Mobilising Academic Content Online: Challenges and Rewards

Keren Mills (@mirya)

Hassan Sheikh (@ hassan_sheikh)

#OUMACON

#mlibs

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Background

Milton Keynes

The Open University Library

www.open.ac.uk/library

2005/2006• Noticing

mobile access

2007• First

mobile library website

2009• Arcadia• Mobile

search tool

2011• Launch

of new mobile website

2012• MACON

OUr mobile story so far

#OUMACON

2007

Nov-0

9

Jan-

10

Mar

-10

May

-10

Jul-1

0

Sep-1

0

Nov-1

0

Jan-

11

Mar

-11

May

-11

Jul-1

1

Sep-1

1

Nov-1

1

Jan-

12

Mar

-12

May

-12

Jul-1

2

Sep-1

2

Nov-1

2

Jan-

13

Mar

-13

May

-13

Jul-1

30.00

0.50

1.00

1.50

2.00

2.50

3.00

3.50

4.00

4.50

5.00

% of library website use via mobile devices

• >0.1%2009 • >0.6%2010 • 2.6%2011 • 4.5%2012

http://www.comscoredatamine.com/2012/01/nearly-5-percent-of-eu5-traffic-generated-by-mobiles-and-tablets/

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MACON context and objectives

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Student

PortalVLE

Library websit

e

Library e-

resources

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User requirements

http://bit.ly/TN67V8

Mobile homepage

Smartphone Feature phone Simple phone

Mobile discovery

Improvements

11%

22%

33%

22%

11%

What did you want to do with your search results?

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Mobile resources

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Tools and technologies

Mobile discovery

tool

Lessons learnthttp://bit.ly/RHLCVi

Good practice toolkit

www.open.ac.uk/blogs/macon/toolkit

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We are open to collaboration

Thank you for listeningHassan Sheikh

Project Director

hassan.sheikh@open.ac.uk

@ hassan_sheikh

Keren Mills

Project Manager

keren.mills@open.ac.uk

@mirya

Project blog: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/macon

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