Slideshare Presentation

[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/2007/index.html The First International m-Libraries Conference] Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 13 -14 November 2007

[http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/ The Second International m-Libraries Conference] Vancouver, BC - 23rd - 24th June 2009

[http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/pda/ Megan Fox - PDAs, Handhelds and Mobile Technologies in Libraries] Website