laurie bridges, kim griggs, hannah gascho rempel
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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
OSU Libraries m.library