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Finding books in large libraries can be difficult for novice library users. This paper presents the current status of SmartLibrary, a web-based guidance application helping library customers in this task. We present a comparative evaluation where users tested the service in the main library of University of Oulu with fixed and mobile devices. The evaluation confirmed that SmartLibrary is a useful service for novice library customers; more experienced patrons prefer the traditional shelf classification. The users considered the service easiest to use with a public desktop terminals. However, the possibility of using the guidance in a PDA or a mobile phone in larger libraries was appreciated.
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Aittola, M., Parhi, P., Vieruaho, M., Ojala, T. (2004). Comparison of Mobile and Fixed Use of SmartLibrary. In: Brewster, S., Dunlop, M. (eds) Mobile Human-Computer Interaction - MobileHCI 2004. Mobile HCI 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3160. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28637-0_42
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