id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 3231 Starkweather, Wendy; Stowers, Eva Smartphones: A Potential Discovery Tool 2009-09-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1327 111 50 authors investigate the current and potential role of smartphones as a valuable discovery tool for library users. developed a presentation highlighting the iPhone's potential value in an academic library setting. is UNLV Libraries' director of user services, she was The presentation itself highlighted the mobile applications that were being developed in several libraries to Christian University (http://www.acu.edu/technology/ Libraries were to move forward with smartphone technologies, it would be following the lead of such universities. UNLV Libraries' strategic plan helps foster the healthy as the Libraries further adopt and integrate mobile technologies into their services. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/palm-app-cataloghits-a-million-downloads (accessed July 20, 2009). (accessed July 20, 2009); Ellyssa Kroski, "Library Mobile Initiatives," Library Technology Reports 44, no. 9. "UNLV Libraries Strategic Plan 2009–2011," http://www .library.unlv.edu/about/strategic_plan09-11.pdf (accessed July Char Booth, Informing Innovation: Tracking Student Interest in Emerging Library Technologies at Ohio University (Chicago: ii-booth.pdf (accessed July 20, 2009); "UNLV Libraries Strategic "UNLV Libraries Strategic Plan 2009–2011," 2. ./cache/3231.pdf ./txt/3231.txt