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An Analysis and Web Accessibility Assessment of Mobile Service of University Libraries

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2011, 45(1), pp.75-101
  • DOI : 10.4275/KSLIS.2011.45.1.075
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : January 12, 2011
  • Accepted : February 14, 2011

Jung-Eok Gu 1

1한국기초과학지원연구원

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ABSTRACT

With the popularization of smartphones, the mobile demand for information from libraries is increasing and mobile library service will soon be quired. This study analyzed the mobile library services for the mobile webs established by 4 university libraries in Korea and 56 belonging to ARL in the United States. It examined 42 mobile applications developed by universities and university libraries in Korea, and 18 mobile applications developed by the universities and university libraries belonging to ARL in the United States. Mobile accessibility was assessed by conducting mobileOK test for the mobile websites of the same libraries. The study shows that university libraries in Korea should establish mobile websites focusing on key contents which reflect the demand for mobile information of users, and secure mobile web accessibility which the users could conveniently use.

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