Possibilities for Mobile Use

Notifications and alerts

• Availability of computers, study rooms, laptops, etc
• Books due or on hold 
• Events (Twitter)
• New resources
  

Tours and orientation

• Virtual tours (video, QR codes, cell phone)
• Attaching pieces of information to physical locations (exhibits, items of interest, services, instructions)
• Augmented reality--being able to navigate your way to a book in the stacks
  

Information:

• Mobile websites (have CUL one; Mann site?)
• Ereaders for textbooks
• Training (manual for Stone ops and reference) and data entry for student workers (collection of stats would be easier)
  

Reference

• Text messaging reference (already doing)
  

Hyperlocal apps

• Foursquare (http://foursquare.com/), etc: students can announce their presence, find their friends, impromptu study groups (privacy issues)
  

Participation: polling, quizzes and  forms

• Can ask for feedback, use in classes if no clickers

Learning: formal class and complementary materials (LMS and ebooks---no value added except access)