Will Smart Phones and Other Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) Dominate How Academic Library Services are Developed and Delivered for the Foreseeable Future?
By: Geoffrey Blakeley
The article talks about how recent BYOD is and how could bring changes to libraries. The article also talks about how the increase in mobile devises is changing how people communicate and do their work.
"The key to thriving in this turbulent, fast changing environment is to
ensure that the academic library maintains a detailed and current insight
into the information behavior of their users. There is no point in completing
an information needs analysis unless the results are acted upon. This work
cannot be seen as an isolated activity but has to be ongoing and kept current.
If neither of these occurs, there is a real danger libraries will continue
supplying services not required by users and also not develop new services
that will be valued. " (page 2)
The article talks about a small study that was done with the students of an Australian university. They surveyed students to see if what devises they used in the library and for what purpose. The survey found that students used to station computer in the library primarily for academic work, their mobile phones for social media and fun, and those who brought their laptop, did a mix a of both. page 2.
The article then finish off with this, "It is impossible to establish whether smart phones and other Bring
Your Own Devices (BYOD) will dominate how academic library services are
developed and delivered for the foreseeable future. The only way academic
librarians will be able to determine what will transpire is by having an
informed insight into users’ needs." (page 3) I feel that the last sentence is what needs to be focused on. To better aid our patrons, we need to look at what services are going to be required of us with the further advances in technology.
Walton, Graham. "Will Smart Phones and Other Bring Your
Own Devices (BYOD) Dominate How Academic Library Services are Developed and
Delivered for the Foreseeable Future?." New Review of Academic
Librarianship Jan. 2014: 1+. Library, Information Science
& Technology Abstracts. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.
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