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Take this App & Walk with It:Developing & Implementing a New
Library Mobile Tour
Jennifer GarrettNCSU Libraries Fellow
TRLN Annual Meeting / July 22, 2013
BACKGROUNDJames B. Hunt Jr. Library
BACKGROUND
VENDOR SELECTION
DESIGN & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
• Information architecture: vendor’s template• Tour options: by theme & by floor• Wayfinding: static maps
NOV. 2012 – JAN. 2013
DESIGN & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
• Script creation• Audio recording &
editing
• Content management
NOV. 2012 – JAN. 2013
IMPLEMENTATION
• App went live Feb. 26, 2013
• Marketing & Promotion– Library Website– E-boards & Technology
Showcase – Printed handouts & banner
NUMBERS
• 63 users per week (50 iOS and 13 Android users per week)
CONSIDERATIONS
• Wayfinding: GPS substitute
• Timeline: moving target• Content creation:
installation in progress• Copyright: determining
permission• Representation: spaces
in mobile
WHAT’S NEXT?
• Addition of tour content for D.H. Hill Library– Student Orientation: NCSU Libraries’ Open
House during Wolfpack Welcome Week in August.
THANKS!Lisa RuthDeanna DayWendy ScottJason CasdenCory LownChuck SamuelsBrent BraffordWill CrossDavid WoodburyJosh BoyerCharlie MorrisAnne BurkeKim DuckettMike NuttMara MathewsBeth DeBold & more…