Case study section of the presentation by Gill Needham at University of Bath on 12th July.

1. Perspectives on mobile delivery
Case study
Cake and conversation: the power of a library in your hand

2. Mobilising Open University Library
Services: the story so far….
Gill Needham, Associate Director (Information Management
& Innovation) The Open University Library

3. Running fast to keep up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/4782863110/

4. Looking for evidence

5. Which resources and services would you find most useful to access on
a mobile phone?
Cambridge University The Open University
Opening hours
Location map
Contact information
Library Catalogue (OPAC)
Borrowing record
Reference collection
Electronic journal article
Electronic databases
Electronic books
Study aids/tutorials
List of new books/resources by subject
Booking library training sessions
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
% of respondents
2009: Arcadia @ Cambridge

7. 2007/2008

8. 2010: monitoring use

9. Three device model
categories
Feature and basic
High end Smart phones
web phones
iPhones, Android phones, Blackberry, Nokia
Web-enabled flip phones
Palm Pre smartphones, Windows
mobile, etc.
Large touch screens, May lack touch screen
Small screens, low web
sophisticated web and some CSS and
functionality
capabilities JavaScript capabilities.
NCSU Libraries (2010) Library in Your Pocket: Strategies and Techniques for Developing Successful Mobile Services. EduCause.
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/LIVE101.ppt

10. 2007 to 2010 – single version 2011 version – three device model
2011: redevelopment

11. New mobile One stop search

12. Mobile OU Library website: v2 (In
development)
Recommendations
Course(s) based recommendations
Similar articles based recommendations
Similar search terms based recommendations

13. Mobile OU Library website: v2 (In
development)
List of mobiles
friendly databases

14. Mobile OU Library website: v2 (In
development)
Web chat

15. 2012: MACON
Mobilising Academic Content
Online
1. Mobile discovery interface
(using the EBSCO API)
2. Mobile authentication
bookmarklet tool
3. Good practice toolkit for
publishers and libraries
http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/macon
Twitter hashtag: #OUMACON #mlibs

16. Challenges
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mellis/3679081875/

17. Sustainability
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveabraham/5672773949 /

18. Content
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vialbost/4692123965/

19. Devices, devices
http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/7026619371/

20. Access & authentication
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4266497464/

21. What have we learned?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/national_library_of_australia_commons/6173548853/

22. Don’t go it alone..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/4011632613/

23. Other mobile projects at the OU
Mobile VLE

24. Chinese characters – first steps
Storytelling app
Virtual microscope

25. …the sincerest form of flattery