Mobile StudentResources

Pamela Hill TCEA 2013

Mobile Resources Survey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFRFBZiz4eM

By the end of 2013, there will be more mobile

devices on Earth than people.

SOURCE: http://mashable.com/2013/02/06/mobile-growth/

Mobile Apps vs. Mobile Web Browsing

Mobile Library Website Mobile Library Catalog Mobile Library Checkout (eBooks) Mobile Research Mobile Librarian

Areas to Consider in your Library Program

Options True Mobile Website A Redirect A Separate Mobile Site Mobile App

Mobile Library Website

True Mobile Website

A Redirect

Wikispaces Google Sites

A Separate Mobile Site

Mobile App Options

What I Do: A Redirect using LibGuides Mobile Site Builder

Mobile Library Catalog

OptionsExisting App/Mobile option

available through your current library system (Destiny, Alex, TLC, SirsiDynix)

External service: Library Thing

Mobile Library Checkout

Mobile Research

Options LibGuides : configured for

mobile devices Other Wiki/pathfinders Databases - mobile apps Bibliographies Makers

EasyBib, NoodleTools

Mobile Librarian

OptionsUse a “Text your librarian” type

of service Build your own What I do

Google Docs Form Embed wherever you

like Responses are emailed

and dropped in spreadsheet

Pulling it All Together

Make everything simple & easy to find What I do

If You Build it, Will They Come?

LibGuides/Website During other Lessons &

Orientations Brochures/Bulletin Boards Open Houses QR Codes & Bookmarks What I Do

Hit Them over the Head!

Good

Better

Livebinder for Presentation Links

Contact Info:Pam Hill

Upper School LibrarianThe John Cooper School

The Woodlands, Tx

pahill@johncooper.orgPamelaHill.org

Presentation Links:www.about.me/PamelaHill

Pamela Hill