Mobile Technologies: All the Knowledge of the World in My Hand

By

Tawfeeq NazirResearch Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science, University of Kashmir

&Ruman bhat

Research Scholar, Department of Library & Information Science, AMU

Tawfeeq NazirResearch scholar at DLIS

University of Kashmirtawfeeq17@gmail.com

Cell no:09906424299

Mobile Technology Today mobile phones are becoming an integral part of everyday life and are changing the way one connects and interacts with the world. In this changing scenario, Mobile Technology will be of great help to libraries towards strengthening their relationship and providing enhanced user oriented services to existing users. Libraries may well reach out to the remote users who were considered unlikely to connect because of absence of a medium. The paper discusses on the need, advantages, drawbacks, barriers and solutions for propitious implementation of the mobile technology in libraries.

LIST OF MOBILE DEVICES

Mobile Version of Website, Catalog,

and Databases

Mobile collections—like audio

books, e-books, audio

language courses,

streaming music, films, images, and

other multimedia

Mobile databases—PubMed

for Handhelds is a mobile web portal

for the National Library of Medicine

Orientation -Navigating the library can be a daunting task for many

patrons, especially freshmen students

unaccustomed to such a large facility

with a completely

different cataloging

system.

Circulation-Applications using radio frequency

identification

technology (RFID) enable

users to make

payment by waving their

handheld device in front of a

terminal or automated

device, such as a printer or vending machine.

User Instruction-

SMS, mobile video

calling, marketing

MOBILE TECHNOLOGY: LIBRARY APPLICATIONS

Issues Raised by Mobile Technology

PRIVACY CONCERNS

ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES

LEGAL AND TECHNICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO DIGITAL CONTENT

Privacy Concerns

Mobile devices create privacy concerns that do not arise in the physical environment of the library because there are limits to the tracking of physical content.

Legal and Technical Impediments to Digital Content

Ownership of and control of access to digital information have major implications for the implementation and adoption of mobile devices and services within libraries.

Accessibility Issues

Libraries are expected to develop comprehensive policies that address access to electronic resources and information technology. Advances in digital technology can increase access to text and media for the reading impaired and other persons with disabilities.

CONCLUSION

Mobile technology holds great promise for enabling libraries to provide enhanced services in a form users increasingly are demanding. If this promise is to be fully realized, however, libraries will need to conduct analyses and make smart decisions to address the issues outlined above, support staff education and explore partnerships and new funding models, and be prepared to compromise with respect to their traditional information delivery models.

The explosion of advanced mobile technology and robust digital information collection capabilities should prompt libraries to examine carefully the ramifications for user privacy. Libraries can maintain their commitment to user privacy without overcompensating by imposing burdensome security measures or annoying interruptions.

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