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Mobilising e-resources for academics and students

Mobilising e-resources for academics and students. Ruth Jenkins Loughborough University Alison McNab De Montfort University. Context. Declining budgets. Demonstrating value. Maximising subscription e-content. Accessibility. Why mobile matters.

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Mobilising e-resources for academics and students

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  1. Mobilising e-resources for academics and students Ruth Jenkins Loughborough University Alison McNab De Montfort University

  2. Context Declining budgets Demonstrating value Maximising subscription e-content Accessibility

  3. Why mobile matters • 77% world’s population is ‘mobile’ [ITU] • c 1bn smartphones will be sold in 2014 [Gartner] • c10 bnmobile Internet devices by 2016 [Cisco] • Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition

  4. Loughborough UG applicants Market research survey in 2011 results: • 98.5% of the sample of potential applicants had mobile phones • About 46 % of these mobile phones were smartphones: • 12% Android • 17% iPhone • 17% Blackberry

  5. Mobilising e-content Mobile websites or apps? full-text databases A & I services e-books journals

  6. American Institute of Physics app

  7. American Chemical Society app

  8. Publisher apps are great but… • Users have to know who publishes the journals they read & download the right app • They are often designed for browsing • Need to link with resource discovery (e.g. Primo, Summon) & reference management (EndNote, RefWorks) software • May not be available for all platforms • Off-campus access is limited (so not a truly mobile service!)

  9. Primo mobile

  10. Barriers and challenges Publishers Librarians Users

  11. The librarians’ view March 2012 • No single place listing which publishers have mobile offering • How to make users aware of the mobile sites/apps available • Support for large number of interfaces - lack of standardisation. How do you test access problems on multiple devices? Budgets don't extend to purchasing all types of devices let alone ensure these are up to date

  12. Issues for libraries (cont.d) • How to integrate mobile optimised links in the library catalogue • No way to search across apps • Connectivity issues. Not everyone has or can afford 3G and wireless can be unreliable

  13. The librarians’ view March 2012 • Multiple authentication processes, hard to explain to users • Off campus authentication • Supporting distance learners • High student expectations • Licensing restrictions

  14. The publishers’ view March 2012 • Cost of development • Pace of technology change • Whether to create device specific apps… • …or mobile websites • Providing user friendly tools to allow libraries and users to get the most out of mobile • What features to include

  15. Thank you!

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