University of Cambridge report on mobile libraries

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By Paul Biba

Lorcan Dempsey has an excerpt from the University of Cambridge’s report: M-Libraries: Information use on the move: a report from the Arcadia Programme by Keren Mills. You can find a PDF of the full report here. I haven’t had time to read it yet, but here is Lorcan’s excerpt:

These results suggest it is not worth libraries putting development resource into delivering content such as eBooks and e-journals to mobile devices at present. EBooks are already accessible via some mobile phones, such as iPhones and Windows Mobile devices, and audio files such as podcasts and audio books can easily be played on many mobile phones or portable media players. At present, however, most users are put off by the constraints of the technology, such as poor screen quality. iPhone users are already more inclined to read eBooks on their phones, according to comments from the respondents to this survey.

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