emerging mobile technologies joshua richardson ohsu october 25, 2006
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Emerging Mobile Technologies
Joshua RichardsonOHSUOctober 25, 2006
MLA 2006 Presentation
Gabriel R. Rios, MLIS– Associate Director of Public Health Services at
the Briscoe Library of the UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
Melissa De Santis, MLIS– Assistant Director for Public Health Services
at the Briscoe Library of the UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
What was covered
Identified and discussed current and future mobile technologies
Compared different wireless protocols and their use in libraries
Discussws potential impact of HIPAA on mobile technologies
Identified at least five sources to keep up-to-date with mobile technologies
Applied case studies and recommendations for supporting mobile devices at home institution
What we’ll cover
Identify and discuss current and future mobile technologies (and how to support them)
Compare different wireless protocols and their use in libraries
Discuss potential impact of HIPAA on mobile technologies
Identify at least five sources (and then some) to keep up-to-date with mobile technologies
Apply case studies and recommendations for supporting mobile devices at home institution
Why mobile technologies?
Convergence of information professionals: Clinicians and librarians
“Information appliances”
How do I get involved?– CIO– Systems head– Clinician
Mobile Devices Used in Libraries
PDAs / Smartphones iPods / MP3 players Tablets Cell Phones
Mobile Devices Used in Libraries
PDAs / Smartphones iPods / MP3 players Tablets Cell Phones
PDAs and Smartphones
Personal Digital Assistants Palm Handhelds Organizers Smartphones Blackberry Pocket-size computers
Operating Systems
Palm OS– More users– More software /
application development
– Better battery life
Windows Mobile (Pocket PC)– HP, Dell, and others– Fewer users– Handwriting
recognition– Biometric integration
Symbian– Smartphones– Nokia, Ericsson
RIM– Blackberry
Trends
IDC and Gartner Group– Handhelds “basic PDA” decreasing– Blackberries increasing– Smartphones increasing
Guesstimate– Palm 60%– Windows Mobile/PocketPC 20%– Smartphone 20%
• Blackberry Pearl• Motorola Q• Nokia E62• Treo 680
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/05/BUGB5J75TK1.DTL&type=tech
http://healthdatamanagement.com/html/news/NewsStory.cfm?articleId=14189
Getting Involved! Services for PDAs and Smartphones
Start a PUG Host a PDA fair Purchase collections Provide an “installation
station” Provide infrared Provide printing Loan PDAs and
Accessories
Offer training Security advice Document delivery Install wireless Provide content Recommend software
Getting into the game
Start a PDA Users Group “PUG” Library = Neutral Topics
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Host a PDA/Technology Fair
PDA or Technology– Keynote– Breakout sessions– Vendors / exhibits– Door prizes
Visible player Identify new partners
Providing an installation station
Allow people to sync their handhelds in the library BYOC: Bring Your Own Cable
– Wired– Wireless (infrared)
• PDA-to-PC• PDA-to-Ethernet• PDA-to-Printer
Modified installations– Card reader / file transfer– CAB files (Windows data compression)
Technical support?
Loaning PDAs and accessories
Personal devices Reference aspect Loan accessories
– Wireless cards– Keyboards– Expansion memory– Textbooks– Margi Systems– SD cards
Offer Training
Curriculum-related classes– Second year med students– Nursing graduate students– Residents
Open enrollment classes– “Which one do I buy?”– Intro to the Palm or Windows Mobile OS– Health science apps for the PDA
Consultations PUG sessions
Training solutions
Palm farm Palm OS Emulator
(POSE) PocketPC Emulator Virtual PocketPC
– Pocket controller
Sample exercises– Beaming contact
information– Writing in Grafiti2– Customizing your PDA– Downloading and
installing software– Using push
technology Security
– Securing your device– HIPAA
Online Resources
Tech Blogs– Gizmodo– Engadget Mobile– Handheld Librarian– Textually.org
Palm PDAs– Palmdoc Chonicles– Ectopic Brain– Palm InfoCenter
Pocket PCs– PocketPC Thoughts– Medical Pocket PC
Websites– ALA Technotes– Infopeople HowTo– How Stuff Works
Teminology– Webopedia– NetLingo– Tech Web
Listservs– Web4Lib– Edupage
Additional Resources
A Library in Your Palm (Lib Journal 4/15/03)
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA286650.html
Computers in Libraries– April 2006 issue
Podcasting in Education
University of Chicago UC Berkeley
– http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/feeds.php
Chreighton Univ. School of Medicine Johns Hopkins
– http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/mediaII/Podcasts.html
Arizona Health Sciences Library– http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/weblinks/Medical_podcasts.cfm
iTunes U– http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/
Resources? Depending upon goals