Barriers and challenges to accessing subscription e-content on mobile devices
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The document discusses barriers and challenges related to accessing subscription e-content on mobile devices during an information-sharing event held on May 8, 2012. Key topics included access and authentication issues, the need for guidance on devices and content, and the importance of evaluation metrics. Conclusions indicated a preference for a mobile web experience over separate apps for each publisher due to usability concerns.
Barriers and challenges to accessing subscription e-content on mobile devices
- 1. Mobile technologies in libraries: information sharing event 8 May 2012 #mlibs Barriers and challenges to accessing subscription e-content on mobile devices Alison McNab @AlisonMcNab Session hashtag: #MobiContent
- 2. Breakout sessions at UKSG 2012 Mobilising your e-content for maximum impact Context Ruth Jenkins & Alison McNab Publishers / Librarians / End-users 190 delegates signed up Barriers and challenges Introduction then delegate input: •Post-it pointsabove Examples of / Twitter •Themes •Discussionsession became focus group Breakout
- 3. What did the librarians think?
- 4. What did the librarians think? Access & authentication Variety of different (off-campus / international) devices Content: apps discovery / discovery tools interfaces evaluation versions platforms Both librarians and end- Infrastructure issues users may need guidance -IT support and support All need opportunities to Integration evaluate and experiment Licensing issues Metrics?
- 5. Conclusions “Phones too small, tablets too expensive” Separate apps for each publisher are a retrospective step Who are the experts? Responsive design Optimal solution: a mobile website wrapped inside an app? See: J. Anderson & L. Rainie The Future of Apps and Web (Pew Internet: March 2012) http://bit.ly/KfE7F3
- 6. Thank you! Alison McNab De Montfort University AMcNab@dmu.ac.uk #MobiContent
Editor's Notes
- #2: Lightning Talk given at Mobile technologies in libraries: information sharing event 8 May 2012 Preliminary results from a breakout session on "mobilising your e-content for maximum impact" led by Ruth Jenkins and Alison McNab at UKSG 2012 http://lanyrd.com/2012/uksg12/ Around 170 publishers, librarians and others brain-stormed, over the course of two sessions, on the different barriers and challenges that limit the potential of mobile interfaces and apps to provide access to subscription e-content on-the go.