It's a Mobile World
But it Wouldn't be Nothing w/out Librarians
Joe Murphy
libraryfuture on Twitter
Yale Science Libraries
Mobile tech may soon dominate the info landscape, but it will not successfully meet peoples’ needs w/out librarians
Isolate the tensions, and
build upon our strengths
our comfort zones are being pushed,
lets harness that friction as a path for progress
is there a gap between our patrons' expectations for engaging w/ info via mobile techs & how our libraries provide services?
we can insert the library's strengths
into those gaps to evolve
Reading, change, & iPhones
Mobile Literacy
Twitter is an example of how mobile tech is  impacting libraries
publishing
 expectations for mobile availability
   impact and reach 
     current awareness
       servcie & eprsonal engagement
Time makes change
   and the changes we face
             define our times
Librarians
+
mobile technology
=
the future 
Strategies for the mobile library
Learn, play to gain personal experience
Explore/imagine: combine curiosity w/ library applications
Be critical, be critical: success will mean keeping practcial considerations alongside innovation

Text Messaging: expand reference, enhance circulation
Mobile Apps: a new arena for the digital presence
Mobile webpgs: prioritize access via mobile phones
Next/other?
  - mobile payments
  - mobile/social networking for reference
  - making the library  friendly to mobile devices
  - gearing content to mobile tech
Staff fluent in mobile tech, its use and applications
Skills for engaging information with mobile technologies
http://twitter.com/libraryfuture
Beyond gearing servcies toward mobile devcies - librarians will soon embrace mobile devices for servcie operations
CTLS - The Mobile Library Technology Conference. 12/11/09