Emerging Mobile Technologies

Joshua RichardsonOHSUOctober 25, 2006

MLA 2006 Presentation

Gabriel R. Rios, MLIS– Associate Director of Public Health Services at

the Briscoe Library of the UT Health Science Center, San Antonio

Melissa De Santis, MLIS– Assistant Director for Public Health Services

at the Briscoe Library of the UT Health Science Center, San Antonio

What was covered

Identified and discussed current and future mobile technologies

Compared different wireless protocols and their use in libraries

Discussws potential impact of HIPAA on mobile technologies

Identified at least five sources to keep up-to-date with mobile technologies

Applied case studies and recommendations for supporting mobile devices at home institution

What we’ll cover

Identify and discuss current and future mobile technologies (and how to support them)

Compare different wireless protocols and their use in libraries

Discuss potential impact of HIPAA on mobile technologies

Identify at least five sources (and then some) to keep up-to-date with mobile technologies

Apply case studies and recommendations for supporting mobile devices at home institution

Why mobile technologies?

Convergence of information professionals: Clinicians and librarians

“Information appliances”

How do I get involved?– CIO– Systems head– Clinician

Mobile Devices Used in Libraries

PDAs / Smartphones iPods / MP3 players Tablets Cell Phones

Mobile Devices Used in Libraries

PDAs / Smartphones iPods / MP3 players Tablets Cell Phones

PDAs and Smartphones

Personal Digital Assistants Palm Handhelds Organizers Smartphones Blackberry Pocket-size computers

Operating Systems

Palm OS– More users– More software /

application development

– Better battery life

Windows Mobile (Pocket PC)– HP, Dell, and others– Fewer users– Handwriting

recognition– Biometric integration

Symbian– Smartphones– Nokia, Ericsson

RIM– Blackberry

Trends

IDC and Gartner Group– Handhelds “basic PDA” decreasing– Blackberries increasing– Smartphones increasing

Guesstimate– Palm 60%– Windows Mobile/PocketPC 20%– Smartphone 20%

• Blackberry Pearl• Motorola Q• Nokia E62• Treo 680

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/05/BUGB5J75TK1.DTL&type=tech

http://healthdatamanagement.com/html/news/NewsStory.cfm?articleId=14189

Getting Involved! Services for PDAs and Smartphones

Start a PUG Host a PDA fair Purchase collections Provide an “installation

station” Provide infrared Provide printing Loan PDAs and

Accessories

Offer training Security advice Document delivery Install wireless Provide content Recommend software

Getting into the game

Start a PDA Users Group “PUG” Library = Neutral Topics

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Host a PDA/Technology Fair

PDA or Technology– Keynote– Breakout sessions– Vendors / exhibits– Door prizes

Visible player Identify new partners

Providing an installation station

Allow people to sync their handhelds in the library BYOC: Bring Your Own Cable

– Wired– Wireless (infrared)

• PDA-to-PC• PDA-to-Ethernet• PDA-to-Printer

Modified installations– Card reader / file transfer– CAB files (Windows data compression)

Technical support?

Loaning PDAs and accessories

Personal devices Reference aspect Loan accessories

– Wireless cards– Keyboards– Expansion memory– Textbooks– Margi Systems– SD cards

Offer Training

Curriculum-related classes– Second year med students– Nursing graduate students– Residents

Open enrollment classes– “Which one do I buy?”– Intro to the Palm or Windows Mobile OS– Health science apps for the PDA

Consultations PUG sessions

Training solutions

Palm farm Palm OS Emulator

(POSE) PocketPC Emulator Virtual PocketPC

– Pocket controller

Sample exercises– Beaming contact

information– Writing in Grafiti2– Customizing your PDA– Downloading and

installing software– Using push

technology Security

– Securing your device– HIPAA

Online Resources

Tech Blogs– Gizmodo– Engadget Mobile– Handheld Librarian– Textually.org

Palm PDAs– Palmdoc Chonicles– Ectopic Brain– Palm InfoCenter

Pocket PCs– PocketPC Thoughts– Medical Pocket PC

Websites– ALA Technotes– Infopeople HowTo– How Stuff Works

Teminology– Webopedia– NetLingo– Tech Web

Listservs– Web4Lib– Edupage

Additional Resources

A Library in Your Palm (Lib Journal 4/15/03)

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA286650.html

Computers in Libraries– April 2006 issue

Podcasting in Education

University of Chicago UC Berkeley

– http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/feeds.php

Chreighton Univ. School of Medicine Johns Hopkins

– http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/Podcasts.html

Arizona Health Sciences Library– http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/weblinks/Medical_podcasts.cfm

iTunes U– http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/

Resources? Depending upon goals