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The New Mobile Reference
Hello! We’ve moved to a new home on Text a Librarian’s website. Visit us there (link below) for updated posts and information. See you soon! Text a Librarian’s Mobile Ref Text a Librarian Mobile Reference Simplified.
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Libraries Using Mosio’s Text a Librarian for Mobile Reference Services Across the United States, more and more libraries are using Mosio’s Text a Librarian service as a way of extending their outreach to patrons wherever they are. Rapidly approaching 100, the libraries include academic, public and medical libraries and we have started to see interest […]
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Libraries Offering SMS Reference Services Ada Community Library – Boise, ID: using Mosio’s Text a Librarian service. Atlantic Cape Community College – William Spangler Library – Mays Landing, NJ: using Mosio’s Text a Librarian service. American University, Washington, DC (SMS via AIM 265010 then text “askaulibrary: txt content here”) Ask a Librarian Mobile Library Information […]
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News and How To videos about Mosio’s Text a Librarian are below, embedded where possible and in no particular order. For more information on creating your own videos or animated slideshows, visit our post, Library Marketing Tips, Part 2: The Morning News, Videos and Slideshows providing some helpful tips on how to create them. Text […]
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In the past 2 weeks, I have seen or read about 3 serious instances of security/privacy issues that could have been avoided if people within organizations would have been a little more careful or at least aware that their actions were viewable by others: 1) A user id and password posted on a blog by […]
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Tags: gmail, librarians, mobile reference, patron privacy
There seem to be varying stories about the history of SMS (Text Messaging) and why Friedhelm Hillebrand, the creator of SMS, decided on that number. Some say it’s the amount of characters on a typical postcard, many other stories not that he just determined it while sitting at his type-writer in Germany, noting that most […]
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Tags: 160 characters, friedhelm hillebrand, interaction design, mobile messaging software, mobile reference, reference librarians, text messaging limitations debunked
We recently tested out Text a Librarian on the iPhone 3GS and had great success. Love your iPhone or iPod Touch? So do we. Mosio’s Text a Librarian works perfectly on both. iPhone Screen Shot: Mobile reference for librarians who enjoy being mobile. We don’t recommend using a mobile phone as your sole text messaging […]
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Tags: ireference, library 2.0, mobile reference, smsref, text messaging software
Mosio’s Text a Librarian Thanks J.B. Hill – The Pioneer of Text Message Reference in the Library
We were reading through some old posts about the subject recently and wanted to take a moment to recognize and thank J.B. Hill from Southeastern Louisiana University, for being the pioneer of text message reference in libraries. The Librarian in Black recognized him in a post back in November of 2005 and we just want […]
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Tags: Digital Reference, JB Hill, library 2.0, mobile libraries, mobile reference, SELU, SMS Ref, text messaging reference
As excited as I am to see that more and more libraries are seeing the value of offering text message reference service to patrons, I find it troublesome to read posts and articles claiming that “librarians need SMS skills now.” It’s unnecessary pressure being put on an already tough job market at a time when […]
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