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

Kansas Library Association Conference, Topeka, KS April 6, 2011

Agenda Facts

Devices

Mobile Website

Mobile Catalog

Mobile Database

Future of Mobile

“People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever

they want to.” (2010 Horizon Report)

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)

82% of Americans own a cell phone (Smith, A)

67% of Americans use smartphone to access Internet (Smith, A)

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 - First 2000 (Pope,2010)

2009 ECAR Study - 14.8 respondents would use library services ("2010 top ten," 2010)

University of Cambridge Study – Library use with Smartphone (Aldrich, 2010)

85% Opening hours28% Electronic journals

Kent State University – 2009 Focus Groups, Smartphone useAccess to online resources, course materials, and to be able to contact a librarian

Handheld Mobile Devices: Impact and Implications for Library Services (Cummings, Merrill, & Borrelli, 2010)

Specific tasks in mindSmartphones Give you wings: Pedagogical affordance of mobile Web 2.0 (Cochrane, & Bateman, 2010)

SmartPhone Devices Blackberry – Introduced 1996

Personal Digital Assistant2002 SmartPhone introduced

iPhone – Introduced 20072008 APP Store launched with over 200,000 App’s4 Generations

Android OS – Introduced 2008Open source platform from GoogleAndroid 3.0 upgrade (Honeycomb)

Larger screen, interface and multicore(Wikipedia, 2010)

First attemptJoin – Basic is freeCapture content on websiteWanted code - Control issue

Mobifyme http://mobify.me/tour/

Montana State University Library

Demo

http://www.lib.montana.edu/~jason/files/m/

Mobile Site Generator v1.1 http://www.hiddenpeanuts.com/msg/

iUI: iPhone User Interface Framework

Download iUI fileEnter your TitleAdd Header Image – 320 x 40Start adding informationHTML code - Notepad

Mobile Site Generator v1.1

:

Enter your subfields and then select Submit

Copy and paste code to Notepad

Mobile Site Generator v1.1

Butler Library Web SiteMarketing approved May 2010Design May/June 2010Marketing designed logo July 2010Launched September 2010Marketing advertised on home page http://bit.ly/bNN8mz

Butler Mobile Statistics

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 WebsiteLive July 22, 2010 http://libraries.wichita.edu/mobile Campus announcement, July 27 (36 visits)

Viewport Supported by: iPhone, Android, IE Mobile, Opera & webOS

http://learnthemobileweb.com/2009/07/mobile-meta-tags/

http://davidcalhoun.com/2010/viewport-metatag

WSU Libraries Mobile WebsiteJuly 22, 2010 – March 2011

Mobile Catalogs

http:

//lib

cat.w

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du/v

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v/se

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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.In negotiation for next fiscal year 2011-2012

Mobile Databases

Vendors With Mobile Sites / Apps

Mobile Databases

Finding Vendors with Apps / Sites Vendor Newsletters Listservs Literature Blogs Colleagues Internet search

Mobile DatabasesSetting Up Mobile Access Depends on the type of access provided

• iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch• Android• website

Depends on vendor• EBSCOhost – special URL • Gale – contact info

Mobile Databases

Created January 2010

From regular web site to mobile site – March 2010

http://bit.ly/9FIYua

Mobile DatabasesOctober 12, 2010 – March 2011

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 Add iLib2go from Auto-Graphics in fiscal year 2012 Update Electronic Resources and conduct further research in how academics are using mobile applicationsQR Codes &/or Microsoft Tag’sLibGuide as mobile web pageAugmented Reality??

Mobile Web Site

“It is incumbent upon libraries and information service providers to continue striving to provide quality services to all its users and the mobile segment of the overall user group will only continue to become more important.” (Cummings, Merrill, & Borrelli, 2010)

Thank you!

Bibliographyhttp://bit.ly/cwdPGM

ContactRonda Holt, rholt@butlercc.eduMary Walker, mary.walker@wichita.edu