SFX, MetaLib, Mobile Services and Social Networks

If you build it, they will come...

Widening Accessibility

“Social networking could enable librarians and patrons not only to interact, but to share and change resources dynamically in an electronic medium.”

– Dr Myungdae Cho (SungKyunKwan University)

“If libraries are not the first place our prospective users go to do research, they will likely miss any marketing we do on our own websites. This is why we must start looking beyond these sites and toward putting our content where our users actually are.”

Meredith Farkas – author of Social Software in Libraries

Marketing

When surveyed, 43% of students said they would be receptive to receiving information from a library Facebook Page.

Businesses use Twitter to quickly share information with people interested in their products and services, gather real-time market intelligence and feedback, and build relationships with customers, partners and influential people.

- Twitter, About.

Bookmarking

Embedded searching

I’m telling you, this is not the Buddha we are looking for.

Mobile interfaces

At the beginning of 2011, sales of smartphones were up 88% yr on yr and were outselling PCs (101m units to 80m units).

Over 15 billions apps have been downloaded from iTunes since the App Store launched in 2008.

Around 45% of internet users connect via their mobile, up from 31% in 2010.

71% of 16-24 year olds use mobiles to access the internet.

(Figures from the ONS)

Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information

(CISTI) mobile website.

Features:

•Allows searching of CISTI's local catalogue and information sources, as well as many science and technology publications around the world. •Retrieves full text to the device (Android, iPhone and Blackberry). •Provides maps and directions to NRC-CISTI locations. •Contact CISTI via a form, or by placing a call directly to your local branch. •Follow CISTI on Twitter or Facebook. •Access the full CISTI website. •Bilingual

Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information

mobile website

•Makes extensive use of JQuery Mobile.•Metalib X-server API provides federated searching capabilities in format suitable for mobile devices.•SFX link resolver provides links to full text, ordering, and other citation services. Presents results in a manner suitable for mobile devices.•EZProxy http proxy server is used to provide NRC Staff with improved access to licensed content.•Login is presented in a format more suited to mobile devices.•QR codes have been generated to link direct to the mobile website. These codes are employed on the website and information desks across the country.

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Conclusion

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