PDAs and health sciences libraries

Peters, Thomas; Dorsch, Josephine L.; Bell, Lori; Burnette, Peg

doi:10.1108/07378830310509709

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“…Some educators distribute course material through them and some textbook publishers provide PDA versions for direct upload. As well, database vendors are increasingly providing downloads of their products to PDAs (Peters et al, 2003;Garritty and Emam, 2006;Logan and Collins, 2009). Medical schools tend to encourage students to use PDAs.…”

Section: Role Changing For Librariansmentioning

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Role changing for librarians in the new information technology era

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Purpose -This paper aims to show how implementing new information technology has expanded the role of librarians as educators and how this role has matched the evolution of new technology. Design/methodology/approach -The paper looks at librarians' approaches to their role as educators and explores ways of most effectively implementing changes. By reviewing the literature and taking the old discourse around library education and information literacy, the paper reflects on the changing role of librarians in an era of greater access to technology, including Web 2.0. Findings -Collaboration with faculty was found to be an essential feature of the most successful stories. Teaching students and faculty to use new information technologies may have become one of the major roles of librarians. Originality/value -This paper demonstrates that the continual evolution of the web is causing a move from e-libraries to mobile libraries, and that the educational role of the librarians must encompass this trend, and to anticipate similar future developments.

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Role changing for librarians in the new information technology era

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“…He also noted "You can put a novel into a PDA but the fact that one printed page will now amount to 5 þ screens may dampen your enthusiasm." Several authors discuss the challenges of providing support for PDAs (Peters et al, 2003;Garrison et al, 2003;Deneen and Arrert, 2003;Spires, 2008;Shipman and Morton, 2001). Deneen and Arrert (2003) note specific challenges to overcome in providing support including, providing a robust wireless infrastructure, the need for students to purchase additional software, and university provided training.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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The use of handheld mobile devices: their impact and implications for library services

2010

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to carry out a survey in order to better understand the nature of handheld mobile computing use by academic library users and to determine whether there is a significant demand for using the library services with these small screen devices. Design/methodology/approach -A survey is created to measure whether people want to access an OPAC with a small screen. Additionally, through open-ended questions, the survey attempts to gain a broader understanding of handheld mobile computing's impact on, and implications for, the services provided by academic libraries. Findings -A total of 58.4 percent of respondents who own a web-enabled handheld device indicate that they would use small screen devices, such as PDAs or web-enabled cell phones to search a library OPAC. Originality/value -The increasing prevalence of handheld mobile computing devices such as PDAs and web-enabled cell phones warrants investigation as to its impact on libraries. This study examines an academic library user population and the potential demand for using the library's catalog with handheld mobile computing devices

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“…The study of Deneen and Allert (2003) showed that students became familiar with using hand‐held computers to access digital materials very soon, although the screen resolution of the hand‐held devices was low at that time. Peters et al (2003) further emphasized the potential of library‐supported PDA‐related content and service. They indicated that, owing to the popularity of PDA, each individual user would ultimately control the local collection, design and organization of that individual's information space.…”

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An innovative approach for developing and employing electronic libraries to support context‐aware ubiquitous learning

Chu

Hwang²,

Tseng³

2010

The Electronic Library

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PurposeThis paper aims to propose an innovative approach to assist teachers in using electronic libraries to develop learning activities for context‐aware ubiquitous learning, in which the learning system can detect students' behaviors and guide them to learn in the real world with personalized support from the digital world.Design/methodology/approachAn electronic library with context‐awareness metadata for supporting learning activities conducted in real‐world environments is presented. Furthermore, a systematic procedure for guiding teachers in employing the electronic library to develop learning activities is proposed based on an innovative approach.FindingsFrom a practical application conducted on an elementary school, it is found that, with this innovative approach, electronic libraries not only have the potential in supporting traditional in‐class or online learning activities, but also can assist teachers and digital content workers in developing high quality learning activities and related digital learning materials to support outdoor learning.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this paper imply that, to promote the utilization rate of electronic libraries for more specified purposes, more features of the application domains need to be considered while designing the database schemas of the electronic libraries.Practical implicationsFrom the feedback of teachers and digital content workers, it is found electronic libraries have high potential for supporting outdoor learning activities for “Science” and “Social science” courses with proper database schema design and the provision of user guidance.Originality/valueAn electronic library for supporting context‐aware ubiquitous‐learning is presented and an innovative approach for guiding teachers to design learning activities is proposed.

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PDAs and health sciences libraries

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Role changing for librarians in the new information technology era

Role changing for librarians in the new information technology era

The use of handheld mobile devices: their impact and implications for library services

An innovative approach for developing and employing electronic libraries to support context‐aware ubiquitous learning

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