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Internet şi dispozitive mobile - tendinţe şi oportunităţi pentru biblioteci
Internet and mobile devices - trends and opportunities for libraries

Author(s): Mihaela Voinicu
Subject(s): Library and Information Science, Information Architecture, Library operations and management, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Biblioteca Județeană Mureș
Keywords: Mobile Web; libraries; usability; Mobile Services; wireless technology; smartphones; PC tablets; library; Mureș County Library; librarianship;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the main ICT factors that determined the diversification and the introduction of new library services: wireless technology and mobile devices. It includes a short technical description of most important technological factors and the presentation of relevant statistic data at a European Union and United States of America level, which come as arguments for the importance of these factors in the development of libraries. There is also a brief description of the Mobile Web and its advantages. The last part is about m.bjarges.ro, the first web site of a Romanian public library designed for use on a mobile devices.

  • Issue Year: X/2011
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 42-50
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian
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