ISSN

2277 - 3282

e ISSN

2277 - 3290

Publisher

Journal of Science

SURVEY ON APPLICATION OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY IN LIBRARY SERVICES
Author / Afflication
Awoyemi R Akinade

Systems Librarian, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria.
Keywords
library services ,Mobile application , Types of devices ,
Abstract

This survey is an offshoot of a workshop on mobile application in library services organized by the Librarian’s Registration Council of Nigeria at the University of Ibadan in November 2014, at the end of the workshop, a questionnaire was distributed to participants for completion, the responses were analysed. The survey is divided into two sections; section one focused on the present state of library services, changing paradigm, application of mobile technologies in daily lives, implication for libraries and expanded services to users as well as library mobile initiatives with focus on Adeyemi College of Education Library, Ondo, Nigeria. Section two consists of direct responses of participants on types of devices being used, types of mobile phones used, willingness to buy smart phones with requisite function for mobile services and activities on social media.

Volume / Issue / Year

5 , 8 , 2015

Starting Page No / Endling Page No

563 - 566