Handheld Gizmos

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Handheld Gizmos Mobile Technology
1985 mobility in a suit case http//www.galaxyphon
es.co.uk/mobile_phones_history09.asp

• Introduction
• Mobile Basics Zeke Crater
• Palm Zeke Leslie Johnston
• Windows Mobile 5 Bill Corey Cyril Oberlander

Gartner Dataquest, June 2004 predicted by 2006
64.4 million mobile computing devices (laptops
handhelds) will be shipped worldwide. However
in Dec. 2005, Nokia estimated that 780 million
mobile units will be sold for 2005, and predicts
that in 2008, the market will have 3 billion
mobile subscribers. http//www.mobilemonday.net/mm
/story.php?story_id4538 Pew Research Center
reported that in 2004, 66 of American adults had
a cell phone, and Jupiter Research recently
estimated the US has 195 million cell phones.
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Who said mobile technology is easy?
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Project Librarian Anywhere

• Emergent Technology Implementation Plan
• Visioning a mobile future for Libraries
• Validate concepts with capabilities technical
  requirements with limited deployment
• Evaluate
• Software (bundled 3rd party)
• Hardware
• Need fit with organization, users, etc.
• Support, security, resources, etc.
• Training
• Service and workflow
• Research potential

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Project Librarian Anywhere

• Industrial Smartphone Bill Corey
• Symbol MC70
• Barcode Scanner
• Windows Mobile 5
• Voice Activated Commands
• Touch Screen more
• Consumer Smartphone Cyril Oberlander
• HP iPAQ 6945
• Camera Phone
• Windows Mobile 5
• Touch Screen more

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Symbol MC70

• Challenges
• Network Access
• Active Sync
• Opportunities
• LEO Whois
• Virgo / Bibliographic Item Verification
• Driving, Directions, Locations

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Goal of Librarian Anywhere with a Symbol MC70

• TX123 .V32
• Tipping Point
• 2005
• Alderman 1 Old
• View Details
• Look Up Virgo
• Cancel
• Note
• Inventory
• Barcode

Prints necessary LEO or ILL shipping receipts
Scanning the barcode updates Sirsi ILLiad, and
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Mobile Interface between User, Staff, Systems
Sirsi Workflows
ILLiad Database
NCIP or API

• Mobile Paging Updating System
• Paging list on mobile smart phone.
• Staff update by scanning barcode.
• Delivery Slip is printed on mobile printer.
• Script runs (when wireless signal is available)
• Update request on ILLiad.
• Check out Item ID to User ID on Sirsi.
• Item is ready for delivery.

• Why Mobile Update?
• Benefits
• Update list dynamically
• Communication tool with distributed staff
• Improve problem solving check current status,
  etc.
• Print only when needed
• Reduced turn-around times
• Reduced handling of materials
• Synchronize updating in parallel systems

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Why Consider an Industrial Smartphone?

• They are not your desktop, tablet or umpc
• They do not run Windows XP
• They dont do all those things you can do with
  your desktop computer.
• They are innovative, forward-looking, beautifully
  designed, durable, and potentially extremely
  productive devices that could change how we all
  do our jobs.

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Capabilities of Industrial Smartphone

• The Power of a .
• Cell phone
• PDA
• Computer
• Scanner
• Imager

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It Can Print, Scan, Image, Record, File, Speak,
Call Your Co-Workers, Organize
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All in one handheld unit Designed to
withstand all-day, everyday use in almost any
environment
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Deliver true anywhere anytime wireless
WAN/LAN/PAN voice and data communications
Including voice functionality data capture
and the POWER to run nearly any application

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES HAVE A STEEP LEARNING CURVE
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Why should we learn new technologies?

• Prepare for the future
• Be forward thinking
• More productive

It can provide everything our mobile task workers
need to achieve a new level of enterprise
productivity Whether they are delivering books
or other library materials, working at a
circulation desk, in the stacks shelving,
responding to a patrons reference question,
scanning material to be placed on Toolkit,
assisting a student working on a research
project, or trying to track down that elusive
book for a faculty member
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Emerging Technologiesin the UVA Library of Today

• Mobile Technologies
• Symbol MC70
• VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol
• Skype
• Social Networking Software Services
• You Tube
• Blogs

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How Do We Change Our Behavior?

• We Have to Learn the New Technologies
• We Need to be Flexible
• We Need to Think Outside the Box
• We Need to Change How We Perceive Things
• We Need to Unlearn What We Know
• We Need to Unlearn How We Know

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Why is it a Steep Learning Curve?

• We Know Windows XP
• We are familiar and comfortable with XP
• Word
• Excel
• Powerpoint
• Access
• Outlook
• We can use XP as a baseline.

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Windows Mobile 5 is Different

• The rules and habits are different
• That little X in the upper right corner doesnt
  close the program, it just closes the window.
• Programs must be stopped or they will continue to
  run in the background, draining the battery.
• ActivSync connects the device to a host computer.
• Remember the battery, just like with a laptop.
• Familiar programs are similar, but.

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Microsoft Offers Lots of Assistance
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Microsoft ActiveSync
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Connects You and Organizes
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ActiveSync Shows What You Have on the Desktop
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Shows the Files on Device
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And Can Even Convert Files to Acceptable Formats!
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Symbol MC70
Questions?
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HP iPAQ 6945 Features

• Some features to test
• Camera (still video), Voice Recorder, etc.
• 3rd Party some built in Applications
• Personal Information Management (Passwords, etc.)
• Address Book
• Communicate Email, SMS, Instant Message, VoIP,
  Voice Commands, etc.
• Lists, Tasks, Calendar, etc.
• scanR online service that converts mobile photos
  to PDF files.
• Internet Browsers IE, next to test minimo
  (mozilla), Opera, etc.
• RSS Readers NewsBreak, Google, etc.
• Electronic books Microsoft, Tiny eBook Reader,
  Thesaurus, Dictionaries, etc.
• Music or TV Windows Media Player, mobiTV, etc.
• Pocket Controller
• Directions Googlemaps, etc.
  and more

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Tasks Annoying/Helpful Reminders
Create Tasks that gives reminders
Auto-Word Tab to use
Qwerty Touch screen or pad or write
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3rd Party Voice Command Software
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Calendar
Doesnt work With CorpTime or Google
Calendar, but like Tasks, it syncs up with
Outlook your PCs Calendar
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Educational Software concept maps on handhelds
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Mobile RSS, News, Blogs, Portals, etc.
Maps with Satellite Map Information with
keys for Next turn
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Mobile Content Providers
Text Auto-Scroll
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Mobile Content Providers
UVA E-Text Library
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Publishers going Mobile
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Photo Imaging Features
Digital Camera Video
Basic Image Tool
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Images
Email
Geo Tagged
New Partnerships for communities of content
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Librarian Anywhere
Do we know which software or technology to
choose? None will last, but By rolling that rock
up the hill, we gain expertise (successes and
failures) that help us plan and prepare for a
future not so frequently behind the desk.
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Designing for the Mobile User Experience
Creating a usable interface for this next
generation of mobile devices will require the
formation of multidisciplinary teams As the
feature sets, menu items and functionality become
more complex, the techniques required to create
effective end-user experiences will become more
disciplined and focused. Adobe Acrobat,
Creating an Effective Mobile User Experience,
http//www.adobe.com/uk/products/golive/pdfs/mobil
e_experience_wp.pdf
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Worldcat.org
What does your website look like on this device?
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European Asian Libraries early to go Mobile
Hong Kong Polytechnic University Pao Yu-kong
Library AirPAC catalog http//library.polyu.edu.h
k/airpac
Univ. of Hong Kong My Mobile Library
http//lib.hku.hk/mylib_at_hand/
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More Mobile Libraries
Ball State Universitys Mobile Computing Project
http//www.infotoday.com/il2006/presentations/B303
_Faust.pps
http//www.bsu.edu/library/mobile/
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Cultivate Mobile Possibilities with Users
Mobile Contents Service guide at the Seoul
National University Library in Korea shows how to
access Library databases and services
Guides are helpful, but Annotation can be engaging
Mobile Possibilities BBC News 3/24/06
Japanese comics go mobile Catering to the
drudge of the daily commute, subscription
services enable some 20K users online titles to
read, comment, and revise
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Librarian Anywhere
We are moving from ubiquitous information to
ubiquitous connectivity. Knowledge of and
engagement with emergent mobile technology and
service is not easy, but it is fast defining
choices users are making across the globe.
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Resources of Interest

• Adobe Acrobat, Creating an Effective Mobile User
  Experience, http//www.adobe.com/uk/products/goli
  ve/pdfs/mobile_experience_wp.pdf
• Farwell, Jennifer, Ditch Your Notebook for a
  Smartphone?, PC Today, Jan. 2007,
  http//www.pctoday.com/Editorial/article.asp?artic
  learticles/2007/t0501/07t01/07t01.aspguid
• Fox, Megan K., PDAs, Handhelds and Mobile
  Technologies in Libraries, http//web.simmons.edu
  /fox/pda/
• Hou, Jiang-Liang, Shih-Ting Yang, A mobile
  knowledge carrier with personalized knowledge
  provision, Computers Industrial Engineering,
  vol. 51, 2006, p. 44-57.
• Kolari, Juha, et al., Context-Aware Services for
  Mobile Users Technology and User Experiences,
  VTT Publications 549
• Library Sites
• Univ. of Hong Kong http//lib.hku.hk/mylib_at_hand/
  
• Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, PDA
  resources http//www.library.uthscsa.edu/internet
  /pda.cfm?typePPC
• Royer, Virginia Jeff Royer, What a Concept!
  Using Concept Mapping on Handheld Computers,
  Learning Leading with Technology, vol. 31 (5),
  Feb. 2004.
• Smith, Michael, Barbara Pietraszewski, Enabling
  the roving reference librarian wireless access
  with tablet PCs, Reference Services Review, vol.
  32 (3), 2004, p. 249-255.
• Univ. of Hong Kong Libraries, My Library _at_ Hand
  HKUL, http//lib.hku.hk/mylib_at_hand/

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Librarian Anywhere
Resources specific to Smartphones Mobile Monday
http//www.mobilemonday.net/mm/ Google Mobile
http//www.google.com/support/mobile/ Yahoo
Mobile http//sites.mobile.yahoo.com/ Widsets
(widgets for Mobile Phones) https//www.widsets.c
om/index Windows Mobile 5 http//www.microsoft.c
om/windowsmobile Windows Mobile Software
http//www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/catalog/cat
aloghome.aspx Much more on my Delicious on
Mobile Technology http//del.icio.us/Interlibrary
Loan/mobile
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Thank YouQuestions?