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Libraries and the mobile revolution: remediation=relevance

Michelle Leigh Jacobs (College Library UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA)

Reference Services Review

ISSN: 0090-7324

Article publication date: 14 August 2009

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to look at the big picture of where academic libraries fit into the mobile revolution.

Design/methodology/approach

Using Jim Hahn's accompanying article, “On the remediation of Wikipedia and the iPod,” the author comments on what remediation means for the academic library culture as a whole. The reflections are based on observations of current trends in technology and the emergence of a mobile culture. A definition of this generation of library users is suggested – the ING (information now generation). Editorial in nature, the paper also discusses some new technologies and how they might be applicable to the technological growth of libraries.

Findings

This reflection of current trends encourages librarians to look/listen, explore, apply, prevail when it comes to applying emerging technologies to the library world.

Originality/value

The paper offers insights into how librarians can prepare themselves for the “Remediation Revolution.”

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Citation

Leigh Jacobs, M. (2009), "Libraries and the mobile revolution: remediation=relevance", Reference Services Review, Vol. 37 No. 3, pp. 286-290. https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320910982776

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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