A theory of mobile library service delivery
dc.contributor.author | Saravani, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Haddow, Gaby | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T10:51:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T10:51:22Z | |
dc.date.created | 2015-07-27T20:01:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Saravani, S. and Haddow, G. 2017. A theory of mobile library service delivery. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 49 (2): pp. 131-143. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6216 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0961000615595854 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Research indicates there is widespread acceptance that nomadicity of library users is a phenomenon that will continue to increase; however, mobile learning is a resource that relatively few academic libraries appear to be taking advantage of. This paper presents a model developed during an investigation using a grounded theory approach into factors that may contribute to the delivery of library services to mobile technologies. A sample of 42 professionally qualified library staff from the Australasian vocational education and training (VET) sector was investigated to determine how confident and capable library staff believed they were to respond to technology advancement challenges and the training and support required for that response. The resulting theoretical model explains the impact of mobile technologies on library services and highlights the complex factors contributing to mobile technology acceptance at both an organisational and individual level. The presence of a series of catalysing impacts forms a central core and their management can enable an organisation to move from a position of uncertainty to one where the consequences of mobile technologies have been normalised. | |
dc.publisher | Sage | |
dc.subject | library competencies | |
dc.subject | mobile library services | |
dc.subject | Vocational Education and Training libraries | |
dc.subject | technology acceptance | |
dc.subject | mobile technology | |
dc.subject | Capability development | |
dc.title | A theory of mobile library service delivery | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | x | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0961-0006 | |
dcterms.source.title | Journal of Librarianship and Information Science | |
curtin.department | School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access |