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MobiLIB:A Mobile Library Service at
North Carolina State UniversityDLF Spring Forum 2008
April 29, 2008
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Why MobiLIB?
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More Phones on Campus
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More Phones ... Period
• Spread of mobile phones– By 2013: 1 mobile phone /
U.S. citizen[http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/08/26/study-suggests-100-mobile-phone-penetration-in-the-us-by-2013/]
– 3.3 billion mobile phones world-wide as of November 2007http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nL29172095
Mobile phone kiosk in Cairo
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More Powerful Phones
+ =
[fiction] [science]
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Replacements for...
• Landlines
• Cameras
• PDAs
• Audio/Media Players
• GPS
• ...?
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More Services
Commercial content providers– Yahoo/Google/MSN/…– Facebook/Flickr/MySpace/…– Eric Schmidt, Google CEO:
“The biggest growth areas are clearly within the mobile space…”[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/industry/2007-04-20-mobile-ads_N.htm]
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Other Examples
• Educational institutions- Ball State University
- Wake Forest University
- University of Texas
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Don’t want them?
[Record: over 311 feet…]
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Choosing Services• No data on mobile phone usage at NCSU
or what services students would like
• Start with small set of services
• Build on existing applications
• What could be useful in mobile environment
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Design
• Consider:– Variety of browsers– Variety of platforms– Small screens and input devices– Different usage scenarios for mobile
applications– Mobile-device specific functions
• Hotkeys• Clickable phone numbers
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MobiLIB
Currently 7 services:1. Catalog Search2. Computers3. Library Hours4. Campus Directory5. Contact Us6. Links7. Wolfline Status (external)
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Catalog
• Driven by CatalogWS catalog API
• First implementation just XSLT
• Current implementation PHP and XSLT
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Catalog Search 1
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Catalog Search 2
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Catalog Search 3
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Computers 1
• Mobile version of existing computer availability map
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Computers 2
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Computers 3
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Library Hours 1
• Shows today’s and tomorrow’s hours
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Library Hours 2
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Library Hours 3
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Campus Directory 1
• Started as library staff directory
• Connects to campus LDAP server
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Campus Directory 2
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Campus Directory 3
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Contact Us 1
• Contact information for selected library departments and services
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Contact Us 2
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Contact Us 3
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Links 1
• Selection of links to external content and service providers
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Links 2
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Links 3
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Wolfline Status 1
• By TransLoc Inc.
• Shows current location of University buses
• Text-only version of graphic web interface
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Wolfline Status 2
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Wolfline Status 3
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Wolfline Status 4
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Statistics 1
Catalog
Homepage
Hours
Directory
Computers Contact
Links
Data gathered from November 16, 2007 to April 16, 2008
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Statistics 2
Homepage: 31.4%
Catalog: 36.2%Hours: 8.9%Directory: 8.3%Links: 5.8%Computers: 4.8%Contact: 4.6%
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What to do better
• Cooperate with Campus IT
Provide relevant content
Integration with mobile infrastructure
• Advertise, advertise, advertise
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Possibilities
• Text-message search results
• Some services could be SMS-based
Both require SMS Gateway
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More Information
Find MobiLIB at:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/mMore information at:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/about.html
Markus [email protected]