The Mobile Library/Librarian

Suzanne Reymer

Montana State Library

Fall Workshop 2015

The evolution of mobile

“This device is now the most important computer in

your life. And you should have a beast. There's no

reason to underpower. You should get the most you

can because it's the most important computer in your

life.”

Leo Laporte (The Tech Guy) on smart phones

Why are we still calling them phones?

What works for you in mobile?

Photo by Francisco OsorioCC: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

What doesn’t work?

Bryan RosengrantCC: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

Library web pages

Library mobile pages

Library mobile apps

Public wifi

Libraries are doing better than other public wifi providers

Why are these causes for concern?

Pew Research Center American Trends Panel October 3-27, 2014

Streaming services

How much bandwidth do we need?

What’s new in the mobile world?

Bigger phones Smaller wearables

Microsoft Office/Productivity

For your phone!

BARD Mobile

BARD – Demo Only Books

• Braille into the Next Millennium

• R Is for Reading: Library Service to Blind and Physically Handicapped

Children

• Speaking Out: Personal and Professional Views on Library Service for

Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals

• That All May Read: Library Service for Blind and Physically

Handicapped People

Accessibility options

Notifications

How can you make notifications work for you?

Personally?

• Health awareness

• Connections – phone, text, IM,

email

• Appointments

• Navigation

• Reminders

• Breaking news

• Others?

For your library?

• Texts and emails about holds,

renewals, overdues

• Make sure library events are

included in community listings

• Claim library listings in Google,

Facebook, Yelp, etc. and make

sure they’re correct and current

• Others?

Google search

Meeting people where they are

Google calendar

Facebook events

Favorite mobile apps

Productivity

• Apple Notes

• OneNote

• Keynote – create most presentations in

PowerPoint and convert to Keynote

Chat

• Hangouts

• Facebook Messenger

• Telegram

Cloud

• DropBox

• iCloud

What are favorite work-related

apps?

Favorite mobile apps from group

• Canva - graphic design

• Goodreads - series info

and reviews by readers

• Evernote - getting

organized

• Esri - story maps

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• Skype - contact between

staff

• Fantastic Fiction and AR

Bookfinder - useful

websites

• Dragon Dictation

• GoToMeeting

Drones – the ultimate courier?