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Major Outputs

1. Prototype discovery tool for delivery of academic content to mobile devices. The discovery tool draws on the EBSCO API to return search results within the Open University Library’s mobile website. The user requirements and the technical approach for this prototype … Continue reading

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Project Board meeting

The second Macon Project Board meeting took place on 25th April 2012. Ron Burns, the project board member representing EBSCO Publishing, joined us via Lync Online Meeting software. Actions from last meeting: Item Action Status 3.1 Users should be given … Continue reading

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User requirements report

Aim The purpose of gathering user requirements was to ensure that the development of the mobile search resulted in a user-friendly interface with functionality that would make it useful and attractive to OU students and staff. Method Members of Open … Continue reading

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February progress update

Work on the mobile discovery solution is progressing well despite a dearth of feedback from user requirements diary study participants. The little feedback we have had has been mostly positive. We plan to hold a short focus group to gather … Continue reading

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January progress update

Development of the mobile search interface is progressing well despite a disappointing lack of feedback from our user requirements diary study. We had hoped to complete our diary study to establish user requirements by the end of January, but found … Continue reading

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