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The Open University Library in Your Pocket

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dc.creator Keren Michele Mills
dc.creator Hassan Sheikh
dc.date 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:28:26Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:28:26Z
dc.identifier 1948-075X
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/afef6ae71f504483996e3bc285ee71af
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/21965
dc.description The Open University library is working to support mobile learners through provision of mobile access to information management skills tutorials, the library website, and the library helpdesk. In 2007, we joined hands with the Athabasca University library team to develop the first mobile-friendly version of our library website. Since then, we have been actively researching and developing around other mobile library services, and more recently have consulted users to identify their requirements and what services they’d prefer to access through mobile phones. Recommendations from this user consultation (and from other sources, including regular users’ feedback and by tracking user behavior through Google Analytics) include revamping the mobile version of the Library website to offer only the most used services on the home page, implementing SMS (Short Messaging Service) such as loan reminders or library reference service, and developing a consolidated search to offer results from various sources including the library catalogue and e-journals collection.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Kent State University
dc.relation http://www.rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/article/view/52/191
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1948-075X
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 149-156 (2010)
dc.subject M-Libraries
dc.subject Library
dc.subject Skills
dc.subject Mobile Web
dc.subject Theory and practice of education
dc.subject LB5-3640
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Theory and practice of education
dc.subject LB5-3640
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Theory and practice of education
dc.subject LB5-3640
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Theory and practice of education
dc.subject LB5-3640
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Theory and practice of education
dc.subject LB5-3640
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title The Open University Library in Your Pocket
dc.type article


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