Presentation given as part of the following... The University of North Texas Department of Library and Information Sciences and the Texas Woman’s University Department of Library and Information Studies are members of the Federation. The two Departments of Library and Information Sciences for UNT and TWU are sponsoring a program on the Use of Information Technologies: Social Media and Mobile Devices in the Libraries of the Future.

1. 15 MINUTES OF
MOBILE LIBRARY
TOOLS WITH TINE
Tine Walczyk, PhD Candidate, UNT College of Information
April 24, 2013
Presented for the Federation of North Texas Area
Universities
tine@trainers-r-us.com Trainers-R-Us • Knowledge + Technology = Success

2. Mobile technology & Web tools are everywhere!
Learn for FREE from TSLAC with
Tech Tools with Tine webinars!
 25 archived webinars available and more on the WAY!
Productivity Tools OPAC / Research Presentations Social Interaction
Enhancement & Marketing
Jing Netvibes Prezi FourSquare
Everything EventBrite Photo Fun! Twitter
Google!!
Evernote Goodreads / Skype Facebook
Shelfari
Dropbox Zotero Slideshare LinkedIn
 Sign up @
https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/workshops/
webinars/techtools.html

3. What about our libraries? We’re mobile too, right?
I can see our website / OPAC on my phone!
 Not quite!!
 Just because you can see something on your Mobile Device does
not mean it is “Mobile”
 Mobile, in this sense of the word, is a technology, not a location.
 For something to BE mobile, it has to provide a number of
features such as:
 Quick access over slower bandwidth
 Easy use with less screen real-estate
 Incorporate the functionality of the mobile device itself – location
sensing, camera, etc.

4. Are all websites “mobile”?
 It depends. Some try harder than others.
Answer 1: No
Answer 2: Sort of
Answer 3: Mobile-accessible

5. What is the difference?
Mobile Accessible Website Mobile App
 Hosted on the web  Specifically built for
device
 Designed to work with
low-bandwidth  Uses camera, printing,
compass, accelerometer,
connection
network connection
 Considers limited  Distributed through a
screen real-estate “store”
 Good at providing  Off-line content possible
structure content

6. ILS / OPAC Mobile Accessible
Website Examples
 Southern Methodist University (Dallas)
(http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=smu)
(http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/searchBasic?sk=mobile)
 South Texas College
(http://library.southtexascollege.edu/Pages/Welcome.aspx)
(http://library.southtexascollege.edu/mobile/default.html)
 UT Pan American – Edinburg
(http://www.lib.utpa.edu/) UNT Libraries TWU Libraries
(http://m.lib.utpa.edu/)
 UT Austin Libraries
(http://www.lib.utexas.edu/)
(http://www.lib.utexas.edu/m/)
 Austin Community College
(http://library.austincc.edu/)
(http://library.austincc.edu/m/#_home)
 Texas State University Library LibGuides
(http://libguides.txstate.edu/index.php)
(http://libguides.txstate.edu/mobile.php)

7. ILS / OPAC APPS!
Houston Public Library
Dallas Public Library

8. Going Mobile (Plan it!)
Determine Current Situation Define Your Strategy
 What services do we provide that  Determine the gap between where
could/should be mobile? you are and where you need to be
 Work with your IT/Web staff to pull
statistics from your existing
 Do I need an app or just a websites
mobile-accessible website?
 Web analytics can tell you your
mobile traffic
 Cost Benefit Analysis  User agent line from your web logs
 An example –  Determine where you need to be
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/  Look at the Literature / Trends /
watkins/cba.htm Projections
 A formula --  ASK your users
http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/  ASK your current vendors where
watkins/cbaprofit.htm they are

9. Going Mobile (Implement it!)
Fund Your Effort Learn More
 Mobile Applications  Interviewing a Developer --
Initiative http://www.bluecloudsolutions.co
m/blog/developer-hire-iphone-
(Fund your resources) ninja/
 Pros of a Mobile Accessible
Website -
 Program from TSLAC to http://www.hswsolutions.com/ser
make your library mobile. vices/mobile-web-
development/mobile-website-vs-
apps/
 Yes, there’s still money!  Mobile Optimization Guide -
Check it out!! (for TexShare http://dev.opera.com/articles/vie
w/the-mobile-web-optimization-
members) guide/