In this paper we report on two surveys and offer an introductory plan that librarians may use to
PURPOSE OF THE STUDYSimilar to colleagues in all types of libraries around the world, librarians at Utah State University (USU) want to take advantage of opportunities to provide information resources and library services via mobile devices. Observing growing popularity of mobile, Internetcapable telephones and computing devices, USU librarians assume that at least some users would welcome the ability to use such devices to connect to library resources. To find out what mobile services or vendors' applications USU students would be likely to use, we conducted a needs assessment. The lessons learned will provide important guidance to management decisions about how librarians and staff members devote time and effort toward implementing and developing mobile access.We conducted a survey of USU's students (approximately 25,000 undergraduates and graduates) to determine the degree of handheld device usage in the student population, the purposes for which students use such devices, and students' interests in mobile access to the library. In addition, we surveyed librarians to learn about libraries' current and future plans to launch mobile services. This survey was administered to an opportunistic population
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