Mobile Users Meet the Mobile Library

Ben RawlinsElectronic Resources Librarian

Georgetown College

Overview

• Why Mobile Matters• Why Mobile Matters at Georgetown College• Mobile Resources • Completed Mobile Projects• Projects Currently Working On• Tools and Frameworks • Available Code

Mobile

• “Mobiles enable ubiquitous access to information, social networks, tools for learning and productivity, and much more. Mobile devices continue to evolve, but it is the increased access to affordable and reliable networks that is driving this technology now. Mobiles are capable computing devices in their own right—and they are increasingly a user’s first choice for Internet access.”

» Horizon Report, 2011

Why Mobile Matters

• 46% of American adults now own a smartphone (Pew Internet and American Life Project)

• By 2015 80% of people accessing the Internet will be doing so from mobile devices (Horizon Report)

• By 2015 80% of Americans will own a smartphone (CNN)

• Internet capable mobile devices will outnumber computers within the next year (Horizon Report)

Why Mobile Matters

Why Mobile Matters

Why Mobile Matters

Why Mobile Matters

Why Mobile Matters

Mobile at Georgetown College

• Our network has 870 mobile devices registered, this does not include users who use a data plan exclusively (2010-2011 ITS Stats)

Mobile at Georgetown College

• Spring 2012 Survey

Mobile at Georgetown College

• Spring 2012 Survey

Mobile Resources

• Mobile Websites– LibGuides

Mobile Resources

• Mobile Websites– EBSCO– 22 Databases

Mobile Resources

• Mobile Websites– JSTOR

Mobile Resources

• Other Mobile Database Websites– LexisNexis– Annual Reviews– Chronicle of Higher Education– BioOne

Mobile Resources

• Apps

Completed Mobile Projects at Georgetown College

Mobile Catalog

Shelflister 2.0

Shelflister 3.0

• One of 6 beta test institutions• jQuery Mobile interface• Designed for Tablets

Mobile Catalog Redirect

QR Codes in the Library Catalog

LRC App

LRC App

LRC App

– App available for iOS and Android• Originally just released iOS app• 125 downloads of iOS version

– iOS version released in February• 11 downloads of Android version

– Android version released in early May

– Great Response from the campus community• Contacted by Admissions and Graduate Education

Department

Projects We Are Currently Working On

Mobile Website

BookMeUp

TigerTrax

TigerTrax

TigerTrax

Tools and Frameworks

Tools and Frameworks

jQuery Mobile

jQuery Mobile

PhoneGap

• HTML5 Framework that allows you to leverage existing web technologies (HTML, CSS and JavaScript)to develop native-like applications for a variety of platforms (iOS, Android, etc.)

• Purchased by Adobe and integrated into Dreamweaver

PhoneGap

• PhoneGap Build

Other Mobile Frameworks

• jQ Touch http://www.jqtouch.com/

• Sencha Touch http://www.sencha.com/products/touch

• iWebKit http://snippetspace.com/

Available Code

• Jason Clark, Montana State University– http://www.lib.montana.edu/~jason/files.php

Available Code

• Skidmore College Library– http://bit.ly/LBcrsW

Thank You