MOBILE SERVICES & EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

FOR TEENS

WHAT ARE THOSE TEENS UP TO?

DON’T GET COMFORTABLE

• “Staying current is staying relevant” (Murphy)

• Point of access is very important to teens

• “Many students prefer learning in a self-guided environment” (Rawlins et. Al.)

MANY HAVE A SMART PHONE

• By 2015 U.S. ownership of smart phones will be 162 million (2/3 of all mobiles) (Houghton)

• Smart phones out sold PCs (Read WriteWeb)

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

• Point of access information gathering• QR Codes• Augmented Reality

• Social Technology• Mobile photo sharing• Location based services• Social & entertainment check-in services

CAN YOU HANDLE IT?

WEBSITE• Check out Sarah Houghton-Jan’s Presentation

Ten Steps to Mobile Supremacy for Librarieshttp://slidesha.re/dsHSf8

• Library’s website mobile friendly• [W3C’s mobileOK Checker] use it• Catalogs & Databases• Reference

• Mobile services/resources page• Most used pages (QR codes)• Library Catalog & favorite databases

St.Petersburg College Libraryhttp://bit.ly/gotumL

http://library.rice.edu/news/fondren-launches-new-mobile-web-site

CATALOGS & DATABASES

• SOPAC, Evergreeen, Koha are • mobile friendly

• Innovative, Voyager, SirsiDynix are NOT

• WorldCat App

REFERENCE

• Text messaging• Examples of software:

• AIM & Google Voice Hacks• LibraryH3lp

• Twitter• IM• Example of free IM clients:

• Meebo• Trillian

http://www.colapublib.org/children/tutor/

County of Los Angeles Public Library

APPS

• Custom app for your teen space

Seattle Public Libraryhttp://bit.ly/fnKLpF

Bucks County Community Collegehttp://bit.ly/fzbOET

Seattle Public Libraryhttp://bit.ly/gayUzb

IN-LIBRARY SERVICES FOR THE MOBILE USER

• Hardware use

Buffy Hamilton

Tank U, DOK

http://bit.ly/apyfst

“Tank U works with wireless mobile technology to hook them into the city's present”

• Mobile Charging Stations

Charging station at a music festival sponsored by a mobile phone company in Austria.

http://bit.ly/fWiGxI

CHALLENGES

• Devices• Platforms• Formats• Digital rights management• Standards

QR CODES

WHAT’S A QR CODE?

• QR: Quick Response codes, or 2d barcodes, are a type of barcode that can be read by a smart phone or mobile device with a camera.

WHAT’S A QR CODE?

• They can contain more information that a regular barcodes because they can store information both vertically and horizontally.

http://www.denso-wave.com/qrcode/qrfeature-e.html

WHAT’S A QR CODE?

“A bridge between the physical, real world and digital information” (Murphy)

• A primary point of access

WHAT’S A QR CODE?

What you need:• Patrons need a reader app & a smart phone

• Free reader apps, such as RedLaser

• QR code generator• Free generators, such as Kaywa

YA QR CODE APPLICATIONS

Website

Library catalog

Teen Blog

Author’s Blog

YouTube

Static text Call number Author information Shelving location

Mobile TextingText a librarian

Tweet

Recommend to a

friend

On Shelves• Clarify signage• Link to catalogue• Link to reviews, Reader’s Advisory, book trailers

On Displays• Link to Website with more information

On Books• Author’s website• Reader’s advisory, read alikes• Video clips, book trailers• Link to Teen blog, reviews

YA QR CODE APPLICATIONS

Library at our Gloucester Campushttp://bit.ly/eOb9Sp

College of Lake Countyhttp://bit.ly/aNbzu5

Miami Universityhttp://bit.ly/9w9KpO

Chili Public Library, Rochester NYhttp://bit.ly/hrHQkB

Library LinesMARY SCHWANDER, LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTHTTP://NHSLIBRARYLINES.BLOGSPOT.COM/

Lawrence Tech’s libraryhttp://bit.ly/gHaMxR

http://bit.ly/6qLvB

Books2Barcodes, Wonder-Tonichttp://bit.ly/ibcdiF

1st Bank Airport Ad

http://bit.ly/fGhgBZ

• Add them to the online catalog

• No more writing down call numbers• Save for later in the QR reader app• More information• ‘What’s this?’ linked under to explain QR codes

http://bit.ly/fPcCYK

YA QR CODE APPLICATIONS

PROBLEMS• Patrons knowledge of QR functions

• Fun promotions, see Bosch promo http://bit.ly/gbuVd8

• Easily defaced or destroyed• Still a step or two between wanting and accessing the information

LOCATION BASED TOOLS& AUGMENTED REALITY

LOCATION BASED

YA APPLICATION LOCATION BASED

• Checking into the library or a book lets others know what their up to.

• Advertisment

• Another way to link reading to the social world

AUGMENTED REALITY

YA LIBRARY APPLICATIONS

• Can help teens discover historical info about a places they may visit school related or otherwise

• Show teens how to make QR codes and let them curate their library space or even neighborhood

• See The Pop-Up City

http://www.cnx-software.com/tag/augmented-reality/

http://ilearntechnology.com/?tag=library

TEEN TECH WEEK EXAMPLES

Location based social media tools

Teens teaching mobile skills

RESOURCES

• Ashford, Robin. "QR Codes and Academic Libraries: Reaching Mobile Users." College & Research Libraries News 71, no. 10 (November 2010): 526-30.

• Boule, Michelle. "Email, Teens, and the Workplace." ALATechSource. Accessed April 1, 2011. Last modified February 10, 2011. http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2011/02/email-teens-and-the-workplace.html .

• Houghton-Jan, Sarah. "Mobile Services for Libraries." SlideShare. Accessed April 1, 2011. Last modified December 2010. http://www.slideshare.net/librarianinblack/10-steps-to-mobile-supremacy-for-libraries .

• Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.

RESOURCES

• Murphy, Joe. "Next Tredns in Mobile Technology." Power Point Presentation, Handheld Librarian Online Conference IV, online, produced by LearningTimes, February 23, 2011. Handheld Librarian IV. Accessed April 1, 2011.http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/next-trends-in-mobile-technology .

• Rawilns, Benjamin, Dantrea Hampton, and Amanda Peach. "Libraries and QR Codes." Power Point presentation, Handheld Librarian Online Conference IV, online, produced by LearningTimes, February 23, 2011. Handheld Librarian IV,. Accessed April 1, 2011. http://www.handheldlibrarian.org/libraries-and-qr-codes .