Mobile Library Services Jukka Englund October 2004
Mobile Library Services
Agenda
National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko University of Helsinki, Medical Faculty Helsinki University Central Hospital National Library in Health Sciences in Finland WHO Documentation Centre
Why mobile services? From Print to Hybrid Library Print + Web From Hybrid to Multichannel Library Web Wireless mobile devices Digital TV + etc. User selects the channel Personal user experience
Network and devices
Wireless networks WLAN (WiFi) Library as a hotspot GPRS - EDGE – UMTS Devices PDAs PalmOS PocketPC Mobile Phones Symbian OS Problem: applications are OS dependent
Web-based
XHTML (Extensible HTML) Non-PC platforms PDAs / mPhones Digital TV..and of course fridges Major databases PubMed Article Requests (Document Delivery) Request and delivery: mobile and wireless
SMS-based
Article Requests (Document Delivery) Text message: Terkko kauko PMID name address Delivery: with RGO file (RepliGo Viewer)
Hybrid
PDA + Web PDA: table of contents + abstract PDA: full text selection Web: links to full text + DB searches by Unbound Medicine Vertex Online Bibliographic Databases Full Text Journals Electronic Books Clinical Tools
Applications
Software Free: PalmEKG, MedCalc, PM on Tap Recently started developing Java MIDlets User guides User education Books BMJ PDA Books Problem: no institutional licensing Memory card loans Documents Article requests Course material PowerPoint Slides
Thank you!