Reference Services Review: Volume 38 Issue 2
Reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age
Table of contents - Special Issue: m Services in libraries
Guest Editors: Brena Smith, Michelle Jacobs
A mobile future for academic libraries
Joan K. LippincottSociety may be on the verge of a revolutionary phase of mobile device use in higher education generally and in libraries in particular. This paper seeks to address this issue.
The mobile university: from the library to the campus
Sally Wilson, Graham McCarthyThe purpose of this paper is to review one library's experiences of creating mobile services and illustrate how, by developing expertise in emerging technologies, libraries can…
Libraries “like to move it, move it”
Lilia MurrayThe purpose of this paper is to present a review of selected mobile technology literature and to inform librarians about the following seven mobile initiatives: Library Web sites;…
SMS reference: myths, markers, and modalities
Alexa Pearce, Scott Collard, Kara WhatleyThis paper seeks to create an empirical framework for SMS reference services so that libraries may develop a greater understanding of how this service operates and how it may be…
Even an ocean away: developing Skype‐based reference for students studying abroad
Sarah Faye Cohen, Andy BurkhardtThe purpose of this paper is to outline the development of a Skype‐based, study abroad reference service.
Text 4 answers: a collaborative service model
Lili Luo, Lori BellThis study seeks to identify the benefits, challenges and effective methods of implementing and managing a collaborative text reference service.
Information seeking with Wikipedia on the iPod Touch
Jim HahnThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of a usability study which inquired into undergraduate student information seeking with Wikipedia on the iPod touch.
Measuring the impact of cultural diversity on desired mobile reference services
Alexia HudsonThis research aims to present evidence that cultural diversity influences students' desire to utilize library resources and reference services on their mobile devices.
Making the case for a fully mobile library web site: from floor maps to the catalog
Laurie Bridges, Hannah Gascho Rempel, Kimberly GriggsThe purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the current state of worldwide mobile usage; mobile technologies; libraries' use of mobile technologies including a review…
Mobile services in the Rector Gabriel Ferraté Library, Technical University of Catalonia
Miquel Codina Vila, Andrés Pérez Gálvez, Javier Clavero CamposThe purpose of this paper is to compile and explain the mobile services developed by the Rector Gabriel Ferraté Library (BRGF) of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), in…
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