The Mobile Landscape, Mobile Literacy, and Libraries 2014
Online Northwest Lightning Talk
February 7, 2014
Laura Zeigen, User Experience Librarian, OHSU
Robin Ashford, Ref & E-Learning Librarian, GFU
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A few stats on why
mobile matters
Multi-Platform Consumption Is
Today’s New Reality
More than 1 in 3 minutes online (37 percent)
is now spent beyond the PC
Educause ECAR 2013 Study - Undergraduates
- Majority own 3 or more Internet capable devices - Ownership of smartphones (76%) & tablets (31%) jumped the most in 2012-2013
Survey Results
OR, WA, ID
Libraries
More academic libraries from Oregon
and more public libraries from
Washington were represented in 2014
Mobile Presence
Academic – 53% currently have and 30% plan to soon
Public - 63% currently have and 11% plan to soon
More types of info offered via mobile
More change
Slight increase or about the same
What does it mean
Changing Mobile Landscape
New and Soon
Contact
Robin Ashford, MSLIS
Ref & E-Learning Librarian
George Fox University
Laura Zeigen, MA, MLIS, AHIP� User Experience Librarian
Oregon Health & Science University