Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Mobile Library Website Review

Overall, I like the website.  It was easy to use and very similar to the page for computers with the exception of the homepage.  I used a blackberry to access it and it was easily accessible,however this may have been because it was a smart phone.  When I searched jazz under books, I got the same results that I would have gotten if I had used a computer and was even able to see the details about the book.  I could also search for keywords, titles, authors, and journal titles.  Another thing I liked was that it included a map of the library and directions for the library and where to park for it.  It would be cool if when you clicked on sections of the library if it gave a more detailed look at it, like if you could see the sections of sections in terms of organization.  For example if you clicked on general collection then you could see a zoomed in version of the collection and be able to see section A-BL with certain call numbers or the authors last name, or something like this.  I thought the homepage was good too because if it was the same homepage that it was on the computer then it would be too hard to read because of the smaller screen.  The only thing that I didn't like was that the EBSCO Host was a little different because it took a second to get used to and you had to select which databases you wanted to search.  Therefore, I liked the mobile library website and thought it was easy to use and a beneficial idea.

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