Mobile Librarianship: An Initiative of New Normal

Abstract

Coronavirus has a clear negative impact on academic and research activities. Issues created by such pandemic e.g. loss of communication; shut down of school, college and universities; disruption of the formal learning process etc provoke us for the transformation of the learning process from conventional to digital. The primary requirement of this transformation is the availability of a sophisticated, affordable and multitasking tool for providing library services. It is now challenging for the libraries to satisfy their user needs and time to rethink and remodel their services by adopting technological changes. Today mobile phones are becoming an integral part of everyday life and are changing the way one connects and interacts with the world. This paper presents an outline of the concept and the application of developments in mobile telecommunication systems, web technologies to provide ubiquitous, user-friendly, personalized and dynamic up to date information services to the users of a library. Also, further studies are expanded to provide insight into the benefits and challenges against the implementation of mobile technologies to support this ‘new normal’ in the libraries. The practical and theoretical implications of the results have been explored.

Hubungan antara Kesediaan Institusi dan Guru PAKK dalam Pelaksanaan Pengajaran Secara Dalam Talian di Malaysia

“…Pihak institusi pendidikan perlu memastikan bahawa aplikasi dalam talian yang dipilih dan digunakan perlu menepati ciriciri aplikasi yang dapat memudahkan serta membantu guru dan pelajar dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran secara dalam talian. Pemilihan LMS yang kurang sesuai akan menyebabkan produktiviti guru berkurang (Panda, 2020). Tambahan lagi, antara ciri-ciri yang perlu ada dalam LMS bagi memudahkan aktiviti pengajaran dan pembelajaran adalah sistem pengurusan maklumat yang berkesan, kemudahan navigasi dan pemantauan, kemudahan mengakses, kemudahan penggunaan, kemudahan alat komunikasi dan fleksibiliti (Atun et al, 2006).…”

Tren Layanan Perpustakaan Saat dan Pasca Pandemi Covid-19

“…Berbagai upaya percepatan penanganan penyebaran Covid-19 dilakukan pemerintah, salah satunya dengan melakukan Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB) yang diatur dalam Peraturan Pemerintah Republik Indonesia Nomor 21 Tahun 2020, yang mana pada pasal 4 ayat 1 menjelaskan bahwa adanya pembatasan kegiatan tersebut ditujukan untuk sekolah dan tempat kerja, kegiatan keagamaan, dan tempat atau fasilitas umum (Sekretariat Negara Republik Indonesia, 2020b). Pemerintah mengharuskan masyarakat tetap berada di rumah (Panda, 2020), serta melakukan penutupan berbagai ruang publik yang menyebabkan kerumunan, memberlakukan work from home bagi pekerja, dan learning from home bagi siswa dan pendidik (Wulansari et al, 2021).…”

A Study of On-the-Go Reference Service Using Mobile Technology in Library

“…These are challenging economic times for libraries to take on new technological initiatives, yet librarians across the country and internationally are seeking creative solutions to providing mobile library services (Rahane, 2018). On this point, mobile technology, as an economical & affordable technological solution that helps libraries to keep abreast of the dynamically changing needs of their clientele and identify the way of delivering user-centered services by surveying the user needs (Panda, 2020).…”

“…In the present Coronavirus crisis, it now becomes a huge problem for the library and information professionals in disseminating information to their users. Now librarians have become needy for implementing such a technological device that is economical, affordable, and can face the challenge of information sharing to the remote user (Panda, 2020). Mobile-based reference library services helped librarians to well reach out to the remote users who were considered unlikely to connect because of the absence of a medium.…”