the ou library in your pocket
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Presentation about library service delivery to mobile devices from the Open University, delivered as a roundtable discussion at Handheld Learning 2009.TRANSCRIPT
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The OU Library in Your Pocket
www.open.ac.uk/library
Keren Mills, (@mirya)
Hassan Sheikh (@hassan_sheikh)
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www.open.ac.uk/library
Mobilizing The Open University
Library
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Mobile-friendly library website
Before After
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Consolidated search
• For small screens
• Searching both local collections and third party/subscription content (e-Books, e-journals, Library Catalogue etc.)
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M-library Design/Technology
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http://cli.gs/mSafari
www.open.ac.uk/iknow
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Mobile Open Library
– Phase 2
Key recommendations from Arcadia@Cambridge
• SMS services – renewals, overdue etc. notifications
• Piloting text referencing services – Ask a librarian (160 character answers)
• Mobile OPAC interface
• Optimize Library website for mobiles
• Adapt Athabasca’s Digital Reading Room model
• Mobile access to SCONUL database of libraries
• Library audio toursarcadia@cambridge: rethinking the role of the research library in a digital agehttp://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk