Laurie Bridges, Kim Griggs, Hannah Gascho Rempel

“As with most technology developments, this one is fast-moving. This is not a time to sit on the sidelines as other campus units are developing services for mobile users…Academic libraries should make conscious choices about what they want to offer in this arena and act accordingly” Joan Lippincott, 2008

Teens (12-17)

71% own a mobile phone 25% of all teens ages 12-14 send text

messages daily. 51% of teens ages 15-17 send text

messages daily.

Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five YearsPew Internet, 2008

Generation Y and Mobile Phones 74% send or receive text messages

40% send more than 10 a day

44% send or receive pictures 24% send or receive emails 23% use instant messaging

Library Tech ReportOn the Move with the Mobile WebKroski, 2008

Timeline December: Establishment of MobileLib

TeamLaurie, Kim, & Hannah (and Stephen)

January – February: Research, development, and usability testing

March: Roll out of mobile websiteLibrary HoursAsk a LibrarianHow Do I?Where is it?Directions

What’s Unique about Our Site? Uses iPhone standards and design Optimized for smartphones and “dumb”

cell phones First mobile site on campus

Positive ReviewsI work at the Providence College Library and have been working on designing a mobile site. I've used your site as a reference and it's been invaluable. I really like your design...

My name is Alison Miller and I am working on the InfoQuest pilot project - a collaborative text messaging service. We would like to make our main site mobile accessible and it was recommended that we contact you to learn your "tricks" and possibly get some input or assistance.

I had a question, who did the design work for this? I'm looking into the mobile piece for Central Web and was wondering if this was done in-house or via a vendor?

Stats

Unique Visitors per day: 80 Top pages viewed

HoursFloormapsDirectionsAsk a LibrarianCall numbers

International m-Libraries Conference Vancouver, BC in June Librarians and programmers from

Canada, U.S., England, Ireland, Spain, India, Bangladesh, Fiji, China, and South Africa.

Keynote Speakers: Lorcan Dempsey and Joan Lippincott

Hot Topics: Searchable catalogs, text-a-librarian, QR codes, text alerts

Timeline Continued

June – September: Development and usability testing

September: Release of mobile catalog, computer status

Mobile Catalog Features

Search by keyword, title, author, call number, and ISBN

Email or text library record to selfSearch course reservesLimit searches to library branchSet number of results (1, 5, 10)Shelf ViewLocation and availability most prominent in

results

Future Development

Flickr historic tour Find-a-friend QR codes

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