Mobile access to information is growing rapidly, as mobile phones are now used more for data access than calls. By 2013, mobile phones are projected to surpass PCs as the most common web access device. This document discusses the mobile health market, mobile web, apps, mobile libraries and resources, discovering mobile information through search, SMS/texting, and emerging technologies. It provides examples of mobile health apps and content, library apps and catalogs, and ways information can be accessed through audio, gestures, location, visual recognition and augmented reality.
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1. Getting It
On the Go:
Mobile
Access to
Information
2010 SC/MLA Meeting
Megan K Fox
mfox@jff.org
2. Agenda
1. The Mobile Health Market (mHealth)
2. The Mobile Web
3. “Apps”
4. Mobile Libraries (Sites, Catalogs, Resources)
5. Discovering Mobile Information (“Search”)
6. SMS/Texting
7. What’s Next?
3. Mobile Access to Information
In 2009, for the first time ever, mobile
phones were used more for accessing
data than to make calls
Global Mobile Data Market Update 2009,
Chetan Sharma released 4/1/2010
By 2013, mobile phones will overtake PCs
as the most common Web access device
worldwide Gartner Highlights Key Predictions for IT
Organizations and Users in 2010 and Beyond
January 13, 2010
6. mHealth Summit Nov 2010
World Health Organization defines mHealth as “an area of electronic
health “eHealth” that is “the provision of health services and
information via mobile technologies such as mobile phones and
Personal Digital Assistants”
7. Mobile Health 2010 (Pew); Susannah Fox; Oct 19, 2010
Activity Percent Use
Own mobile phone 85%
Have internet (data) on mobile phone 40%
Mobile is only internet access 20%
Have looked up health info on mobile
via internet
17%
Have downloaded mobile health app 9%
Sent/received a text 70%
Looked up health info from their PC 57%
mHealth
9. 72% to 94% of physicians use
smartphones for personal and
professional use, including at
the point of care.
Spyglass Consulting Group July 2010 study 94%
Taking the Pulse April 2010 survey 72%
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/08/23/bil10823.htm
mHealth
10. Your platform drives your mobile
information access
• iPhone/Apple
• Android/Google
• Blackberry/RIM
• Windows Mobile/Microsoft
• Nokia
• Samsung
• Palm
• Many more worldwide…
21. Mobile Web or Apps? Pros/Cons
Mobile Web Apps
Device independent, build one Device specific, build many
More common coding More specialized coding
Push your own updates Relies on “app store” release
HTML 5 increases functionality Much greater functionality, re
use of camera, GPS, etc
Clunkier Slicker and more user friendly
Harder to get users, less used
(.5% to 6% of library web traffic
through mobile)
Much more use (build in
marketing and distribution
channel)
Measure use w/google analytics Must build measurement into
code
22. Gone Mobile? (Mobile Libraries Survey 2010)
Lisa Carlucci Thomas
Oct 15, 2010
Mobile Libraries
27. Library Mobile Web: Boopsie Sites
http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/
28. Building Your Own Mobile Site
Tons of programming resources:
• Just make it ADA compliant ; ) (really simple text)
• Outsource to someone like Boopsie, Skweezer, Wink
• .mobi guides
• Drupal mobile module
• Hidden Peanuts MSG (mobile site generator)
• Widgetbox Mobile
44. • American Institute of Physics iResearch iPhone application
• The American Institute of Physics' Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE)
• arXiview arXiv for the iPhone
• arXiv Browse arXiv for mobile devices
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Factiva news database
• Hoover's Mobile company information
• IEEE XPlore
• Lexis/Nexis Get Cases and Shepardize
• PsychiatryOnline
• PubMed for Handhelds medical database
– PubMed On Tap 3rd party, not official from NIH
– Mobile Abstracts an iPhone PubMed search engine, not official from NIH
• Scopus for the iPhone
• SciVerse ScienceDirect
• Social Sciences Research Network iSSRN
• Summon (Serials Solutions Web-Scale Discovery)
• Zotero
• Westlaw legal research database
Library Vendors/Publishers
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=M-Libraries
123. Exploratory Search:
Discovery/Recommendation
• Evolution of mobile users – not just the quick
ready reference any more
• The casual browser, time killer, relaxed “sofa
searcher”, snacking…
• Don’t know their information need: back to
browsing, serendipity, “incidental” search
• Constantly changing environment and
context; personalized facets
• Relies on social “searching” and discovery
131. Smartphone penetration is highest among persons age 25-34 with 36.2% of mobile
owners in this segment using a smartphone device.
Texting still matters for info access
151. Clearly, the mobile phone is the iconic device of the
moment, and we're encouraging a new rule:
Mobile First. When we announce new services for
desktop computers, such as real-time search, we will
debut an equally powerful mobile version. We will
take advantage of this new class of smartphone, which
is more sensory, acts as an extension of you, is aware
of location, and can hear you, speak to you, take
pictures, and return information in a matter of
seconds.
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/02/barcelona-mobile-first.html
The Future is Mobile…
Google’s Promise: