This document provides a bibliography of sources related to the topic of mobile technologies and how libraries can make the most of mobile devices. It lists over 30 references including journal articles, reports, and books that discuss the rise of mobile usage, designing library websites and apps for mobile, adapting services for mobile users, and other related topics to help libraries serve patrons using mobile devices. The references cover issues like building mobile-friendly sites, promoting mobile resources, and understanding changing reading behaviors and technologies.

1. Making
beautiful
music:
The
state
of
the
art
in
mobile
technology
and
how
we
can
make
the
most
of
it
in
libraries
–
Eleanor
Cook
(East
Carolina
University)
and
Megan
Hurst
(EBSCO
Publishing)
Bibliography
Barile,
L.
(2011).
Mobile
technologies
for
libraries:
A
list
of
mobile
applications
and
resources
for
development.
College
&
Research
Libraries
News,
72(4),
222-­‐228.
Bober,
C.
(2010).
Adapting
to
the
Needs
of
Mobile
Users.
Education
Libraries,
33(2),
68-­‐71.
This
is
a
list
of
earlier
citations
and
compilations
on
the
topic
Bridges,
L.,
Rempel,
H.,
&
Griggs,
K.
(2010).
Making
the
case
for
a
fully
mobile
library
web
site:
from
floor
maps
to
the
catalog.
Reference
Services
Review,
38(2),
309-­‐320.
Carr,
Nicholas.
(2010)
The
shallows:
what
the
Internet
is
doing
to
our
brains.
New
York:
W.W.
Norton.
Chan,
C.
(2012).
Mobile
sites
made
simple.
College
&
Research
Libraries
News,
73(5),
256-­‐260.
comScore,
Inc.
(2011).
Digital
Omnivores:
How
Tablets,
Smartphones
and
Connected
Devices
are
Changing
U.S.
Digital
Media
Consumption
Habits.
http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Presentations_Whitepapers/2011/Digital_Omnivores
Cook,
E.
I.
(2011).
Chapter
3:
Academic
Library
Dilemmas
in
Purchasing
Content
for
E-­‐readers.
Library
Technology
Reports,
47(8),
14-­‐17.
CTIA
(2011).
2011
CTIA
Semi-­‐Annual
Wireless
Industry
Survey.
http://www.ctia.org/advocacy/research/index.cfm/AID/10316
Durant,
David.
(2012)
http://thescholarship.ecu.edu/handle/10342/3911
Both
the
presentation
slides
and
the
bibliography
are
useful
for
understanding
better
the
topic
of
how
reading
has
changed
with
the
rise
of
e-­‐content.
Haefele,
C.
(2011).
One
Block
at
a
Time:
Building
a
Mobile
Site
Step
by
Step.
Reference
Librarian,
52(1/2),
117-­‐127.
Hanson,
C.
W.
(2011).
Why
Worry
about
Mobile?
Library
Technology
Reports;
Feb2011,
Vol.
47
Issue
2,
p5-­‐10,
6p,
2
Keating,
M.
(2011).
Will
They
Come?
Get
Out
the
Word
about
Going
Mobile.
Reference
Librarian,
52(1/2),
20-­‐26.
Kosturski,
K.,
&
Skornia,
F.
(2011).
Handheld
Libraries
101:
Using
Mobile
Technologies
in
the
Academic
Library.
Computers
In
Libraries,
31(6),
11-­‐13.
Lanza,
S.
R.
(2011).
'Going
Mobile'.
Searcher,
19(6),
34-­‐40.

2. La
Counte,
S.
Going
Mobile:
Developing
Apps
for
Your
Library
Using
Basic
HTML
Programming.
Chicago:
ALA,
2012.
Nardini,
B.
(2008).
Column
People:
What's
Their
Future
in
a
World
of
Blogs?
Part
II:
The
Role
of
Columnists
in
Academic
Journals.
Serials
Librarian,
54(1/2),
93-­‐98.
The
New
Media
Consortium
and
the
Educause
Learning
Initiative.
(2011).
The
Horizon
Report:
2011
Edition.
http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-­‐Horizon-­‐Report.pdf
Oz,
M.C.
&
Roizen,
M.F.
(2012).
Call
on
your
smart
phone
to
reduce
stress.
Real
Age,
published
2/12/2012,
http://www.realage.com/mood-­‐stress/call-­‐on-­‐your-­‐smartphone-­‐to-­‐dial-­‐down-­‐stress
Rennie,
L.
et
al.
(2012).
The
rise
of
e-­‐reading.
Pew
Research
Center’s
Internet
&
American
Life
Project.
http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/04/04/the-­‐rise-­‐of-­‐e-­‐reading/
Restak,
R.
(2011).
Optimizing
brain
fitness.
Chantilly,
VA:
The
Great
Courses.
This
is
a
course
guidebook
for
a
self-­‐paced
audio
course
that
is
part
of
a
series
made
available
through
the
following:
http://www.thegreatcourses.com/greatcourses.aspx
Ryan,
B.
(2011).
Developing
Library
Websites
Optimized
for
Mobile
Devices.
Reference
Librarian,
52(1/2),
128-­‐135.
(whole
issue
is
about
mobile)
Scherlen,
A.
(2008).
Column
People:
What's
Their
Future
in
a
World
of
Blogs?
Part
I:
Columns
and
Blogs:
Making
Sense
of
Merging
Worlds.
Serials
Librarian,
54(1/2),
79-­‐92.
Seeholzer,
J.,
&
Salem,
J.
A.
(2011).
Library
on
the
Go:
A
Focus
Group
Study
of
the
Mobile
Web
and
the
Academic
Library.
College
&
Research
Libraries,
72(1),
9-­‐20.
Thomas,
L.
(2012).
Mobile
Libraries
2012.
Library
Journal,
137(2),
26-­‐28.
Thomas,
L.
C.
(2012).
The
state
of
mobile
in
libraries,
2012.
The
Digital
Shift,
Feb.
7,
2012.
http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/02/mobile/the-­‐state-­‐of-­‐mobile-­‐in-­‐libraries-­‐2012/
Tidal,
J.
(2011).
Using
Web
Metric
Software
to
Drive
Mobile
Website
Development.
Computers
In
Libraries,
31(3),
19-­‐23.
Trainor,
C.
(2010).
Planning
for
a
Mobile
Site.
American
Libraries,
41(4),
26.
Travis,
T.,
&
Tay,
A.
(2011).
Designing
Low-­‐Cost
Mobile
Websites
for
Libraries.
Bulletin
Of
The
American
Society
For
Information
Science
&
Technology,
38(8),
24-­‐29.
Wisniewski,
J.
(2011).
Mobile
That
Works
for
Your
Library.
Online
(Weston,
Conn.),
35(1),
54-­‐57.
Zhou,
T.
(2011).
Examining
the
critical
success
factors
of
mobile
website
adoption.
Online
Information
Review,
35(4),
636-­‐652.