m-Libraries Conference

Posted on July 1, 2009

Michael Lascarides of the NYPL Digital Experience group posts a recap of the m-Libraries conference, recently held in Vancouver, BC.What is mobile technology?

“Mobile” is one of those large amorphous concepts that means something different to different people, and all attendees seemed to be coming at it in different ways. It’s just too big. Are we talking about just phones? Text? Mobile web? How about Wifi? Is it enough to just be wireless? If I have a satellite Internet connection in my shack in the middle of the desert but I never move, am I a mobile learner? In a sense, this question of “what is mobile?” was implied but never addressed head-on, and I naively wanted to try to get people to answer it. It’s not really necessary to have an answer to this question, but I think it would have been a good plenary or workshop topic leading to interesting discussion

His report also links to some other blog posts on the topic.

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