The library's place in a mobile space

McCarthy, Graham; Wilson, Sally

doi:10.29085/9781856048613.021

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“…The results clearly indicate a rapid movement towards smartphone ownership among university students. This supports the prediction by Ryerson University (McCarthy and Wilson, 2009) and is in line with findings from the EDUCAUSE survey (Smith and Caruso, 2010). The trend suggests that the number of students owning a smartphone will continue to grow.…”

Section: Mobile Preferencessupporting

confidence: 90%

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Student attitudes towards mobile library services for smartphones

Paterson

Low

2011

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Purpose-This paper aims to provide quantitative and qualitative data on students' use of mobile devices and to consider the benefit of academic mobile library services to students. Design/methodology/approach-Initial mobile library research included an online survey that attracted 1,716 participants. This was followed up with two discussion groups of six undergraduate and five postgraduate students. The survey followed-on from an earlier survey conducted by the University of Edinburgh's Information Services (IS) in March 2010. Findings-The dramatic growth of smartphone ownership among students in an eight-month period was surprising: a 17 per cent increase between March and November 2010. In addition, 68 per cent of students who plan to change their mobile handset would upgrade to a smartphone. Research limitations/implications-As students were unable to provide feedback on University of Edinburgh's own mobile library services, their feedback is speculative and subject to change. Practical implications-The paper provides evidence for libraries to determine the value of developing their own mobile services. It also demonstrates the proliferation of mobile device usage within the university and library context and indicates which services students would find most useful on a mobile device. Originality/value-The paper provides insight into a rapidly moving area of technology as demonstrated through the research. The increasing use of mobile devices among students is important to acknowledge. The role of the academic library is to embrace changing student behaviour by providing services optimised for mobile devices.

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Section: Mobile Preferencessupporting

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“…Only 21 per cent of students surveyed owned a smartphone but almost 40 per cent were planning to purchase a smartphone next. Consequently, Ryerson predicted a sharp rise in smartphone ownership to between 40 and 80 per cent by the end of 2011 (McCarthy and Wilson, 2009).…”

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Student attitudes towards mobile library services for smartphones

Paterson

Low

2011

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“…(Paterson, 2011) The publication by Paterson and Low also includes a literature review on recent studies in this area. They refer to Speight (2009) and McCarthy and Wilson (2009) as well as Mills (2009Mills ( /2010 and Walsh (2010). The survey conducted at Cambridge University and The Open University (Mills 2009(Mills /2010) asked what users found most useful in mobile services.…”

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“…The publication by Paterson and Low also includes a literature review on recent studies in this area. They refer to Speight (2009) and McCarthy and Wilson (2009) as well as Mills (2010).…”

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Pianos

2012

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PurposeThe author developed a specialized app to cater to the needs of researchers in business and economics. At the same time the number of library apps in general increased dramatically. This article intends to put the author's efforts in developing a specialized app into the context of the development of mobile apps for library users in general.Design/methodology/approachThis paper reviews a number of seminal papers on the development of library apps and sets the description of the development of the EconBiz app against the developments in general. Users' needs in relation to library apps seem mostly pretty basic, yet some of these needs are still hard to meet.Research limitations/implicationsThe use of mobile phones, the services available on mobile devices and the availability of library apps are changing rapidly, so some findings might be outdated by the time the respective papers were published.Originality/valueThis paper brings together the findings of a number of studies and surveys against the practical implications of developing an individual app.

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“…Fue necesario que se planteara una investigación más razonada y sistemática que respondiera a los interrogantes sobre la adquisición del vocabulario de una LE. Este vacío finalmente recibió una abundante atención en artículos, libros, materiales de clase y diccionarios de LE en los años 80 y 90 (Arnaud y Calidoscópio María Antonieta Andión Herrero, Alicia San-Mateo Valdehíta Béjoint, 1992;Coady y Huckin, 1997;Gairns y Redman, 1986;McCarthy, 1990;Nation, 2001;Nation y Carter, 1989;Read, 2000;Schmitt y McCarthy, 1997; entre otros), mayoritariamente dedicados al inglés-LE (Pérez, 1996, p. 299).…”

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Tres actividades de adquisición léxica. Resultados en aprendices brasileños de español como lengua extranjera

Herrero

Valdehíta

2018

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Este é um artigo de acesso aberto, licenciado por Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0), sendo permitidas reprodução, adaptação e distribuição desde que o autor e a fonte originais sejam creditados. Tres actividades de adquisición léxica. Resultados en aprendices brasileños de español como lengua extranjera 1 Three vocabulary learning activities. Results in Brazilian learners of Spanish as a foreign language

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The library's place in a mobile space

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Student attitudes towards mobile library services for smartphones

Student attitudes towards mobile library services for smartphones

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