using mobile technologies to connect face-to-face
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Using Mobile Technologies to Connect Face-to-Face
Louisa Verma, MLIS Electronic Content & Reference Librarian
Health Sciences Library
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena, CA
Re-Thinking Visibility Pre-Internet Era (or PIE)
Re-Thinking Visibility First Internet Era (or FIE)
Re-Thinking Visibility Device + Internet Era (or DIE)
Re-Thinking Visibility Getting back to PIE
PIE
FIE
DIE
PIE = Platform + Internet Era
Re-Thinking Visibility
Re-Thinking Visibility
Huntington Memorial Hospital
1,000 Physicians 1,200 Nurses
Health Sciences Library =
3 FT Librarians + 8 Volunteers +
Occasional Intern
Getting Started
Idea Ask Experime
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Twea
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TUG Meetings
Challenges: Competing for Time
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Challenges: Capturing Attention
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Challenges: Technology
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Benefits: Networking
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Benefits: Marketing
LIBRARY
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Benefits: Goodwill
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Benefits: Communication
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Benefits: Further Conversation
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Future Plans?
Seek out more clinical presenters
Broaden audience base
Explore ways to make it more relevant
Explore ways for facilitating online discussions
Q & A / Ideas
Has your library created a platform for your users? Share!
What platform ideas might potentially be of interest to your users? Information overload?
Institutional memory?
Data management?
Contact info:
Louisa Verma
References
Boone, T. 2011. Ensuring the visibility of librarians. Information Outlook 15 (1) (January/February): 10-12.
Jarvis, J. 2009. What would google do?. 1st ed. New York, NY: Collins Business.
Knowles, S. 1999. 2001, a space odyssey: a library for the millenium. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 87(2) (April):219-221.