Webinar: Knowledge in Your Pocket: Mobile Technology and Libraries
Date: October 9, 2013
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/webinars/mobile

=====================================================================

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

Mobile technology has become the preferred method for connecting to the Internet, especially for busy library patrons, faculty, researchers, and students. To meet this need, many publishers are adding mobile options to their resources, either through an app, site optimization or other platforms. How are libraries managing the various options now available for their users? How are librarians keeping up with this modern trend and what skills are necessary to deliver enhanced user services?  Join NISO for the October 9 webinar on Knowledge in Your Pocket: Mobile Technology and Libraries to learn about these issues and more.

TOPICS & SPEAKERS

·         Libraries on the Run: Adding Mobile Access to Academic Libraries – Terry Ballard, Special Projects Librarian at the College of New Rochelle
Terry will discuss steps such as choosing a vendor, setting up the catalog search, promoting the product to the campus community, deciding which added pages to include and to leave behind, and evaluating usage.

·         Using Mobile Technology for Assessment, Data Visualization, and Advocacy – Rachel Besara, Assistant Librarian, Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Learn about the different types of apps you can use in library assessment. Get ideas on tools you can use to visualize your data for discovery or storytelling, and find out how to advocate for your library using your assessment results and mobile applications.

·         mHealth and mLearning: Global and Local Initiatives and Strategy at Penn Libraries – Anne K. Seymour, Associate Director, Biomedical Library, University of Pennsylvania
Anne will give overview and history of the UPenn global activities related to mobile technologies including mLearning and mHealth. She will also address how this work has informed and influenced our mobile initiatives and strategy at Penn Libraries.

REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on October 9, 2013 (the day of the webinar). Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free connection as part of membership and do not need to register. (The LSA member webinar contact will automatically receive the login information. Members are listed here: http://www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance). All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year.

Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/webinars/mobile