Going Mobile the In’s and Out’s of an Academic Library Mobile Site Ronda Holt, Information Technology Librarian Butler Community College Mary Walker, Electronic Resources.
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Going Mobile
the In’s and Out’s of an Academic Library Mobile Site
Ronda Holt, Information Technology Librarian
Butler Community College
Mary Walker, Electronic Resources Librarian
Wichita 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
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
(Johnson, et al)
(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 - Libraries
Medical 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 hours
28% Electronic journals
SmartPhone Devices
Blackberry – Introduced 1996
Personal Digital Assistant
2002 SmartPhone introduced
iPhone – Introduced 2007
2008 APP Store launched with over 200,000
App’s
4 Generations
Android – Introduced 2008
Open source platform from Google
(Wikipedia, 2010)
Mobifyme
http://mobify.me/tour/
First attempt
Join – Basic is free
Capture content on website
Wanted code - Control issue
Mobile Site Generator
iUI: iPhone User Interface Framework
Download iUI file
Enter your Title
Add Header Image – 320 x 40
Start adding information
HTML code - Notepad
Mobile Site Generator v1.1
http://www.hiddenpeanuts.com/msg/
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 Site
Marketing approved
May 2010
Design May/June 2010
Marketing designed logo
July 2010
Launched September 2010
Testing October 2010
http://bit.ly/bNN8mz
Tips and What I Learned
Keep it Simple
Keep it Informative
Keep Images under 1KB
Keep to one Column
Keep away from html Software, use Notepad
WSU Libraries Mobile
Website
Live July 22
Campus 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/
http://libcat.wichita.edu/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=mobile
Mobile Catalogs
Auto-Graphics - iLib2Go Features:
• Unique StackMap feature that provides
interactive “stacks” navigation to locate
an 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
2020 – internet access primarily
through mobile device
More Universities using mobile
devices in the classroom
(Fox, R)
(Farkas)
(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 Librarian
Add iLib2go
Add Electronic Resources as they become
available
Thank you!
Bibliography
http://bit.ly/cwdPGM
Contact
Ronda Holt, [email protected]
Mary Walker, [email protected]