Presentation for 2012 Handheld Librarian Conference
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Making the Library Mobile on a Shoestring Budget Presented by: Kyle Potter, Michele Ruth, Helen Bischoff & Ben Rawlins Georgetown College
Transcript
1. Presented by:Kyle Potter, MicheleRuth, Helen Bischoff &
BenRawlinsGeorgetown College
2. Overview Why mobile matters How we made a lot with a little
The evolution of reference services Tools and projects using free
and open source software Allie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half
[http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/]
3. Why Mobile Matters Devices strikingly common: 35% of
Americans own a smartphone 23% of all Americans use one to go
online on a typical day 35% of American Adults Own a Smartphone,
Pew Internet and American Life Project, July 2011
[http://bit.ly/nT2Ly6] Dramatic increase in eReader and tablet
ownership 19% own tablet computers 19% own e-readers Tablet and
E-book reader Ownership Nearly Double Over the Holiday Gift-Giving
Period, Pew Internet and American Life Project, January 20121
[http://bit.ly/zh0Jxy]
4. Georgetown College Goes Mobile Georgetown College has 2100
campus members. Our network has 870 mobile devices registered, and
many patrons use their providers data plan exclusivelyOperating
System Number of Registered Clients on WiFiApple iPhone 486Apple
iPod 198Apple iPad 124Android 622
5. Shoestring Budget Yes, you can!3
6. You Can Too..assuming you already have someone on staff
toinitiate and implement mobile products.Otherwise, you are looking
at quite an expense ofhiring someone to fulfill that role or of
trainingsomeone to do it.4
7. CostThe good news is that with a librarian in place
toinitiate the process, the costs are low. Adobe Content Reader
$250 (Purchased from EBSCO) http://www.adobe.com/products/content-
server.html http://support.ebsco.com/ebooks/5
8. CostApple 8-GB iPods Purchased 2 from Amazon.com for $189.00
each The purpose of these is to provide a fun, easy and reliable
way for our student assistants to do shelf reading Free software
called ShelfLister was obtained http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/shelf
check/6
9. Budget Kindle Kindle Keyboard 3G Nook $79 $139 $99 Case
$29.99 Case $29.99 Case $17.467
10. Reference & Instruction8
11. By the numbers 2010-11 FTE: 1708 2010-11 Instruction
Sessions: 55 (1040 attendees) 2010-11 Reference Desk Transactions:
1699 1178 related to computer, software, technology9
12. By the numbers 2010-11 Graduate Enrollment: 56710 What does
this mean and why does it matter?
13. Evolving Research Desk Meebo Chat From the ref desk to the
chat room LibGuides A true handheld librarian iPhone, Android,
Tablet explosion Changing dialogue at the11 desk
14. Research Goes Sexy-Mobile Mobile research databases:
American Chemical Society (free app) Bio One (mobile) Ebsco (free
app) Lexis-Nexis (Beta mobile) Online Catalog12
15. Old Dog, New TricksFREE! Painless face-lift Revitalize
existing resources Promote scholarly research in a new way Market
to the tech-savvy (smart phone-driven) student and faculty
population13
16. Projects and Tools14
17. Mobile Catalog First Mobile Project Released November 14,
2011 https://voyager.georgetowncollege.edu/vwe
bv/searchBasic?sk=mobile Scaled downed Voyager Catalog Based on UT
Arlingtons Mobile Catalog http://pulse.uta.edu/vwebv/m/ Different
Mobile Catalog Codes available on EL Commons 111 visits, 427 page
views and 31 scans of the QR code since release15
18. Shelflister Developed by Michael Doran at UT Arlington
Inventory Program for Voyager Code Available for download
http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/shelfcheck/16
19. QR Codes in the Catalog Redesigned Catalog Interface Added
two QR code features Link Whats this? webpage explaining QR
codes17
20. iPhone App Most registered mobile devices on campus are iOS
devices Phonegap http://phonegap.com/ HTML, CSS, Javascript Used
Adobe Dreamweaver and Xcode Just Released (LRC)18
21. Another Mobile Catalog jQuery Mobile Catalog search in
iPhone app links out to this mobile catalog Track mobile catalog
access from iPhone app19
22. ToolsMobile Development Tools Available Coding HTML, CSS,
etc. EL Commons (Ex Libris Users) Phonegap Jason Clark, Montana
State University http://www.lib.montana.edu/~jason/files.php Adobe
Dreamweaver (or other HTML editor) Skidmore College Mobile Website
Code https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer jQuery
Mobile &chrome=true&srcid=0B2FE4kld_9DyNjY5ZWM4M jQ Touch
GMtNmI4NC00YWQ2LTk4NjQtNjUyMmY5MGYzN2 M3&hl=en_US&pli=1
Sencha Touch iLibrarian blog
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2011/7-tools-to-
create-a-mobile-library-website-without-technical- knowledge/ Ask
us, we will share our code20
23. Resources Adobe Content Reader
http://www.adobe.com/products/content-server.html Georgetown
College Mobile Catalog
https://voyager.georgetowncollege.edu/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=mobile
Phonegap http://phonegap.com/ UT Arlington Mobile Catalog
http://pulse.uta.edu/vwebv/m/ Shelflister Software Code (Michael
Doran) http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/shelfcheck/21
24. Thank You Kyle Potter Michele Ruth Helen Bischoff Ben
Rawlins22