Mobile Medical Library Informatio Medicata 2005 Budapest Pirjo Rajakiili National Library of Health Sciences – Terkko

Motivation Providing access to information is a part of the library’s core competence

Access evolution 1. Access at the given time and place (Traditional Library) 2. Access at the given places (Electronic / Hybrid Library) 3. Access everywhere at the point of need (Mobile / Multichannel Library)

Access at the point of need Medical information is often needed quickly Mobile access satisfies this need with Laptop Tablet PC PDA Mobile phone More devices coming…

Good things about mobile access You have it. More mobile phones than PCs in the world. Mobile phone penetration is over 100% in some countries. Mobile phone will be an important part of ubiquitous computing because people have got used to it.

Good things about mobile access It’s always with you. Information is always with you at the point of need.

Good things about mobile access It’s maybe the most personal thing you have. Mobile device is more personal than personal computer. It can know your identification, time, place etc. Personalization of information.

Requirements for good user experience Efficient network -Finally there is: EDGE, UMTS (3G), WI-FI (WLAN) Efficient device -Because of tough competition between operating systems (Symbian OS, Palm, Windows Mobile) -Better screens, input methods, processors… Efficient software/webpages -Personalization. -Good human-computer interaction (HCI). -Web page must be fast to download -Not too many images.

Requirements for good user experience Easy to use. Simple navigation structure. Advanced mobile phone or PDA is actually easier to use than PC. But… -There is very little of education. -There is no possibility to try out new devices in practice.

Requirements for good user experience Inexpensive. Mobile internet connection is now much cheaper than a few years ago. GPRS-connection can be as cheap as 5 eur per month in Finland.

Terkko’s Services for Mobile Access Helka Handy: user interface to Helka (=Helsinki university library catalogue) Helka Handy -Library catalogue is available everywhere. -Keyword/Title/Author search possibilities. -Presents a positioning map of the location where the searched resource is located in the library. -Easier to use than a regular version of the database.

Terkko’s Services for Mobile Access FeedNavigator: real-time current awareness service. FeedNavigator Uses RSS –technology. Information from about 1000 medical sources -Journals -News -Blogs -University of Helsinki based information Information contains a title and a link to full text. Usually also an author and an abstract. Favorite sources in the front page. Efficient search functions. Article request service.

Terkko’s Services for Mobile Access Knowledge databases of Helsinki University Knowledge databases Julki -information on more than publications at the University of Helsinki. Tuhti -information on more than 3800 research projects at the University of Helsinki. Asti -information on more than 6500 experts at the University of Helsinki.

Terkko’s Services for Mobile Access Current care guidelines (Käypä hoito) Current care guidelines Intended for national use Produced in Finnish since 1994 Currently about 50 guidelines (250 planned)

Terkko’s Services for Mobile Access Article requests Via mobile internet page with article PubMed ID Via FeedNavigator Via text message with article PubMed ID -Send a text message to number Use following text format: terkko kauko PMID - address Own Name address; (for instance: terkko kauko Maija Meikäläinen Meikäkatu Meikälä). -Request messages cost 0,61 euros/message, delivered articles according to the Service fees. -All text message requests are delivered in RGO format.

Terkko’s Services for Mobile Access Mobile software downloads Software made by Terkko Some other medical software.

Terkko’s Services for Mobile Access Links to important medical resources PubMed for Handhelds Vertex Medline (normal version) Vertex Medline Poliklinikka.net (Finnish medical mobile portal) Poliklinikka.net

Terkko’s Services for Mobile Access Information about Terkko Contact information Opening hours Collection maps Service fees Etc.

Mobile software in Terkko Mobile software Terkko. Java software introducing Terkko (Only in Finnish) MobiMeSH. Includes about descriptors(Java) Puhelinluettelo. Information of UH employees(Java) HighWire PDA mobileMICROMEDEX Eponyms MD on Tap Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders TB Treatment Guidelines PalmEKG RepliGo version of PLoS Medicine

Mobile software in Terkko Mobile software Calculators -MedMath - MedCalc -CardioMath Document viewers -Mobipocket -Acrobat Reader -RepliGo E-books -BMJ PDA e-books -NCBI Bookshelf

Wireless Connectivity in Terkko Wireless internet connections via Wi-Fi (HUPnet)HUPnet Client-PC with Bluetooth- and Infrared- connections

User Education for Mobile Services in Terkko Courses. Client-PDA that allows clients to familiarize oneself with mobile hardware(Palm Tungsten C) and medical software. Information on the mobile services WWW-page.

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