Mobile Devices and the Library : Handheld Tech, Handheld Reference (Hardcover)

1. Introduction: The Mobile Revolution and The Handheld Librarian  Joe Murphy  2. Launching a Text a Librarian Service: Cornell’s Preliminary Experiences  Virginia Cole and Baseema B. Krkoska  3. Text Message Reference Service: Five Years Later  Beth Stahr  4. Will They Come? Get Out the Word about Going Mobile  Maura Keating  5. Mobilizing the Library’s Web Presence and Services: A Student-Library Collaboration to Create the Library’s Mobile Site and iPhone Application  Matthew Connolly, Tony Cosgrave, and Baseema B. Krkoska  6. Collaborative Marketing for Virtual Reference: The My Info Quest Experience  Beth Fuseler Avery, Karen J. Docherty, and Mary-Carol Lindbloom  7. From Internet to iPhone: Providing Mobile Geographic Access to Philadelphia’s Historic Photographs and other Special Collections  Deborah Boyer  8. Mobile Use in Medicine: Taking a Cue from Specialized Resources and Devices  Bohyun Kim and Marissa Ball  9. Tag, You’re It! Using QR Codes to Promote Library Services  Beatrice Pulliam and Chris Landry  10. Are You Ready for E-readers?  Anne Behler and Binky Lush  11. Left to Their Own Devices: The Future of Reference Services on Personal, Portable Information, Communication, and Entertainment Devices  Thomas A. Peters  12. Mobile Technology and Medical Libraries: Worlds Collide  Peg Burnette  13. Methods for Applied Mobile Digital Library Research: A Framework for Extensible Wayfinding Systems  Jim Hahn, Michael Twidale, Alejandro Gutierrez, and Reza Farivar  14. One Block at a Time: Building a Mobile Site Step by Step  Chad Haefele  15. Developing Library Websites Optimized for Mobile Devices  Brendan Ryan  16. Smartphones, Smart Objects, and Augmented Reality  Harry E. Pence  17.  Making Twitter Work: A Guide for the Uninitiated, the Skeptical, and the Pragmatic  Valerie Forrestal  18. SMS Reference  Sian Brannon  19. Mobile Technologies from a Telecom Perspective  Linda L. Woods  20. Is Mobile Marketing Right for Your Organization?  Nancy Dowd  21. Handheld E-Book Readers and Scholarship: Report and Reader Survey  Nina Gielen  22. The E-Book Lifestyle: An Academic Library Perspective  Julie Shen  23. EBSCOhost Mobile  Ron Burns and Sara Rofofsky Marcus