title: Extending the hand of knowledge: promoting mobile technologies.
abstract: The widespread use of handheld computers and other mobile devices in the healthcare environment and their potential for providing access to information has prompted health sciences librarians everywhere to learn more about this technology. Early in 2001, the Health Sciences Library (HSL) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill began exploring ways to support mobile computing. This paper describes the four basic approaches taken by the librarians that helped establish the HSL as a leader in the area of mobile technologies.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Library, Campus Box 7585, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7585, USA. kcrowell@email.unc.edu
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Crowell
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shaw-Kokot
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003200:Computer User Training; D034201:Computers, Handheld / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D020407:Internet; D016245:Librarians; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007998:Library Science / Q000193:education; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education; D009657:North Carolina; D015397:Program Evaluation