Macon

Mobilising Academic Content Online

Project overview• Mobile discovery interface• Mobile bookmarklet tool• Good practice toolkit• Evaluation

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.

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

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

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.

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

Evaluation• Usability

Dissemination• Twitter: #OUMACON• Blog: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/macon

Contact detailsHassan Sheikh

Project Director

hassan.sheikh@open.ac.uk

@ hassan_sheikh

Keren Mills

Project Manager

k.mills@open.ac.uk

@mirya

Project blog: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/macon

Twitter hashtag: #OUMACON #mlibs