niso webinar: knowledge in your pocket: mobile technology and libraries
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NISO Webinar: Knowledge in Your Pocket:
Mobile Technology and Libraries
October 9, 2013
Speakers:
Terry Ballard - Special Projects Librarian at the College of New RochelleRachel Besara - Assistant Librarian, Strozier Library,
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FloridaAnne K. Seymour -Associate Director, Biomedical Library, University of Pennsylvania
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/webinars/mobile
Libraries on the Run: Adding Mobile Access to Academic Libraries
Terry BallardSpecial Projects Librarian
Gill Library, College of New Rochelle
Starting with the big question
• Why do we need this?• At the New York Law School, I was the Assistant Director of Technical Services for library systems. I felt that the patrons were already well served with our classic catalog and Encore discovery service.
There’s an app for that
• In April 2011 I attended the Innovative Users Group conference in San Francisco. The keynote speaker was Thomas Frey, director of the Da Vinci Institute. He spoke of the emerging technological meta-trends facing libraries. The most important was the fact that mobile technologies are taking a greater share of the information market, and the information world was being swamped by free or nearly free apps.
I came away a believer
• At future automation meetings, we discussed the feasibility of creating a mobile app. The first step was to get a look at our peer group. Sadly, we found that no other law school library was listed in the iTunes or the Android store. For law school libraries, we would have to be the pioneers.
Which vendor?
• We knew that we wanted our app to be available in the major online stores, so I went in to the iTunes and Android stores and searched ‘Library.’ At the time there were surprisingly few hits. About half of the libraries were public or small academic libraries with homemade systems. The name that came up most frequently for a vendor was Boopsie. We began to contact them.
Checking their past work
• Boopsie had done mobile apps for other libraries using Innovative Interfaces, so we began paying attention to these as the negotiations progressed. Everything looked good except for one thing – none of the Boopsie/III libraries had an app setting for course reserves. This feature was very important for NYLS, so we had to work out some way to create it for the app.
Book Expo
• While attending the 2011 BookExpo in New York, I happened to spot a pair of librarians from a library that had purchased Boopsie. I asked them about their experience and the answer was all I needed to give the company a full recommendation to the committee.
Feeding the catalog
• The catalog interface was set up by Boopsie. They worked from a text file with the names of all titles in the catalog. Once a query turned up a match, the system went from there to a visit to the catalog to retrieve information such as current status. To do this, we had to send them a complete file of marc records every few weeks.
Other channels
Librarians worked with Boopsie to set up the other channels such as library hours and announcements. This was done by working in a shared Google Documents account. One channel that gave us a particular problem was the one for DRAGNET, a Google Custom Search created by the library to track the most important free legal resources on the web.
Making DRAGNET work
• We found out that a smooth display of DRAGNET was our problem to solve. It turned out that I was visiting the GooglePlex at about this time, and got the help I needed to set up a mobile display of our Google Custom Search pages.
When the nyls.boopsie.com page is visited by a device, it automatically passes you to
the correct store.
Autodetect
• Our librarians wanted users who went to our catalog address using a mobile device to be directed to a web-enabled page automatically. Boopsie had already created the page for us, but we had to located code to add to the header of our catalog that made the switch.
Getting the word out
• In the late summer of 2011 we began a campaign to let the users know that mobile had arrived at the library. There were posters, flyers and even QR codes in the elevators.
• On the official launch day, the librarians gathered at the reference desk for a group shot holdings their cell phones.
Mobile-enabled catalog
Issues with a student
• One student signed up for the app, but was concerned about the permissions being granted to make it work, such as location. This was investigated for several days until we found that this is the standard procedure for every app in the world. The student thought it was fine to grant these permissions to a corporation, but balked at giving them to a library.
Launch day!
Announcement
• At the time, we announced that we were the first law school in America with a full service mobile app. This was backed up by searches in the iTunes store and the Android store. Also, nobody spoke up to dispute that claim.
Usage
• The first month’s usage data showed that quite a few users had loaded and used the app. The big question was whether it would be used heavily after the initial excitement. By the time I retired in August 2012, it was clear that the product had legs. There was substantial usage, even during the summer.
College of New Rochelle
• Shortly after I retired from full time library work I was invited to work part-time at the College of New Rochelle Gill library on various special projects. One of the early suggestions I made was to look into mobile access. The college itself did not have an app, so we would be on our own.
Factors in choosing a vendor
• Cost was a major consideration in this purchase. Boopsie was costlier than some of the other services, so we looked further. One service was extremely affordable, but they provided mobile access to the catalog rather than a full app. LibraryThing had a mobile app that was well-regarded by people I knew, and it was relatively affordable.
Setup
• As with Boopsie, the company did the major job, which was to create a mobile catalog interface. In this case, the provisional app was available for viewing within a day or two after signing the contract. I was given the job of adding the rest of the features such as news events, branch information and links to our LibGuides. We’d already created branch information pages in the catalog, so we were able to adapt these to the mobile app.
We were given a form to fill out to complete the details of the extra links
Rollout of the app has been gradual
• We have begun to mention it at bibliographic instruction sessions
• We added a link to the web page• It was announced at a general faculty/staff meeting.
Another difference
• LibraryAnywhere requires an app that can be found in Android or iTunes. Once you load that, you browse locations to find your library – CNR is not listed directly in the mobile stores.
Initial response
• Students and faculty have been very receptive to this new offering. There have been occasional access glitches – particularly when it app is used on-campus. Our IT department has been very helpful in fielding these questions.
Contact information
• Terry Ballard, Special Projects Librarian• Gill Library, College of New Rochelle• [email protected]
• Further information found in the book “Google this: Putting Google and other social media sites to work for your library.”
• See http://googlethis.com
Questions?
Using Mobile Technology for Assessment, Data Visualization, and Advocacy
Rachel BesaraAssessment LibrarianFlorida State University
Assessment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/falcifer/3136673599/
Assessment:Quantitative
Tally ProDecibel Meter Pro
LuxMeter Pro
QuickTapSurveyTouchPoint
Assessment:Quantitative
Tally ProDecibel Meter Pro
LuxMeter Pro
QuickTapSurveyTouchPoint
Assessment:Quantitative
Tally ProDecibel Meter Pro
LuxMeter Pro
QuickTapSurveyTouchPoint
Assessment:Quantitative
Tally ProDecibel Meter Pro
LuxMeter Pro
QuickTapSurveyTouchPoint
Assessment:Qualitative
Sketchbook Pro
Camera
Voice memos
ATLAS.ti mobile
Assessment:Qualitative
Sketchbook Pro
Camera
Voice memos
ATLAS.ti mobile
Assessment:Qualitative
Sketchbook Pro
Camera
Voice memos
ATLAS.ti mobile
Assessment:Qualitative
Sketchbook Pro
Camera
Voice memos
ATLAS.ti mobile
Data Visualization
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindes/
Data Visualization:Quantitative – Business Analytics
Roambi Analytics
QlikView
MicroStrategy
Data Visualization:Quantitative
Roambi Analytics
Data Visualization:Quantitative
Roambi Analytics
Library STEM Population Survey Results
Data Visualization:Quantitative
Roambi Analytics
Data Visualization:Qualitative
Corkulou
s
Popplet
Evernote
Data Visualization:Qualitative
Popplet
Advocacy
http://www.exeter.edu/academics/news_events_14285.aspx
Advocacy:Quantitative
Roambi Flow
Advocacy: Qualitative
Popplet
Advocacy:Qualitative
Evernote
Conclusion
• Assessment
• Data Visualization
• Advocacy
Thank you!Rachel Besara – [email protected]
Apps• Tally Counter Pro – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tally-counter-pro/id432022382?mt=8• Decibel Meter Pro – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/decibel-meter-pro/id382776256?mt=8• QuickTapSurvey – http://www.quicktapsurvey.com/• TouchPoint – http://opinionmeter.com/• SUMA – http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dli/projects/spaceassesstool• Sketchbook Pro – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sketchbook-pro-for-ipad/id364253478?mt=8• ATLAS.ti – http://www.atlasti.com/ipad.html• QulikView – http://www.qlikview.com/• Roambi Analytics & Flow – http://www.roambi.com/• MicroStrategy - http://www.microstrategy.com/• Corckulous – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/corkulous-pro/id367779315?mt=8• Poplet – http://popplet.com/• Evernote – https://evernote.com/Articles• Besara, R. M. (2012) “Apps for Assessment: A Starting Point.” The Reference Librarian, 53(3), 304-309.• Besara, R. M. (2012) “Using Mobile Tools for Advocacy.” The Reference Librarian, 53(3), 297-303.
mHealth and mLearning:Global and Local Initiatives
Informing Mobile Strategy at Penn Libraries
Anne K. SeymourUniversity of Pennsylvania • Biomedical Library
October 9, 2013
Penn & Penn Libraries in Botswana
Medical Information Needs Assessment: Key findings
Cell phones ubiquitous
Excellent cellular infrastructure
Lack of access to information in clinical settings
Potential for mobile technology Leapfrog over non-digital
information
Early mobile/mHealth initiatives
Key partnership with Penn leader in mobile telemedicine
Intern from UB Library to Penn for 6 months
NLM funding for installation and testing of text2medline (SMS queries of Medline), expanded to clinical guidelines
Penn & CHOP led IT audit of UB SOM
Photos courtesy of Ryan Littman Quinn
Smartphone pilot
Photos courtesy of Ryan Littman Quinn
Scale up of mLearning Project
Photos courtesy of Ryan Littman Quinn
Research in mLearning Outcomes
“Evaluation of generic medical information accessed via mobile phones at the point of care in resource-limited settings”
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
March 2013
Other factors influencing mobile strategy
Users & early adopters at Penn, UPHS
Medical apps and mobilized websites
Health sciences content in mobile format
Wireless
What we learned and applied
Freedom to go right to digital, not trapped and weighed down by older systems
Resource-limited settings: have to be creative
Developing interfaces ask the right questions keep it simple
Don't put limited resources to developing apps
Piggy back on other projects
What we learned and applied
Evaluating and licensing apps
Importance of access to information when not connected
Beyond the device or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): focus on resources and services, not device
How to fix phones dropped in water
Latest initiatives iPad initiative in Perelman
School of Medicine
Hackathons: Hack the Change
Health informatics training in Botswana
Introducing mLearning in Guatemala
NISO Webinar • October 9, 2013
Questions?All questions will be posted with presenter answers on the NISO website following the webinar:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/webinars/mobile
NISO Webinar: Knowledge in Your Pocket: Mobile Technology and Libraries
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