Mobile Technologies & Academics: Do Students Use Mobile Technologies in Their Academic Lives and are Librarians Ready to Meet this Challenge?

Authors

  • Angela Dresselhaus
  • Flora Shrode Utah State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v31i2.2166

Abstract

In this paper we report on two surveys and offer an introductory plan that librarians may use to begin implementing mobile access to selected library databases and services. Results from the first survey helped us to gain insight into where students at Utah State University (USU) in Logan, Utah, stand regarding their use of mobile devices for academic activities in general and their desire for access to library services and resources in particular. A second survey, conducted with librarians, gave us an idea of the extent to which responding libraries offer mobile access, their future plans for mobile implementation, and their opinions about whether and how mobile technologies may be useful to library patrons. In the last segment of the paper, we outline steps librarians can take as they “go mobile.”

Author Biographies

Angela Dresselhaus

formerly Electronic Resources Librarian, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Flora Shrode, Utah State University

Head, Reference & Instruction Services, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

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Published

2012-06-12

How to Cite

Dresselhaus, A., & Shrode, F. (2012). Mobile Technologies & Academics: Do Students Use Mobile Technologies in Their Academic Lives and are Librarians Ready to Meet this Challenge?. Information Technology and Libraries, 31(2), 82–101. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v31i2.2166

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