Presentation about mobile devices and licensed electronic content given for an Electronic Resources Management course at UW-Madison's School of Library and Information Studies.
The article covers mobile Applications coverage at Academic Libraries in Pakistan. Hope it will provide some solid and better crux whose are conducting research on the same issues
SMART AGENT BASED SEARCH FOR ADMISSION IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNINGIJITE
Early admission systems saw people applying to universities by filling out applications forms and placing
them in suitable envelopes and sending them through the local postal agency. This was not considered to
be cost or time effective, and this method was also not efficient. This system however needed some
improvement due to the huge workload on administrators. So researchers and software developers
improved the system so that between 1999 and 2008 application and admission was done via the Internet.
Also many Ranking system like ARWU, shanghai etc. been used for ranking the universities and colleges
around the world which would enable people choosing the universities and colleges for education on
factors like publication, funding, infrastructure and so.
The Internet has already brought the humans together in a new, exciting, and unexpected ways, and the
same is also happening to our prevalent adoption of digital mobile devices that has paved the way for the
development of many innovative applications in the commercial domain. While considering such mobile
devices for an application towards higher education in an educational institution, there has been some
amount of work done using intelligent agents. But still those agent based systems got some drawbacks
which motivated towards developing the present Agent based system to provide Smart agent based system
for higher Learning search not in Jamaican context alone but also elsewhere with these drawbacks
alleviated. The agents developed will be based on using fuzzy preference rules and heuristics, to make
accurate decisions based on the user’s criteria or specifications using JADE-LEAP on Android handset.
The system got Google map feature, intelligence in admission system and also warning for universities
with low rating. These findings of this research will be presented as screenshots.
A Multimedia Data Mining Framework for Monitoring E-Examination Environmentijma
Academic dishonesty has been a growing concern in e-learning environment due to the fact that eexamination takes place under supervised and unsupervised learning environment despite its huge advantages. The e-examination environment has faced various security breaches such as academic dishonesty (impersonation), identity theft, unauthorised access and illegal assistance as a result of inefficient measures employed. Hence, an efficient framework which will aid the monitoring of the eexamination is needed. This paper reviews the process of mining multimedia data and propose a framework for monitoring the e-examination environment in order to extract images and audio features. The framework has four major phases: data pre-processing, mining, association and post processing. The
pre-processing phases carries out the extraction and transformation of multimedia data features, the mining phase does the classification and clustering of these features, the association does pattern matching while the post processing carries out the knowledge interpretation and reporting. The approach presented in this study will allow for efficient and accurate monitoring of e-examination environment which will help provide adequate security and reduce unethical behaviour in e-examination environment.
Competencies of Librarians as a Factor Affecting Information, Service Deliver...SubmissionResearchpa
This study investigated the competencies of librarians as a factor affecting information service delivery in Delta state university (DELSU) library and Federal university of petroleum resources (FUPRE) library. The main objective of the study was to determine the extent to which information and competencies of librarians in DELSU and FUPRE affect their information service delivery. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire. A descriptive survey design was used in this study. A total of 61 librarians were selected using the total enumeration sampling technique since the total population was manageable. A total of 52 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved and analyzed using simple percentage, mean score, and standard deviation. The findings of this study show that: the majority of the respondents possess high extent of the ICT skills, majority have high extent of customer-service competency, and most librarians possess high extent of competency in interpersonal communication. It was concluded that these skills, though basic are a good platform that increases the effect of relevant information service delivery in the library. A minor but regular training was said to be what will do the magic by Ogagaoghene Uzezi IDHALAMA, Afebuameh James AIYEBELEHIN and Onomiroro OKOBO 2020. Competencies of Librarians as a Factor Affecting Information, Service Delivery in Selected University Libraries in Delta State, Nigeria. International Journal on Integrated Education. 3, 10 (Oct. 2020), 92-102. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31149/ijie.v3i10.693 https://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE/article/view/693/653 https://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE/article/view/693
Common protocol to support disparate communication types within industrial Et...Maurice Dawson
Owing to the increasing demand for reliable products built globally, and through the evolution of machine design, the need for improved and a common communications protocol in different geographical regions has intensified. In this paper, the goal is to reveal that the current protocols used to support disparate communication types in manufacturing have caused complexity in configurations and an increase in monetary overhead for industrial system designers and the end users. Through the simulation of an industrial network, the packet timing, and packet loss between peer-to-peer systems, similar protocol systems will be compared with two dissimilar protocols systems to establish the thesis. The internal validation research method used in this study will reveal the need for an all-inclusive protocol to eliminate the timing and packet loss issues, the systems’ configuration complexities, and the need to reduce the monetary overhead currently associated with the machine communications.
An Examination of the Prior Use of E-Learning Within an Extended Technology A...Maurice Dawson
The purpose of this empirical study was to test specific factors of behavioral intention to use m-learning in a community college setting using a modified technology acceptance model and antecedent factors suggested by the researcher’s review of the literature. In addition, the study’s purpose was to expand understanding of behavioral intention to use m-learning and to contribute to the growing body of research. This research model was based on relevant technology acceptance literature. The study examines the significance of “prior use of e-learning” and correlation with the behavioral intention to use m-learning. Existing models have looked at prior use of e-learning in other domains, but not specifically m-learning. Other models and studies have primarily looked at the prior use of e-learning variable as a moderating variable and not one that is directly related to attitude and behavioral intention. The study found that there is a relationship between prior use of e-learning and behavioral intention to use m-learning. This research direction was proposed by Lu and Viehland.
Mining in Ontology with Multi Agent System in Semantic Web : A Novel Approachijma
A large amount of data is present on the web. It contains huge number of web pages and to find suitable
information from them is very cumbersome task. There is need to organize data in formal manner so that
user can easily access and use them. To retrieve information from documents, there are many Information
Retrieval (IR) techniques. Current IR techniques are not so advanced that they can be able to exploit
semantic knowledge within documents and give precise results. IR technology is major factor responsible
for handling annotations in Semantic Web (SW) languages. With the rate of growth of web and huge
amount of information available on the web which may be in unstructured, semi structured or structured
form, it has become increasingly difficult to identify the relevant pieces of information on the internet. IR
technology is major factor responsible for handling annotations in Semantic Web (SW) languages.
Knowledgeable representation languages are used for retrieving information. So, there is need to build an
ontology that uses well defined methodology and process of developing ontology is called Ontology
Development. Secondly, Cloud computing and data mining have become famous phenomena in the current
application of information technology. With the changing trends and emerging of the new concept in the
information technology sector, data mining and knowledge discovery have proved to be of significant
importance. Data mining can be defined as the process of extracting data or information from a database
which is not explicitly defined by the database and can be used to come up with generalized conclusions
based on the trends obtained from the data. A database may be described as a collection of formerly
structured data. Multi agents data mining may be defined as the use of various agents cooperatively
interact with the environment to achieve a specified objective. Multi agents will always act on behalf of
users and will coordinate, cooperate, negotiate and exchange data with each other. An agent would
basically refer to a software agent, a robot or a human being Knowledge discovery can be defined as the
process of critically searching large collections of data with the aim of coming up with patterns that can be
used to make generalized conclusions. These patterns are sometimes referred to as knowledge about the
data. Cloud computing can be defined as the delivery of computing services in which shared resources,
information and software’s are provided over a network, for example, the information super highway.
Cloud computing is normally provided over a web based service which hosts all the resources required. As,
the knowledge mining is used in many fields of study such as in science and medicine, finance, education,
manufacturing and commerce. In this paper, the Semantic Web addresses the first part of this challenge by
trying to make the data also machine understandable in the form of Ontology, while Multi-Agen
The article covers mobile Applications coverage at Academic Libraries in Pakistan. Hope it will provide some solid and better crux whose are conducting research on the same issues
SMART AGENT BASED SEARCH FOR ADMISSION IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNINGIJITE
Early admission systems saw people applying to universities by filling out applications forms and placing
them in suitable envelopes and sending them through the local postal agency. This was not considered to
be cost or time effective, and this method was also not efficient. This system however needed some
improvement due to the huge workload on administrators. So researchers and software developers
improved the system so that between 1999 and 2008 application and admission was done via the Internet.
Also many Ranking system like ARWU, shanghai etc. been used for ranking the universities and colleges
around the world which would enable people choosing the universities and colleges for education on
factors like publication, funding, infrastructure and so.
The Internet has already brought the humans together in a new, exciting, and unexpected ways, and the
same is also happening to our prevalent adoption of digital mobile devices that has paved the way for the
development of many innovative applications in the commercial domain. While considering such mobile
devices for an application towards higher education in an educational institution, there has been some
amount of work done using intelligent agents. But still those agent based systems got some drawbacks
which motivated towards developing the present Agent based system to provide Smart agent based system
for higher Learning search not in Jamaican context alone but also elsewhere with these drawbacks
alleviated. The agents developed will be based on using fuzzy preference rules and heuristics, to make
accurate decisions based on the user’s criteria or specifications using JADE-LEAP on Android handset.
The system got Google map feature, intelligence in admission system and also warning for universities
with low rating. These findings of this research will be presented as screenshots.
A Multimedia Data Mining Framework for Monitoring E-Examination Environmentijma
Academic dishonesty has been a growing concern in e-learning environment due to the fact that eexamination takes place under supervised and unsupervised learning environment despite its huge advantages. The e-examination environment has faced various security breaches such as academic dishonesty (impersonation), identity theft, unauthorised access and illegal assistance as a result of inefficient measures employed. Hence, an efficient framework which will aid the monitoring of the eexamination is needed. This paper reviews the process of mining multimedia data and propose a framework for monitoring the e-examination environment in order to extract images and audio features. The framework has four major phases: data pre-processing, mining, association and post processing. The
pre-processing phases carries out the extraction and transformation of multimedia data features, the mining phase does the classification and clustering of these features, the association does pattern matching while the post processing carries out the knowledge interpretation and reporting. The approach presented in this study will allow for efficient and accurate monitoring of e-examination environment which will help provide adequate security and reduce unethical behaviour in e-examination environment.
Competencies of Librarians as a Factor Affecting Information, Service Deliver...SubmissionResearchpa
This study investigated the competencies of librarians as a factor affecting information service delivery in Delta state university (DELSU) library and Federal university of petroleum resources (FUPRE) library. The main objective of the study was to determine the extent to which information and competencies of librarians in DELSU and FUPRE affect their information service delivery. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire. A descriptive survey design was used in this study. A total of 61 librarians were selected using the total enumeration sampling technique since the total population was manageable. A total of 52 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved and analyzed using simple percentage, mean score, and standard deviation. The findings of this study show that: the majority of the respondents possess high extent of the ICT skills, majority have high extent of customer-service competency, and most librarians possess high extent of competency in interpersonal communication. It was concluded that these skills, though basic are a good platform that increases the effect of relevant information service delivery in the library. A minor but regular training was said to be what will do the magic by Ogagaoghene Uzezi IDHALAMA, Afebuameh James AIYEBELEHIN and Onomiroro OKOBO 2020. Competencies of Librarians as a Factor Affecting Information, Service Delivery in Selected University Libraries in Delta State, Nigeria. International Journal on Integrated Education. 3, 10 (Oct. 2020), 92-102. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31149/ijie.v3i10.693 https://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE/article/view/693/653 https://journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE/article/view/693
Common protocol to support disparate communication types within industrial Et...Maurice Dawson
Owing to the increasing demand for reliable products built globally, and through the evolution of machine design, the need for improved and a common communications protocol in different geographical regions has intensified. In this paper, the goal is to reveal that the current protocols used to support disparate communication types in manufacturing have caused complexity in configurations and an increase in monetary overhead for industrial system designers and the end users. Through the simulation of an industrial network, the packet timing, and packet loss between peer-to-peer systems, similar protocol systems will be compared with two dissimilar protocols systems to establish the thesis. The internal validation research method used in this study will reveal the need for an all-inclusive protocol to eliminate the timing and packet loss issues, the systems’ configuration complexities, and the need to reduce the monetary overhead currently associated with the machine communications.
An Examination of the Prior Use of E-Learning Within an Extended Technology A...Maurice Dawson
The purpose of this empirical study was to test specific factors of behavioral intention to use m-learning in a community college setting using a modified technology acceptance model and antecedent factors suggested by the researcher’s review of the literature. In addition, the study’s purpose was to expand understanding of behavioral intention to use m-learning and to contribute to the growing body of research. This research model was based on relevant technology acceptance literature. The study examines the significance of “prior use of e-learning” and correlation with the behavioral intention to use m-learning. Existing models have looked at prior use of e-learning in other domains, but not specifically m-learning. Other models and studies have primarily looked at the prior use of e-learning variable as a moderating variable and not one that is directly related to attitude and behavioral intention. The study found that there is a relationship between prior use of e-learning and behavioral intention to use m-learning. This research direction was proposed by Lu and Viehland.
Mining in Ontology with Multi Agent System in Semantic Web : A Novel Approachijma
A large amount of data is present on the web. It contains huge number of web pages and to find suitable
information from them is very cumbersome task. There is need to organize data in formal manner so that
user can easily access and use them. To retrieve information from documents, there are many Information
Retrieval (IR) techniques. Current IR techniques are not so advanced that they can be able to exploit
semantic knowledge within documents and give precise results. IR technology is major factor responsible
for handling annotations in Semantic Web (SW) languages. With the rate of growth of web and huge
amount of information available on the web which may be in unstructured, semi structured or structured
form, it has become increasingly difficult to identify the relevant pieces of information on the internet. IR
technology is major factor responsible for handling annotations in Semantic Web (SW) languages.
Knowledgeable representation languages are used for retrieving information. So, there is need to build an
ontology that uses well defined methodology and process of developing ontology is called Ontology
Development. Secondly, Cloud computing and data mining have become famous phenomena in the current
application of information technology. With the changing trends and emerging of the new concept in the
information technology sector, data mining and knowledge discovery have proved to be of significant
importance. Data mining can be defined as the process of extracting data or information from a database
which is not explicitly defined by the database and can be used to come up with generalized conclusions
based on the trends obtained from the data. A database may be described as a collection of formerly
structured data. Multi agents data mining may be defined as the use of various agents cooperatively
interact with the environment to achieve a specified objective. Multi agents will always act on behalf of
users and will coordinate, cooperate, negotiate and exchange data with each other. An agent would
basically refer to a software agent, a robot or a human being Knowledge discovery can be defined as the
process of critically searching large collections of data with the aim of coming up with patterns that can be
used to make generalized conclusions. These patterns are sometimes referred to as knowledge about the
data. Cloud computing can be defined as the delivery of computing services in which shared resources,
information and software’s are provided over a network, for example, the information super highway.
Cloud computing is normally provided over a web based service which hosts all the resources required. As,
the knowledge mining is used in many fields of study such as in science and medicine, finance, education,
manufacturing and commerce. In this paper, the Semantic Web addresses the first part of this challenge by
trying to make the data also machine understandable in the form of Ontology, while Multi-Agen
IJRET-V1I1P5 - A User Friendly Mobile Search Engine for fast Accessing the Da...ISAR Publications
Mobile search engine is a meta search engine that imprisonments the user’s favorite in
the form of concepts by mining their click through data. But the search query is limited to small
words unlike those used when interacting with search engines through computers. It has become
popular because of presence of huge number of applications. Smartphone’s carry large amount of
personal information, such as user’s personal details, contacts, messages, emails, credit card
information, etc. User type specific search and finally Ontology based Search. Moreover opinion
mining is conducted to provide feedback and valuable suggestions given by the mobile users. Due
to the different characteristics of the content concepts and location concepts, use different
techniques for their concept extraction and ontology formulation. Moreover the individual users
can use this search engine, which runs on android platform. They can give feedbacks and
suggestions about the search result. Based on the feedback other users can get valuable
information about the services available in their location or nearby location.
A Web Link (Teacher-student portal) project that
acts as an online portal between students and the Teacher.
The system is designed for a particular branch such as
diploma. Teacher can ad Notes, Assignment, e-book.
A Grid-Enabled Infrastructure for Resource Sharing, E-Learning, Searching and...ijgca
In the recent years, service-based approaches for sharing of data among repositories and online learning
are rising to prominence because of their potential to meet the requirements in the area of high
performance computing. Developing education based grid services and assuring high availability,
reliability and scalability are demanding in web service architectures. On the other hand, grid computing
provides flexibility towards aggregating distributed CPU, memory, storage, data and supports large
number of distributed resource sharing to provide the full potential for education like applications to share
the knowledge that can be attainable on any single system. However, the literature shows that the potential
of grid resources for educational purposes is not being utilized yet. In this paper, an education based grid
framework architecture that provides promising platform to support sharing of geographically dispersed
learning content among universities is developed. It allows students, faculty and researchers to share and
gain knowledge in their area of interest by using e-learning, searching and distributed repository services
among universities from anywhere, anytime. Globus toolkit 5.2.5 (GTK) software is used as grid
middleware that provides resource access, discovery and management, data movement, security, and so
forth. Furthermore, this work uses the OGSA-DAI that provides database access and operations. The
resulting infrastructure enables users to discover education services and interact with them using the grid
portal.
Understanding User’s Acceptance of Personal Cloud Computing: Using the Techno...Maurice Dawson
Personal Cloud Computing (PCC) is a rapidly growing technology, addressing the market demand of individual users for access to available and reliable resources. But like other new technologies, concerns and issues have surfaced with the adoption of PCC. Users deciding whether to adopt PCC may be concerned about the ease of use, usefulness, or security risks in the cloud. Negative attitudes toward using a technology have been found to negatively impact the success of that technology. The purpose of this study was to understand users’ acceptance of PCC. The population sample consisted of individual users within the United States between 18 and 80 years of age. The theoretical framework utilized in this study was based on the technology acceptance model (TAM). A web survey was conducted to assess the measurement and understanding of patterns demonstrated by participants. Our results shows that in spite of the potential benefits of PCC, security and privacy risks are deterring many users from moving towards PCC.
EXTENSION OF TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL (TAM): A STUDY ON INDIAN INTERNET BA...IAEME Publication
Internet banking plays significant role in the development of banking business in our country. An application of electronic service brings predominant changes in the way of doing banking transactions. In simpler terms, internet banking refers to banking through bank’s website with the help of internet connection. Internet banking provides lot of benefits to the customers as well as the banks. Internet banking provides different kinds of services to the customers in the form checking balances, account statement, pay utility bills etc
How accurate does geographic information (GI) need to be, when compared to the real world, to gain user trust? To better understand the user experience, do we need to consider data structures, formats and user
manuals as types of user interface? What caused KML to become a de facto standard, overtaking GML, which
is seemingly well engineered?
These questions concern the usability of GI. While the GIS industry is starting to be aware of the importance
of usability in software and hardware product development, so, too, are some providers of GI. There is,
however a lack of research and methodologies designed for understanding usability of information itself
rather than the interface or system through which it is presented. This is both a huge oversight and
opportunity, when considering that information can sometimes cost 95% of the total project value, or that in
many products the information itself is critical to the user’s experience – for example, in personal navigation
devices (PND). The level of usability of GI combined with system usability can also impact on productivity as
significant time and resources may be spent on their management. In some situations it can even have
safety critical implication – as in the case of a satnav user who followed directions on to a rail track minutes
before a train crashed into her car (BBC®, 2008).
This paper is based on a report from a workshop that was organised by Ordnance Survey to discuss the
usability of GI. It was a first opportunity for researchers from diverse backgrounds, including cartography, GI
science, human factors, ergonomics and human-computer interaction to come together and discuss this
important issue. The outcomes of the workshop, though preliminary, are relevant to any user of GI – and the
issues identified might change the way people in the industry think about and evaluate GI products alongside
applications.
The case for ubuntu linux operating system performance and usabilMaurice Dawson
The use of Linux based Operating Systems (OS) in the classroom is increasing, but there is little research to address usability differences between Windows and Linux based OSs. Moreover, studies related to the ability for students to navigate effectively between Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support (LTS) and Windows 8 OSs are scant. This research aims to bridge the gap between modern Linux and Windows Oss, as the former represents a viable alternative to eliminate licensing costs for educational institutions. Preliminary findings, based on the analysis of the System Usability Scale results from a sample of 14 students, demonstrated that Ubuntu users did not require technical support to use the system, while the majority found little inconsistency in the system and regarded it as well integrated.
Behavioural Modelling Outcomes prediction using Casual FactorsIJMER
Generating models from large data sets—and deter-mining which subsets of data to
mine—is becoming increasingly automated. However choosing what data to collect in the first place
requires human intuition or experience, usually supplied by a domain expert. This paper describes a
new approach to machine science which demonstrates for the first time that non-domain experts can
collectively formulate features, and provide values for those features such that they are predictive of
some behavioral outcome of interest. This was accomplished by building a web platform in which
human groups interact to both respond to questions likely to help predict a behavioral outcome and
pose new questions to their peers. This results in a dynamically-growing online survey, but the result
of this cooperative behavior also leads to models that can predict user's outcomes based on their
responses to the user-generated survey questions. Here we describe two web-based experiments that
instantiate this approach: the first site led to models that can predict users' monthly electric energy
consumption; the other led to models that can predict users' body mass index. As exponential
increases in content are often observed in successful online collaborative communities, the proposed
methodology may, in the future, lead to similar exponential rises in discovery and insight into the
causal factors of behavioral outcomes
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Building a User-Centric Web-Based Library ServiceMichael Pawlus
This short presentation highlights some recent and emerging technology that can be used to augment a library's web-based service and provide a higher level of user interaction as well as resource discovery and access.
This presentation was given on January 28, 2010, as part of Louisiana State University Libraries Tech Talks Series, facilitated by Digital Technologies Librarian Rebecca Miller
Abstract: Implementation of Information & Communication Technology has changed t he way people
access and communication information. Users want easy and instant access to relevant information.
So putting pressure on library professionals to think out of the box for meeting their information
needs. Application of mobile phones to provide library and information services are significant step in
this direction. The development of mobile technology has resulted in shifting the academic
environment from traditional to mobile learning setting. This paper high-light the assumption of
mobile technology in library services, its purpose, literature review various devices, advantages,
disadvantages and prerequisites for implementing mobile based services etc.
Researcher Reliance on Digital Libraries: A Descriptive AnalysisIJAEMSJORNAL
The digital library is an information technology that is structured as a digital knowledge resource, or can be alluded to a medium that stores information for a huge scope and is teamed up with the information the board gadget equipped for showing the information or information required by the client. Digital libraries can be extensively characterized as an information stockpiling and recovery frameworks that control digital information in the media (text, pictures, sound, static or dynamic) on the web. The main aim of this study is to study the awareness and using pattern of digital library by the researchers, to analyse the influence of digital library on researchers’ efficiency, analyse the purpose of using Digital Library Consortium, decide the effect of problems and motivational components of the digital library on the users, evaluate the satisfaction level of users with coverage of journals and perspectives on training and awareness programs and propose the available resources for effective utilization of the Digital Library.
IJRET-V1I1P5 - A User Friendly Mobile Search Engine for fast Accessing the Da...ISAR Publications
Mobile search engine is a meta search engine that imprisonments the user’s favorite in
the form of concepts by mining their click through data. But the search query is limited to small
words unlike those used when interacting with search engines through computers. It has become
popular because of presence of huge number of applications. Smartphone’s carry large amount of
personal information, such as user’s personal details, contacts, messages, emails, credit card
information, etc. User type specific search and finally Ontology based Search. Moreover opinion
mining is conducted to provide feedback and valuable suggestions given by the mobile users. Due
to the different characteristics of the content concepts and location concepts, use different
techniques for their concept extraction and ontology formulation. Moreover the individual users
can use this search engine, which runs on android platform. They can give feedbacks and
suggestions about the search result. Based on the feedback other users can get valuable
information about the services available in their location or nearby location.
A Web Link (Teacher-student portal) project that
acts as an online portal between students and the Teacher.
The system is designed for a particular branch such as
diploma. Teacher can ad Notes, Assignment, e-book.
A Grid-Enabled Infrastructure for Resource Sharing, E-Learning, Searching and...ijgca
In the recent years, service-based approaches for sharing of data among repositories and online learning
are rising to prominence because of their potential to meet the requirements in the area of high
performance computing. Developing education based grid services and assuring high availability,
reliability and scalability are demanding in web service architectures. On the other hand, grid computing
provides flexibility towards aggregating distributed CPU, memory, storage, data and supports large
number of distributed resource sharing to provide the full potential for education like applications to share
the knowledge that can be attainable on any single system. However, the literature shows that the potential
of grid resources for educational purposes is not being utilized yet. In this paper, an education based grid
framework architecture that provides promising platform to support sharing of geographically dispersed
learning content among universities is developed. It allows students, faculty and researchers to share and
gain knowledge in their area of interest by using e-learning, searching and distributed repository services
among universities from anywhere, anytime. Globus toolkit 5.2.5 (GTK) software is used as grid
middleware that provides resource access, discovery and management, data movement, security, and so
forth. Furthermore, this work uses the OGSA-DAI that provides database access and operations. The
resulting infrastructure enables users to discover education services and interact with them using the grid
portal.
Understanding User’s Acceptance of Personal Cloud Computing: Using the Techno...Maurice Dawson
Personal Cloud Computing (PCC) is a rapidly growing technology, addressing the market demand of individual users for access to available and reliable resources. But like other new technologies, concerns and issues have surfaced with the adoption of PCC. Users deciding whether to adopt PCC may be concerned about the ease of use, usefulness, or security risks in the cloud. Negative attitudes toward using a technology have been found to negatively impact the success of that technology. The purpose of this study was to understand users’ acceptance of PCC. The population sample consisted of individual users within the United States between 18 and 80 years of age. The theoretical framework utilized in this study was based on the technology acceptance model (TAM). A web survey was conducted to assess the measurement and understanding of patterns demonstrated by participants. Our results shows that in spite of the potential benefits of PCC, security and privacy risks are deterring many users from moving towards PCC.
EXTENSION OF TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL (TAM): A STUDY ON INDIAN INTERNET BA...IAEME Publication
Internet banking plays significant role in the development of banking business in our country. An application of electronic service brings predominant changes in the way of doing banking transactions. In simpler terms, internet banking refers to banking through bank’s website with the help of internet connection. Internet banking provides lot of benefits to the customers as well as the banks. Internet banking provides different kinds of services to the customers in the form checking balances, account statement, pay utility bills etc
How accurate does geographic information (GI) need to be, when compared to the real world, to gain user trust? To better understand the user experience, do we need to consider data structures, formats and user
manuals as types of user interface? What caused KML to become a de facto standard, overtaking GML, which
is seemingly well engineered?
These questions concern the usability of GI. While the GIS industry is starting to be aware of the importance
of usability in software and hardware product development, so, too, are some providers of GI. There is,
however a lack of research and methodologies designed for understanding usability of information itself
rather than the interface or system through which it is presented. This is both a huge oversight and
opportunity, when considering that information can sometimes cost 95% of the total project value, or that in
many products the information itself is critical to the user’s experience – for example, in personal navigation
devices (PND). The level of usability of GI combined with system usability can also impact on productivity as
significant time and resources may be spent on their management. In some situations it can even have
safety critical implication – as in the case of a satnav user who followed directions on to a rail track minutes
before a train crashed into her car (BBC®, 2008).
This paper is based on a report from a workshop that was organised by Ordnance Survey to discuss the
usability of GI. It was a first opportunity for researchers from diverse backgrounds, including cartography, GI
science, human factors, ergonomics and human-computer interaction to come together and discuss this
important issue. The outcomes of the workshop, though preliminary, are relevant to any user of GI – and the
issues identified might change the way people in the industry think about and evaluate GI products alongside
applications.
The case for ubuntu linux operating system performance and usabilMaurice Dawson
The use of Linux based Operating Systems (OS) in the classroom is increasing, but there is little research to address usability differences between Windows and Linux based OSs. Moreover, studies related to the ability for students to navigate effectively between Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support (LTS) and Windows 8 OSs are scant. This research aims to bridge the gap between modern Linux and Windows Oss, as the former represents a viable alternative to eliminate licensing costs for educational institutions. Preliminary findings, based on the analysis of the System Usability Scale results from a sample of 14 students, demonstrated that Ubuntu users did not require technical support to use the system, while the majority found little inconsistency in the system and regarded it as well integrated.
Behavioural Modelling Outcomes prediction using Casual FactorsIJMER
Generating models from large data sets—and deter-mining which subsets of data to
mine—is becoming increasingly automated. However choosing what data to collect in the first place
requires human intuition or experience, usually supplied by a domain expert. This paper describes a
new approach to machine science which demonstrates for the first time that non-domain experts can
collectively formulate features, and provide values for those features such that they are predictive of
some behavioral outcome of interest. This was accomplished by building a web platform in which
human groups interact to both respond to questions likely to help predict a behavioral outcome and
pose new questions to their peers. This results in a dynamically-growing online survey, but the result
of this cooperative behavior also leads to models that can predict user's outcomes based on their
responses to the user-generated survey questions. Here we describe two web-based experiments that
instantiate this approach: the first site led to models that can predict users' monthly electric energy
consumption; the other led to models that can predict users' body mass index. As exponential
increases in content are often observed in successful online collaborative communities, the proposed
methodology may, in the future, lead to similar exponential rises in discovery and insight into the
causal factors of behavioral outcomes
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Building a User-Centric Web-Based Library ServiceMichael Pawlus
This short presentation highlights some recent and emerging technology that can be used to augment a library's web-based service and provide a higher level of user interaction as well as resource discovery and access.
This presentation was given on January 28, 2010, as part of Louisiana State University Libraries Tech Talks Series, facilitated by Digital Technologies Librarian Rebecca Miller
Abstract: Implementation of Information & Communication Technology has changed t he way people
access and communication information. Users want easy and instant access to relevant information.
So putting pressure on library professionals to think out of the box for meeting their information
needs. Application of mobile phones to provide library and information services are significant step in
this direction. The development of mobile technology has resulted in shifting the academic
environment from traditional to mobile learning setting. This paper high-light the assumption of
mobile technology in library services, its purpose, literature review various devices, advantages,
disadvantages and prerequisites for implementing mobile based services etc.
Researcher Reliance on Digital Libraries: A Descriptive AnalysisIJAEMSJORNAL
The digital library is an information technology that is structured as a digital knowledge resource, or can be alluded to a medium that stores information for a huge scope and is teamed up with the information the board gadget equipped for showing the information or information required by the client. Digital libraries can be extensively characterized as an information stockpiling and recovery frameworks that control digital information in the media (text, pictures, sound, static or dynamic) on the web. The main aim of this study is to study the awareness and using pattern of digital library by the researchers, to analyse the influence of digital library on researchers’ efficiency, analyse the purpose of using Digital Library Consortium, decide the effect of problems and motivational components of the digital library on the users, evaluate the satisfaction level of users with coverage of journals and perspectives on training and awareness programs and propose the available resources for effective utilization of the Digital Library.
(Crestani et al., 2004) The proliferation of mobile devices and thMargaritoWhitt221
(Crestani et al., 2004) The proliferation of mobile devices and the ubiquity of computing and networking technologies have revolutionized how we access information. Mobile and ubiquitous information access is now an essential issue in human-computer interaction, information retrieval, and computer-supported cooperative work.
The International Workshop on Mobile and Ubiquitous Information Access (MobileHCI) was held in Udine, Italy, on September 8, 2003. It included user interface design issues, novel interaction techniques, context-aware applications, collaborative systems, and social implications of mobile computing. They provide a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in this rapidly evolving field. They will interest researchers and practitioners in human-computer interaction, information retrieval, and computer-supported cooperative work.
The workshop was organized by Fabio Crestani, Mark Dunlop, and Stefano Mizzaro. It was in conjunction with the Ninth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2003).
(Bace et al.,2020) Part of this is that it's challenging to quantify visual attention in mobile HCI. In a recent paper, Bace et al. tried to address this challenge by quantifying how often and for how long users look at their mobile devices.
The researchers found that, on average, users look at their devices around 46 times per day. They also found that users spend more time looking at their instruments when using them for communication purposes, such as text messaging or phone calls. This suggests a need for further research into how mobile devices can be designed to capture better and hold users' attention.
The researchers also found that users look at their devices more often in a social setting, such as a meeting or a party. This suggests that mobile devices may be distracting us from our social interactions.
In conclusion, the study provides valuable insights into how we can better understand and quantify visual attention in mobile HCI.
(Oulasvirta et al.,2005) Mobile HCI 2004 was a seminal conference on human-computer interaction with mobile technology. The meeting was highly successful, and its impact is still felt today.
The theme of the conference was "Experience and Reflection." This theme was reflected in the papers presented at the meeting, which covered a wide range of topics related to mobile HCI. The papers addressed user experience, design principles, interaction techniques, and evaluation methods in addition to these technical papers, keynote speeches, and panel discussions on various aspects of mobile HCI.
The Mobile HCI 2004 conference was an important event in the history of mobile HCI. It helped establish the field as a central research area, and its papers have significantly impacted how mobile HCI is conducted today.
(Jia, 2014) The limited display space of mobile devices is inadequate for simultaneously displaying all the information needed in context. This paper proposes a novel mobile ...
Anytime, anywhere, any device: mobile technologies in libraries
Mobile technology is increasingly becoming the preferred method of internet access by teenage users, and what better way for libraries to be perceived as useful and relevant than to provide instant, online, 24/7 access to reliable information using this technology? Hear how universities, schools and public libraries are marketing their services using mobile phones and devices.
Service innovation and performance-based evaluation of university libraries i...Muhammad Yousuf Ali
This presentation was presented
PhD Open Defense presentation at The Islamia University Bahawalpur on 31 July 2023. The title PhD study was "Service innovation and performance-based evaluation of university libraries in the
age of Artificial Intelligence". The PhD scholar successfully defended his dissertation.
Twist is an Open World Information Sharing Network which provides a platform to the users searching information on the same project that directly publishes the new updates for a desired category or group of categories to the people who had enrolled as that category for their Personal interest.
A Training Session at the Innovations in Libraries Series of the Nigerian Library Association, Delta State Chapter, held at the Petroleum Training Institute, Warri, Delta State, on September 11, 2018
Project Briefing: Spring 2008 Task Force Meeting: Moving to MobileMichelle Jacobs
Cell phones and other mobile devices are ubiquitous and offer increasingly robust operating systems, user interfaces, and hardware sophistication. The potential of these devices for accessing the richness of library and information content, services, and applications provided is largely unrealized. This is particularly unfortunate in considering library outreach to undergraduate students. This session will review projects in development in the Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the College Library at the University of California at Los Angeles to explore possibilities for communication, content delivery, and instruction through mobile devices and the principles guiding these projects. Significant time in the session will be devoted to discussion of the opportunities, possibilities, challenges, and issues as libraries work to address this important issue - the move to mobile.
Mobile technology in libraries is a must for the future. See what university libraries, public libraries and school libraries are doing to market their services using mobile technologies.
The study analysed the awareness and usage of the internet among 124 Students and
research scholars of Alagappa University. A well-structured questionnaire was used for data
collection and MS Excel software was used for analysing the data. The study revealed that
majority of the respondents are female 93(75%) and 65(52.4 %) of respondents are PG
students. research scholars and fewer respondents from Staff. Most of respondents
120(96.8%) using the Internet, Further the study found that 53(42.7%) of using Department
in the University. 43(34.7%) of respondents use the University library. Most of the
respondents 35(28.2%) of used the library monthly, 24(19.3%) of respondents use the library
once in a fortnight. Most of the respondents 86(69.3%) of the respondents use the Google
chrome; 20(16.1%) of the respondents use the Mozilla Firefox. 107(86.3%) of the
respondents using database, The study found that 36(29%) of respondents using internet to
Update knowledge and 27(21.7%) of respondents use it study purpose; 44(40%) of
respondents used to store and share information in online resource using Google drive,
93(75%) of respondents used UGC-info net database/journal. 42(33.8%) of the respondents
facing the problem not finding relevant information, followed by 36(29%) of respondents
Software/ hardware problem, Efficiency of visiting internet 47(37.9%) of respondent use
Enhanced proficiency in writing; 35(28.2%) of respondent used Increasing the number of
publication, 66(53.2%) of the respondent of using satisfied; 44(35.5%) of the respondent of
using fully satisfied
Mobile Libraries (m-libraries) for Academic Institutions
ERM Class Presentation - Westby
1. Mobile Devices &Licensed Electronic Content Katherine Westby Electronic Resource Management November 19, 2010
2. Definitions “The use of the term ‘smartphone’ has become popular to identify devices that have Internet capability and functionalities that are similar to computers, although there is no industry-wide standard definition of the term.” (Lippincott, 2010). Provide capabilities that are similar to laptop computers Internet-capable handheld devices
3. Is There a Need? “…the population of those using an Internet-capable cellular phone is 71,522,800, which is more than 80% of the population of cellular-phone owners” (Chang, 2008) More students having mobile devices, Internet access becomes more affordable What library-related functions do you use: catalog access, database access, and ready reference material
4. Developments Campus information portals for mobile devices are one emerging model, and some academic libraries are already represented in these venues” (Lippincott, 2010). Study done in 2008: 34% librarians thought patrons were accessing licensed content on mobile devices, but 88.6% expected the trend to increase toward accessing databases and e-journal/e-book content on mobile devices. Medical libraries most popular users (Spires, 2008) What library-related functions would you like to use: database search results and library catalog search results
6. “Several information companies have begun to make their tools accessible to mobile searchers by introducing mobile search gateways” (Murray, 2010). Mobile applications Mobile web platforms Provider Response
7. Mobile Applications “...software that runs on a mobile device and performs certain tasks” (MMA, 2008). Also known as apps or “downloadables” Types Communication Games Multimedia Productivity Travel Utilities
8. Examples of Mobile Applications Newspapers Wall Street Journal Financial Times Journals and scholarly societies iResearchiPhone app (American Institute of Physics) Citation Managers RefMobile Excerpt from RefMobile factsheet, 2010
9. Examples of Mobile Applications PubMedOnTap, Clinical Pharmacology OnHand, Mobile Micromedex, DynaMed Nature.com, Institute of Physics journals, PhysicsWorld.com News Flash ACS ASAP (American Chemical Society)
10. Examples of Mobile Applications WorldCat Mobile Summons (Serials Solutions) LibAnywhere (LibraryThing) AccessMyLibrary (Gale)
14. Examples of Mobile Browsers Browsers MedlinePlus PubMed EBSCO “With regard to the availability of PubMed on hand-held wireless devices, 59.59 per cent doctors and 85 per cent students were not aware that PubMed is providing these information services” (Bala & Gupta, 2010).
16. Libraries’ Response Question: If you were in the role of an electronic resources librarian right now, what would be your top three questions or concerns about implementing mobile-friendly content access to your collections? 1. 2. 3.
17. Libraries’ Response Pricing “…just another excuse to increase rates or to complicate pricing models” (Spires, 2008). FTE model in academic libraries Other costs Additional staff possibly Time investment in changing formats and training staff Student/patron expense Small screens “Majority also agreed that accessing information on small screen of few mobile devices is problematic” (Bala & Gupta, 2010). Technical issues IP addresses Robust wireless infrastructure
22. Download product onto circulating expansion cardsLibraries’ Response: Pricing “Not many libraries can afford additional content fees or increased fees on current products” (Spires, 2008).
27. Outlook = positive Benefits Wide range of content and delivery methods “Holistic information environment” (Murray, 2010) Considerations What is most important to your user base (not always the cutting edge tech) “As mobile search catches up with mobile expectations, we in the information industry have the opportunity of guiding development to best balance the human and technological aspects of the mobile information experience” (Murphy, 2010). Up and coming mobile technology developments... “This hesitancy [to adopt mobile technologies in libraries] seems to be changing, however, as evidenced by the number of campuses implementing mobile services, the growing literature on mobile library services, and the conferences dedicated to this service philosophy” (Murray, 2010). Libraries’ Response
31. Chang, C.K. (2008). Acceptability of an asynchronous learning forum on mobile devices. Behaviour & Information Technology, 29(1), 23-33.
32. Cummins, J., Merrill, A., & Borrelli, S. (2009). The use of handheld mobile devices: their impact and implications for library services. Library Hi Tech, 28(1), 22-40.
33. Lippincott, J. (2010). A mobile future for academic libraries. Reference Services Review, 38(2), 205-213.
35. Murphy, J. (2010). Using mobile devices for research: smartphones, databases, and libraries. Online, 34(3), 14-18.
36. Murray, L. (2010). Libraries “like to move it, move it”. Reference Services Review, 38(2), 233-249.
37. Spires, T. (2008). Handheld librarians: a survey of librarian and library patron use of wireless handheld devices. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 13(4), 287-309.
Editor's Notes
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“Mobile devices include laptops, netbooks, notebook computers, cell phones, audio players such as MP3 players, cameras, and other items” (Lippincott, 2010).“The use of the term ‘smartphone’ has become popular to identify devices that have Internet capability and functionalities that are similar to computers, although there is no industry-wide standard definition of the term...In effect, the smartphone can provide capabilities that are very similar to laptop computers” (Lippincott, 2010).Internet-capable handheld devicesTransition: *more focus on mobile learning/mobile instruction in the literature, bigger discussion is there not so much with ERM and mobile devices. That part is just emerging now. “...the mobile device will increasingly become an instrument for creation of digital content, and not just a device for access to content” (Lippincott, 2010). Literature focuses more on extension of services/learning with regard to content creation rather than access to content, which is true, but almost seems like it's a burning train racing forward without getting everyone off it first, all about maximizing use of web-content and apps and use in educational ways rather than access to licensed content “...mobile learning devices have gradually improved to an applicable status” (Chang, 2008). Now databases are beginning to emerge as well
“...the population of those using an internet-capable cellular phone is 71,522,800, which is more than 80% of the population of cellular-phone owners” (Chang, 2008). --handheld devices for small amounts of information, PCs for large amounts“...current demand [of the use of handhelds by library patrons] is fairly limited noting that most reported uses indicate greater use of electronic organizer type functions than accessing library related content. Of library-related functions those which were reported with the greatest frequency were catalog access, reading docs, database access, and accessing ready reference material” (Cummins, Merrill, & Borrelli, 2009).
“As more and more students buy internet-capable phones and when phone plans that include internet access become more affordable, students will seek streamlined ways to locate the kinds of information they need. Campus information portals for mobile devices are one emerging model, and some academic libraries are already represented in these venues” (Lippincott, 2010). Med libraries: “With regard to type of information services that can be provided through mobile devices, majority of doctors showed their preference for List of New Arrivals, followed by E-journal Article, Renewal of Books, Reservation of Books, Information of Library Timings, Library News and so on. Among students, there was marked preference for List of New Arrivals, followed by Library News, Renewal of Book, Information of Library Timings and Web Clippings, and so on” (Bala & Gupta, 2010). --preferences show that there is a need for these services, especially in certain fields like health sciences“At the University of Alberta, Carney et al. (2004) found in response to their survey question, ‘Which of the following library materials would you like to be able to download to your PDA.’ that the two most popular responses were database search results 75 percent and 46 percent catalog search results” (Cummins, Merrill, & Borrelli, 2009).
Just to put it in perspective, here at UW’s SMPH, they recommend that students get some kind of PDA (personal digital assistant) during their second year. Ebling:First & second year student course schedules and group information are downloadable to PDAs. The UW School Of Medicine & Public Health Only directly supports iPhone, iPod Touch, & Palm® Operating System (OS) devices. The current recommended handheld devices are the iPhone& iPod Touch. However many of the medical programs commonly used are available for other platforms such as Windows Mobile, BlackBerry®, & Android devices.
“Database publishers are beginning to develop downloadable applications or formatting to be mobile-friendly versions of their content...including Social Science Research Network (SSRN)” (Murray, 2010). SSRN introduced mobile app in 2009,iSSRN, with basic search of e-paper collection and abstracts and PDF to their elibrary with over 231,700 downloadable full text pdf documents (Murray, 2010).
Mobile Marketing Association – learning, yes?
Mobile applications:newspapers (i.e. Wall Street Journal, Financial Times)Journals and scholarly societies (iResearchiPhone app from American Institute of Physics [mobile access to content from many major titles, i.e. Journal of Applied Physics, Chaos, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy] - can save content as cached items to “provide access through patrons’ authenticated devices even when not connected”).Citation managers (RefMobile – no need to sync with web-based account, just work directly from same one you access from your desktop)
Subscription based content apps:For example, with ScienceDirect, if institution has a subscription then you just register onScienceDirect.com creating username and password with institutional email, when you verify your email with your mobile device which should then automatically launch the app. Can do searches on device, save up to 500 results in history on iPhone app. Different from RefMobile, it’s not possible (for now) to coordinate saving the iPhone app searches to view on your desktop computer (syncing those accounts)-need to email them to yourself. can use your username and password on up to three devices. FAQ sheet says you probably need to still authenticate through your user institutionPubMedOnTap, Clinical Pharmacology OnHand, Mobile Micromedex, DynaMed.Nature.com (Nature Publishing Group): free app,browse, search, read, bookmark, and save searches, create RSS alerts from Nature and Nature Group; can also interact with figures and view referencesIOP and PhysicsWorld.com News Flash:free app, browsing most recent 25 IOP journalsarticles by issueor subject, searching titles from last 2 years, export articles to email, PDFs, limit of 20 articles/month per app.ACS ASAP: latter introduced in March 2010, runs on iPhone platform, app=$2.99, streams journal content and news from Chemical and Engineering News, can have favorites, full text (limited access to subscribers only), 850,000 articles and book chapters, share.
Library catalog appsWorldCat Mobile (OCLC): identifies local libraries that hold items cataloged in WorldCat, provides contact info and maps to libraries, available in U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, France, and Holland. Serials Solutions (ProQuest) Summons: use Summon to search physical collection and digital resources from their phoneLibrary Anywhere (LibraryThing, works with multiple providers): works with all major vendors, libraries can purchase it, used with iPhone, BlackBerry, and AndroidAccessMyLibrary (Gale app): employs a user’s global position to find libraries within a ten-mile radius. The user then selects a library to find its address and contact information and to access all of its Gale electronic resources. By partnering with libraries throughout the United States and Canada, users can browse and read over 30 million articles by simply logging in with an e-mail address and postal code; no library membership is required” (Murray, 2010).
Ebling’s Mobile Application Sources list1) Are the only software available on Ebling's website the ones that students have access to?We just list some recommended or popular stuff (we coordinate those with Adrian Gay). For the most part the apps are standalone things that are useful for them but not necessarily tied into anything we pay for. So they have access to them via the AppStore (for iPhone/Pad/Touch say) and we list them on our site whether or not there's a tie-in to a licensed resource.
Below is a description of the UW – SMPH sponsored software. When deciding on which portable device to use keep in mind that Epocrates is the most commonly used drug and formulary reference tool used in the clinical years. Epocrates® Rx (Free Version) Free mobile drug and formulary reference. Epocrates® Essentials (Subscription available to Medical Students) * Integrated drug, disease, and diagnostic suite for mobile devices. As part of our on-going PDA Initiative and as a result of our participation in the Epocrates® University Consortium, the UW School Of Medicine & Public Health has arranged for all medical students to get new one year subscription or extension to Epocrates® Essentials Essential Evidence Plus (Subscription available to Health Science Students) ** A powerful electronic resource packed with all of the medical evidence you need to make critical patient care decisions. Essential Evidence Plus features must-have content, tools, calculators, and daily email alerts for clinicians who deliver first-contact care. MicroMedex– Thomson Clinical Xpert(Subscription available to Health Science Students) ** Evidence based decision support for your PDA. * disease information * laboratory test information * drugs * interactions * alternative medicine * toxicology * news & alerts * and convenient calculators ** Provided to Health Sciences students by Ebling Library, UW School Of Medicine & Public Health, and the UW Dept. Of Family Medicine.
2) Are all of the databases subscribed to by UW viewable via handheld mobile devices?No way There are a few that have mobile versions - if you look at the mobile version of our site the databases listed there are the mobile-friendly ones. The others may work in a handheld browser but there's no real support or promise they'll work right, if at all. Luckily some of the vendors are sensitive enough to have sites coded in such a way that they work well in a browser as is. Sometimes the ones that do have mobile versions don't always have auto-detect ability to route a user to the mobile version (i.e. you need to know about it and go there separately or you'll get the crappy mobile-unfriendly version)
Mobile-Friendly InterfacesMedlinePlus: Mobile MedlinePlus (NLM): searching and browsing, not full MEDLINE but summaries and wellness topics, also has health news and medical encyclopedia and available in Spanish (free?)PubMed Mobile: search MEDLINE from any mobile browserEBSCO: mobile web browser-optimized site, can access all EBSCO databases as long as your local administrator has set up an institutional profile. “Users on authenticated devices can select and search a wide variety of EBSCO resources, export results lists and PDF full text when available, and view HTML full text and figures and graphs from articles as images” (FAQ page).EBSCOhost Mobile has the following features available: Basic SearchingHTML and PDF Full Text Limiters E-mailing articles Preferences Multi-database Searching Interesting EBSCOhost Mobile usage DOES count against a simultaneous user seat limit in EBSCOhost databases. Others: Epocrates, PressReader, LexisNexis, Westlaw
Ebling’s text only mobile browser (we’ll see the other one later)LibGuide in mobile format
Ok, so we see that there is a need – people are using them, they know what they want to use, and vendors have responded by making available some of this content in mobile-friendly format, and that libraries predict there will be an increase, but a lot of people seem to not know a lot about them, or even that they’re there. So, for all practical purposes, let’s pretend that we’re in libraries right now in this info environment. Perhaps some of you already have some experience with this.Question: If you were in the role as a librarian right now trying to decide whether to implement mobile services, what would be your top three questions/concerns about implementing mobile-friendly content access to your collections?
Pricingmixed opinions on how to handle licensing and pricing for licensed content on wireless handheld devices. People in Spires’ (2008) survey thought vendors should not charge additional fees for wireless access to content, since most fees at academic institutions are based on campus full time equivalent (where a student equals one user whether he/she uses a computer in the library to access it or a wireless handheld device).“Several worried that this would be ‘another excuse’ to increase rates or to complicate pricing models. One [respondent] said, ‘Publishers don’t want to license the library--they want to sell to the individual” (Spires, 2008).But in general, the concensus is that the FTE model in academic libraries is adequatefor now and would work with wireless handheld devices.Other costs the need for students to purchase additional software, and university provided training for providing technical support for the devices (wide variety of devices, hardware, etc) and time investment. Small screen“Majority also agreed that accessing information on small screen of few mobile devices is problematic” (Bala & Gupta, 2010). Technical challenges noted by (Cummins, Merrill, & Borrelli, 2009) include robust wireless infrastructure, as part of perceived limitations, “The IPs of these devices change each time the Internet is accessed, so content on the library’s website may be inaccessible. Many libraries have proxy servers or software to allow for off-campus access, but it is an issue at some libraries” (Spires, 2008).
The one that came up most frequently in the literature about surveys of librarians = pricing. Five types of delivery modes available with handheld devices (Spires):free with an existing licensed productuser add-on purchase - library would pay extra for mobile accessInstitutional site licensesPurchase a set number of downloads - usually an add-on to an existing online productLibrary would download e-books onto expansion cards that patrons could check out like a normal bookSo I asked Allan Barclay that I've read some about concern whether mobile-friendly interfaces for licensed content could be "another excuse to be charged more by vendors,“ is this a warranted concern? Are UW's free with existing licenses?He responded, “In general the concern is "if there's a way to charge more for it they will." So while I haven't heard that specific concern myself I think that's assumed as a potential problem. I checked with Andy and so far we haven't had to pay extra for any. The only hoop to jump through is that some vendors require a separate user account to work with their mobile sites (the mobile and regular aren't linked).”He thinks that vendors could begin charging more for the apps. It certainly could happen, though - esp. if there are features in the mobile that aren't in the standalone (I dunno, could there be any use in geo-location? Or phone/image searching? Actually that would be cool - snap a picture of a drug, look it up in MICROMEDEX. But I digress...)
4) Is there a lot of extra tech development that goes along with making library content mobile? (not specifics but in general, is there a significant time and staff effort investment that goes into it?)Rebecca Holtz did Ebling’s mobile site. Depending on how good you want it the answer is "yes". There are some things out there that allow you to format a site in a mobile friendly way fairly easily but it does take time for sure if you want it to look good and work well (things like graphics and different coding are required). The really crappy ones (like the campus library website) are just "transcoded" from regular web to mobile web with no extra effort required. (Next slide)
Library.wisc.edu mobile site (“transcoded” from the regular library website)Ebling library – full mobile site
Wide range of content and delivery methods: “...mobile collections span a wide range of content and an equally wide range of delivery methods. This spectrum runs from mobile access to reference sources to audio book collections and databases” (Murray, 2010).Resulting in a more holistic information environment by including various mobile initiatives” (Murray, 2010).Considerations:need to decide which platform will be most beneficial to your users, not what is on the cutting edge of tech necessarily. “This hesitancy [to adopt mobile technologies in libraries] seems to be changing, however, as evidenced by the number of campuses implementing mobile services, the growing literature on mobile library services, and the conferences dedicated to this service philosophy” (Murray, 2010).up and coming research area= location-based research and augmented reality. “The focus of mobile search may soon shift from networked portals to location- and experience-based access points of digital data layered over physical locations and items” (Murphy, 2010).