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Monday, 23rd August 2010

New Mobile Web Services From West Virginia University Libraries', Texting a Librarian Now Available

The West Virgina Libraries' now have a mobile web site at: m.lib.wvu.edu.

This is in addition to Blackberry and iPhone apps available with resources for the entire university (including the libraries). Users of other devices can access the WVU mobile site at: http://m.wvu.edu/

From an Announcement:

The WVU Libraries’ new Mobile Web brings several of the libraries’ electronic resources to Web-enabled phones. The application enables users to perform library research, find a book, locate an available computer at the downtown campus and Evansdale libraries or ask a librarian a question.

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The site provides access to the Libraries’ online catalog, MountainLynx, and mobile versions of the EBSCOhost database and RefWorks citation management system.

Looking for a computer at the either the Downtown or Evansdale library? Detailed maps of each floor, updated continuously, show available computers.

And if you can’t find that vital information for a paper, the Ask a Librarian service can help by connecting users with a librarian via instant messaging, e-mail, phone, or texting. The service is staffed from 9 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays, 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 2 to 11 p.m. on Sundays.

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Texting, the newest addition to library services, is available to all phones with texting capabilities and is free to students who have unlimited text plans on their phones. To connect with a librarian, simply text a message to 304-220-0919.

Source: West Virginia University

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