Mohamed Ally & Gill Needham 
M-Libraries 4 [PDF ebook] 
From margin to mainstream – mobile technologies transforming lives and libraries

Foreword – Char Booth Introduction – Mohamed Ally PART 1: TRANSFORMATION 1. Cost-effective content alert system using SMS: a case study at Bundelkhand University Library, Jhansi – Sridevi Jetty, Maneesh Kumar Bajpai and John Paul Anbu K 2. From aspiration to innovation: the Live Lab concept at the University of Glasgow Library – Rosemary Stenson, Wendy Walker, Kay Munro and Karen Stevenson 3. Mobilizing academic content online: challenges and rewards – Keren Mills and Hassan Sheikh 4. Using i Pads for a roving enquiry service: a case study on lessons learned – Rowan Williamson 5. BYOD! We don’t think so – Steve Bowman 6. Bridge over troubled waters: QR coding the collection for student satisfaction – Neil Ford 7. If you tweet will they follow? Promoting library resources and services to a mobile audience through social media – David Honeybone 8. Transforming the service: supporting mobile devices with minimal budget and time – Georgina Parsons PART 2: INSPIRATION 9. M-education reaching the unreached: a Government of India initiative – Parveen Babbar and Seema Chandhok 10. Widening access and stimulating innovation through mobile health applications – Bob Gann 11. An education in privacy: best practices for academic libraries in the age of social media – Kate Cushon 12. QR codes as teaching tools – Keiso Katsuro 13. Making sure to remember what we already know: ensuring e-reading innovation works – Anne Hewling 14. Text reference service: ideas for best practices – Lili Luo 15. M-libraries on the hype cycle: where are we? – Jo Alcock and Pete Dalton 16. Responsive web design for your library website – Matt Borg PART 3: IMPLEMENTATION 17. A new method of training users: Polimedia video for i OS and Android devices – Angels Carles-Pomar, Ana Castellano and Fernando Guerrero Rebollo 18. Mobile phone technology in academic library services: a public university students’ perceptions and paradigm – Md. Anwarul Islam 19. Moving beyond the counter: mobile library support and the use of tablet PCs at Leeds University Library – Peter Kilroy 20. Creating a university-wide mobile app: the m Stir experience – Andrew Wilson 21. Use of mobile phones for library services: the experience of Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria – Bukky Olufemi Asubiojo 22. If you build it will they come? The importance of collaboration and marketing in developing and promoting mobile services – Binky Lush and Emily Rimland 23. Delivering news on mobile: the European Parliament’s m.Library website – Caroline Corneau 24. Searching the Library catalogue through Twitter – Bianca Kramer 25. Mobile devices in medical schools: the WCMC-Q experience – Sa’ad Laws 26.Kindles in the library, National University of Ireland Maynooth Kindle Pilot 2011 – Louise Saults Conclusion – Gill Needham.

Professor Mohamed Ally BSc Ma Ph D is Director of the Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca University, Canada. Gill Needham BA Hons, Dip Lib Cert Man MSc Econ is Associate Director, Information Management and Innovation at the Open University Library and Learning Resources Centre, UK.