mobile library services
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Mobile Library Services. Jukka Englund October 2004. Mobile Library Services. Agenda. National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko. University of Helsinki, Medical Faculty Helsinki University Central Hospital National Library in Health Sciences in Finland WHO Documentation Centre - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Mobile Library Services
Jukka Englund
October 2004
Mobile Library Services
Agenda
National Library of Health Sciences - Terkko
University of Helsinki, Medical Faculty
Helsinki University Central Hospital
National Library in Health Sciences in Finland
WHO Documentation Centre
http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/
Why mobile services?
From Print to Hybrid Library
Print + Web
From Hybrid to Multichannel Library
Web
Wireless mobile devices
Digital TV + etc.
User selects the channel
Personal user experience
Network and devices
Network and devices
Wireless networks
WLAN (WiFi)
Library as a hotspot
GPRS - EDGE – UMTS
Devices
PDAs
PalmOS
PocketPC
Mobile Phones
Symbian OS
Problem: applications are OS dependent
Web-based
Web-based
http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/mobile/
XHTML (Extensible HTML)
Non-PC platforms
PDAs / mPhones
Digital TV
..and of course fridges
Major databases
PubMed
Article Requests (Document Delivery)
Request and delivery: mobile and wireless
SMS-based
SMS-based
Article Requests (Document Delivery)
Text message: 173501
Terkko kauko PMID email name address
Delivery: email with RGO file (RepliGo Viewer)
Hybrid
Hybrid
PDA + Web
PDA: table of contents + abstract
PDA: full text selection
Web: links to full text + DB searches
Ovid@Hand by Unbound Medicine
Vertex Online
Bibliographic Databases
Full Text Journals
Electronic Books
Clinical Tools
Applications
Applications
Software
Free: PalmEKG, MedCalc, PM on Tap
Recently started developing Java MIDlets
User guides
User education
Books
BMJ PDA Books
Problem: no institutional licensing
Memory card loans
Documents
Article requests
Course material
PowerPoint Slides
Thank you!
http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/english/mobile/mobileservices.htm