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dc.contributor.authorSaravani, S.
dc.contributor.authorHaddow, Gaby
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:51:22Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:51:22Z
dc.date.created2015-07-27T20:01:16Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationSaravani, 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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6216
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0961000615595854
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.publisherSage
dc.subjectlibrary competencies
dc.subjectmobile library services
dc.subjectVocational Education and Training libraries
dc.subjecttechnology acceptance
dc.subjectmobile technology
dc.subjectCapability development
dc.titleA theory of mobile library service delivery
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volumex
dcterms.source.issn0961-0006
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Librarianship and Information Science
curtin.departmentSchool of Media, Culture and Creative Arts
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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