I love my smartphone - I have an iPhone and I'm not sure what I did before it entered my life. I see a lot of Smithites using their phones on campus so several librarians though we should create a mobile site.

What if you could do your research from a phone, see if something is in the library, or just find out the library hours?

Now all of these things are available - and we are interested in your feedback as we add more!

One really cool feature is the ability to search many of our databases from a web site designed to work with your phone. You can see the pdf's, email them to yourself or save the information for later. You can check our catalog and see if the book you need is in the library.

We have also found some interesting tools that are useful from your phone - such as the journal Nature - that puts your research literally in the palm of your hand. Access everything, anytime, anywhere! Come and explore the JCSU Mobile Library (and make sure you use your mobile phone...)!

Editor's note: Want to learn more about using mobile applications? Beth will be hosting this week's "Learn 'iT' Over Lunch" all about mobile applications, Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in Perry Science Hall (SHA) 215.

Posted By: Beth Martin, Instructional Technology Librarian