Database Mobile Accessibility Assessment at Adelphi University Libraries

An increasing number of users are reaching out to their academic library from their mobile devices to search for scholarly content. As a result, the resources offered through the library Web site should be equally accessible on all devices. Database content is a critical library resource, and vendor products must evolve to function effectively on all types of devices. This study examined 197 databases at Adelphi University Libraries to determine if they are universally accessible either through the provision of an app or a mobile-optimized Web site. The study concluded that the majority of vendor platforms are not optimized for viewing across smart devices. These findings indicate that libraries should encourage vendors to offer mobile-optimized databases, and desktop computers may still be necessary for database searching.     

Mobile Web Site Ease of Use: An Analysis of Orbis Cascade Alliance Member Web Sites

ABSTRACT

This article analyzes 37 Orbis Cascade Alliance members' Web sites to determine ease of use across mobile devices. Based on that analysis and a literature review, guidance is provided on how libraries' mobile Web sites may be improved. Web sites were examined to determine ease of locating frequently accessed resources on mobile devices that were identified in the literature: contact information, hours, databases, library accounts, and search boxes. Scalability of Web sites on mobile devices was also evaluated and was found to be non-existent in nearly a quarter of examined libraries. Areas for consideration and improvement are presented across Orbis Cascade Alliance libraries that can easily be applied globally.     

We Went Mobile! (Or Did We?) Reviewing and Promoting Third-Party Device Neutral Library Resources

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Academic libraries have been working diligently to provide device neutral mobile access to key elements of their library websites, like hours, contact information, and catalogs. But once a mobile user makes it through these access points on his mobile device, what happens beyond that point? Can he or she use the library’s links to third-party content, like interlibrary loan forms, the institutional repository, and databases, on a mobile device? Laura Turner, Head of Technical Services at the University of San Diego’s Copley Library, recently performed basic mobile testing of third-party content links on her library’s website. She relied on resource reports generated by Alejandra Nann, Copley’s Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian, as well as Nann’s troubleshooting of access issues during the testing. Their presentation reviewed the efforts and outcomes of testing links to the resources on mobile devices as well as workflow suggestions and promotional ideas for incorporating mobile access as a library service.     

Academic Libraries and Mobile Devices: User and Reader Preferences

The authors surveyed 250 students, faculty, alumni, administrators, and staff about how they use mobile devices, if at all, to access a university library. Fifty percent of respondents reported that they used their mobile devices to access the library—primarily the catalog and the research databases; however, usability hindered accessing other desired services. These results have implications for library administrators with respect to making decisions about App choices, the advertisement of services, and the transition to e-collections.     

Use of Mobile Devices to Access Resources Among Health Professions Students: A Systematic Review

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This systematic review examines types of mobile devices used by health professions students, kinds of resources and tools accessed via mobile devices, and reasons for using the devices to access the resources and tools. The review included 20 studies selected from articles published in English between January 2010 and April 2015, retrieved from PubMed and other sources. Data extracted included participants, study designs, mobile devices used, mobile resources/apps accessed, outcome measures, and advantages of and barriers to using mobile devices. The review indicates significant variability across the studies in terms of research methods, types of mobile programs implemented, resources accessed, and outcomes. There were beneficial effects of using mobile devices to access resources as well as conspicuous challenges or barriers in using mobile devices.     

肯特州大学图书馆移动网站的用户调研及启示

肯特州大学图书馆采取了焦点小组座谈会的方式,对移动网站的用户群体进行深入的定性调查和研究。专业馆员首先针对学生这一重要用户群体进行了调研,获知学生们对使用移动设备浏览账户、访问数据库课题文献、阅读保存课程材料、自定义独特的个性化网络体验及咨询联系馆员等方面有强烈的愿望。我国高校图书馆在建设移动网站时,可借鉴其焦点小组座谈会的用户调研方式,并围绕院系课程教学加强特定资源的开发和服务,加强同相关领域部门的技术合作。     

Rethinking Our Mobility: Supporting Our Patrons Where They Live

This article describes initiatives undertaken by one academic medical library to support patrons using handheld mobile devices. These initiatives included efforts to assist patrons with installation and use of mobile information resources, educate librarians regarding content and navigation of mobile apps and websites, and leverage tools to promote the library in a mobile environment.     

移动端图书馆系统评价指标体系构建

[目的/意义] 从用户体验的视角,构建一个融合影响服务质量、服务能力和服务满意指标的评价体系,试图引导移动端图书馆系统完善用户服务。[方法/过程] 结合已有研究文献以及相关的在线评价,与专家讨论后,选择四大类16个指标构建基于用户使用体验的移动端图书馆系统评价指标体系,然后采用层次分析法确定这些评价指标的权重。[结果/结论] 移动端图书馆系统应该增加电子数据库和多媒体资源供给量,以满足用户对数字信息资源的需求;移动端图书馆系统要进一步完善在线下载、在线阅读等功能,以帮助用户有效使用馆藏资源服务于其工作和学习;移动端图书馆系统要不断优化系统性能和人机交互界面,从而简化操作逻辑,提升用户的使用体验。     

大学生移动阅读行为特征调查与分析——以江苏省6所高校为例

通过问卷调查江苏省6所高校在校大学生的电子阅读情况、使用电子阅读设备以及进行移动阅读情况,分析了大学生移动阅读的特点.结果表明：与纸本阅读相比,大学生更倾向于电子阅读.大学生在移动阅读内容、常用电子阅读设备、移动阅读目的与阅读时间等方面都具有显著的特征.提出了还书提醒、OPAC查询、手机阅读图书馆电子资源是大学生最需要的移动图书馆服务.     

Evolving Technologies Support Mobile and Collaborative Curriculum: A Case Study

This case study describes the efforts of librarians to integrate mobile devices, collaboration tools, and resources into a School of Medicine third-year pediatric clerkship. Additional class emphasis is on evidence-based searching and journal article evaluation and presentation. The class objectives ensure that students are comfortable with mobile devices and collaboration tools. Over the eight-year history of the course, student acceptance of the mobile devices used diminished as the devices aged, necessitating the evaluation and selection of new technologies. Collaboration tools and mobile applications employed in the course evolved to accommodate curriculum changes.     

基于读者调研的高校图书馆移动阅读服务策略研究

文章利用问卷调查和个人访谈的方法,对高校图书馆读者就移动设备的持有情况、手机上网的使用偏好和行为模式、高校图书馆开展移动阅读服务的影响因素等方面进行调研,在对调查结果分析的基础上,认为高校图书馆读者在移动设备的拥有量和在移动设备上进行学术研究的需求并没有达到大规模普及的程度,高校图书馆应该以读者需求为前提,制定合适的移动阅读服务策略。     

基于读者调研的高校图书馆移动阅读服务策略研究

文章利用问卷调查和个人访谈的方法,对高校图书馆读者就移动设备的持有情况、手机上网的使用偏好和行为模式、高校图书馆开展移动阅读服务的影响因素等方面进行调研,在对调查结果分析的基础上,认为高校图书馆读者在移动设备的拥有量和在移动设备上进行学术研究的需求并没有达到大规模普及的程度,高校图书馆应该以读者需求为前提,制定合适的移动阅读服务策略。     

Taming Mobile Applications

It has been predicted that by 2016, 9 out of 10 college students will own a smartphone. In order to connect with students where they are most likely beginning their information searches, it is increasingly important for libraries to make their collections discoverable via a mobile platform and to create an effective mobile search environment for library resources. This program highlighted some of the mobile applications available for and in use by libraries, focusing on Murray State University’s implementations of two particular applications, BrowZine and Boopsie. The presentation addressed the institutional needs that led Murray State to the acquisition of these services, the ins and outs of the implementation, challenges involved in the set-up, marketing, and user education, and how the applications were received and used once they were set up.     

移动图书馆与非移动图书馆用户检索点比较分析

[目的/意义] 通过移动图书馆与非移动图书馆OPAC用户使用检索点的比较,探索用户通过不同设备使用图书馆OPAC系统的行为差异,为不同设备OPAC系统检索点的设置等提供参考。[方法/过程] 运用日志挖掘法,对比分析移动图书馆与非移动图书馆检索点出现概率、检索点搜索成功率、检索点变化模式等方面的异同。[结果/结论] 移动图书馆与非移动图书馆检索点存在差异,非移动图书馆在检索点的设置和利用上具有优势。移动图书馆可以通过舍弃低概率的检索点,简化界面内容;通过设置网页标签的形式,方便用户转移检索点;通过减少组配的检索点数量,并突出检索点和检索框来提高组配检索的比例。     

移动数字图书馆服务功能拓展与实现途径

移动数字图书馆的服务功能目前存在一定的局限性和制约因素,为实现移动数字图书馆建设目标应探讨其功能进一步拓展,包括统一检索功能、全文阅读功能、文献传递功能、个性化搜索功能和后台管理功能。这些功能的实现有赖于构建手持设备统一搜索平台、统一系统和数据格式和移动云计算的应用。     

美国图书馆移动服务发展现状——纽约州图书馆的调查

通过对美国纽约州公共图书馆和高校图书馆的调研,印证移动时代图书馆的传统服务模式正向移动化服务转移：①90%以上受访图书馆已可为移动设备提供服务;②一半以上图书馆网站优化后支持移动设备的服务项目可达6项甚至更多;③图书馆支持移动设备访问的主要范畴是目录访问和数字化内容,通过社交网络服务应用平台允许第三方应用程序接入已成为绝大多数图书馆提供移动服务的主流;④提供移动设备服务已列入图书馆规章或计划中。希望此次调研结果能给图书馆、网络技术部门以及信息系统专家和相关人士就图书馆移动服务的应用提供启示和参考。     

高校图书馆展览服务的“移动”时代

从移动时代展览服务的需求特点出发,总结高校图书馆展览服务的现状与挑战;提出在移动时代高校图书馆的展览信息发布应当实现立体化的投送,展览服务的核心表现应是整合高校馆藏资源,并实现适应移动终端特点的在线展览;分析移动互联网技术在展览服务形式创新方面的应用,阐述“微”展台的发展和展览服务平台开放与互动的重要性。     

中美WAP手机图书馆检索系统实证研究

通过对中美两国共7家WAP手机图书馆的检索系统进行调查,分别从检索功能、检索效果、用户负担三个方面分析两国手机图书馆检索系统的特点。调查结果指出,中美手机图书馆检索功能仍需加强,可借鉴主流搜索引擎进行完善;中美手机图书馆检索效果存在较大差距,查准率成主要影响因素;中美手机图书馆检索系统需加强用户友好度;国内手机图书馆检索系统发展水平参差不齐,可采取多种方案提高整体水平。最后,指出完善检索功能、优化检索效果、提高用户友好度成为手机图书馆发展面临的重要课题。     

Becoming Mobile: Reference in the Ubiquitous Library

ABSTRACT

Library patrons are adopting mobile devices for personal and other uses. The ubiquity of mobile devices will lead to changes in how and where learning and education happens. Libraries have wanted to become ubiquitous by making resources and services available anywhere, anytime. Reference librarians can use mobile devices and applications to include services in mobile learning environments. Challenges to libraries include uncertainty about which technologies to adopt in a rapidly changing technology landscape, the cost of technology adoption, staffing for 24–7, diversity of needs and preferences among library patrons, and the need to offer stable, consistent services. The combination of mobile librarians, mobile patrons, and mobile content provides an opportunity to move closer to the ideal of the ubiquitous library.

This article originally published in Journal of Library Administration, Vol. 51, Issue 3, pages 279–290, 2011. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2011.556942.     

走向移动互联时代的图书馆服务

国内外实践表明,图书馆服务正在走向移动互联网时代。分析移动互联网时代图书馆服务的发展机遇,从自动化系统变迁、移动馆藏的发展、移动互联网站的涌现、参考咨询的变化、面向移动设备的客户端应用工具五个方面讨论移动图书馆的发展现状,并从移动设备本身的问题和图书馆服务的问题两方面讨论图书馆服务走向移动互联时代面临的挑战,提出相应对策。