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Going Mobilethe In’s and Out’s of an Academic Library Mobile Site
Ronda Holt, Information Technology LibrarianButler Community College
Mary Walker, Electronic Resources LibrarianWichita State University
CULS 2010, Emporia, KS October 15, 2010
Agenda Facts
Devices
Mobile Website
Mobile Catalog
Mobile Database
Future of Mobile
A Few Facts - General “Mobile web access is growing faster than desktop internet did…” (Milligan)
Smart phone sales is the fastest-growing segment of the market (Johnson, et al)
1/3 of Americans used cell phone in 2009 to access internet (Farkas)
71% of 12-17 year olds in 2008 owned a cell phone (Fox, R)
A Few Facts – Higher Ed 66% of college students own a cell phone
(Fitzpatrick)
½ of all undergraduates own a mobile device capable of accessing the internet (Farkas)
Portability (Johnson)
Information & training materials increasingly being accessed (Johnson)
A Few Facts - LibrariesMedical Libraries - 2000 (Pope,2010)
2009 ECAR Study - 14.8 respondents would use library services ("2010 top ten," 2010)
Library user needs on Mobile Devise – Educause Quarterly (Aldrich, 2010)
85% Opening hours28% Electronic journals
SmartPhone Devices Blackberry – Introduced 1996Personal Digital Assistant2002 SmartPhone introduced
iPhone – Introduced 20072008 APP Store launched with over 200,000
App’s4 Generations
Android – Introduced 2008Open source platform from Google
(Wikipedia, 2010)
First attemptJoin – Basic is freeCapture content on websiteWanted code - Control issue
Mobifyme http://mobify.me/tour/
Mobile Site GeneratoriUI: iPhone User Interface FrameworkDownload iUI fileEnter your TitleAdd Header Image – 320 x 40Start adding informationHTML code - Notepad
Item 1A: Item 1B: Item 1C: Item 1D:
Item2A: Item 2B:Item 2C:Item 2D :
:
Montana Library Example
Montana Library Demo
http://www.lib.montana.edu/~jason/files/m/
Butler Library Web SiteMarketing approved
May 2010Design May/June 2010Marketing designed logo
July 2010Launched September 2010Testing October 2010
http://bit.ly/bNN8mz
Tips and What I Learned
Keep it SimpleKeep it InformativeKeep Images under 1KB Keep to one ColumnKeep away from html Software, use Notepad
WSU Libraries Mobile Website
Live July 22Campus announcement, July 27 (36 visits)Library Open House, Aug 26 (26 visits)
July 22-Sept. 30 Statistics 486 visits 1,762 page views 2:59 minutes - avg. time on site
Viewport : http://learnthemobileweb.com/2009/07/mobile-meta-tags/
Mobile Catalogs
http:
//lib
cat.w
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du/v
web
v/se
arch
Basi
c?sk
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Auto-Graphics - iLib2Go Features:• Unique StackMap feature that provides interactive “stacks” navigation to locatean item’s physical location within the library.• Locate libraries in your area that are iLib2Go enabled.• Log-in to a patron account using a username and password.• Review and update account information.• Search all library resources including topic search based on BISAC categories.• Place and review reserves (holds).• Renew items.
Mobile Databases
Vendors With Mobile Sites / Apps
Mobile Databases
Finding Vendors with Apps / Sites Vendor Newsletters Listservs Literature Blogs Colleagues Internet search
Mobile Databases
Setting Up Mobile Access Depends on the type of app provided
• iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch• Android…
Depends on vendor• EBSCOhost – special URL
Mobile Databases
Created Spring 2010
From regular web site to mobile site – Summer 2010
http://bit.ly/9FIYua
Future of Mobile
2015 – five billion people connected via mobile device (Fox, R)
2020 – internet access primarily through mobile device (Farkas)
More Universities using mobile devices in the classroom (Johnson)
Future of Mobile - WSU
will continue to grow mobile features added to mobile page as
developed facelift for mobile databases page
Future of Mobile - Butler Text a LibrarianAdd iLib2goAdd Electronic Resources as they become
available
Thank you!
Bibliographyhttp://bit.ly/cwdPGM
ContactRonda Holt, [email protected] Walker, [email protected]