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The research results could serve as a reference for the improvement of the mobile library services.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>A model was constructed of the mobile library users\u2019 attitude and behavioral intention with three external variables, namely, information quality, information environment and information technology, abstracted from the theory of information ecology. The influences of the three ecological factors were explored with empirical research and structural equation model.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Results showed that information quality, information environment and information technology had positive and significant effects on users\u2019 attitude, among which the influence coefficient of information environment was the largest. Information technology and users\u2019 attitude had positive and significant effects on the behavioral intention of users. This new theoretical perspective for research on the users\u2019 mobile library behavior might have a positive role in promoting the development of mobile libraries.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study suggests that the mobile library can improve the service mode in three aspects, namely, information quality, information environment and information technology to enhance the intention to use.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>A theoretical model of the mobile library users\u2019 behavioral intention is constructed from the perspective of information ecology. 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