macon - about the project
DESCRIPTION
Mobilising Academic Content online: this JISC funded project will address challenges involved in delivering quality academic content to mobile devices in a seamless and user-friendly manner.TRANSCRIPT
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Macon
Mobilising Academic Content Online
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Project overview• Mobile discovery interface• Mobile bookmarklet tool• Good practice toolkit• Evaluation
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Mobile discovery interface• Prototype a discovery tool for delivery of academic
content to mobile devices• Document detailed user requirements• Report on user feedback and usability, mapped to type
of device used• Release the code through a suitable code repository
such as Google Code.
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Collections included• Subscription eResources• OU Open Research Repository – http://oro.open.ac.uk• Content from OAIster collection –
http://www.oclc.org/oaister/• OU open video & audio collections –
http://podcast.open.ac.uk
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Exposing local audio and video content via the mobile discovery tool• Proof of concept of
delivery of video content to mobile devices using the prototype tool.
• User testing • Recommendations for
further work in this area
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Mobile bookmarklet tool• A bookmarklet tool to allow
users to manage their access to mobile content
• Prototype ‘Proof-of-concept’ code and documentation made available through an appropriate code repository.
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Good practice toolkit • A toolkit consisting of
basic principles, guidelines and practical examples.
• A blog to accompany the toolkit, inviting users of the kit to share their experience and raise questions
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Evaluation• Usability
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Dissemination• Twitter: #OUMACON• Blog: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/macon
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Contact detailsHassan Sheikh
Project Director
@ hassan_sheikh
Keren Mills
Project Manager
@mirya
Project blog: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/macon
Twitter hashtag: #OUMACON #mlibs