WAYS TO MOBILIZE YOUR LIBRARY

Adult Services Forum 2011

Panelists

Melissa Brisbin, IT Division, Cape May County Libraryhttp://prezi.com/g0axjrw01vkb/qr-codes/

Cynthia Lambert, Mary Jacobs Branch, Somerset County Libraryhttp://slideshare.net/baldwind1976

Doug Baldwin, Systems Administrator, Cranbury Public Libraryhttp://slideshare.net/baldwind1976

Mobilize Your Library

Cynthia M. LambertSCLS Mary Jacobs Branch

609-924-7073, ext. 109clambert@sclibnj.org

What We Are Doing?

Android Application

Largest E-Book Collection in NJ

Staff Training / Patron Training

ChromeBooks: Rethinking Mobility

There’s an App for that!Who Created It?

How Will They Know?

Why Only Android?

Future Functionality

Promoting the Mobile Library

QR CodesPublic DesksE-Readers 4

SaleGift Cards

Investment: More Than $$

Largest E-Book Collection in New Jersey

Staff & Patron Training

Devices at Every Branch

Chrome Books: What is Mobile?Mobility within the

Library

Inexpensive

Tech Training Anywhere

Pilot Program Now

Ways to Mobilize Your Library

2011 Adult Services ForumDoug Baldwin , Systems Administrator

Cranbury Public Library

Cranbury Public Library Mobile Projects:

• Library mobile website

• Kindle lending program

Library Mobile Website… why?

1/3 of US residents have used a cellular or smart phone to access the Internet for emailing, IM, or information seeking

One a given day, 19% of Americans use the Internet on a mobile device. This an increase of 43% from 2007

Among those using phones to access the Internet, 46% say mobile access is very important for getting information online.

Information taken from 2009 Pew Internet and American Life study entitled,

“Wireless Internet Usage”

Mobile Site Vs. App : The Death Match

Mobile Website

Easy tools to create a siteLow cost threshold if done in-houseOne site – all devices (smart and dumb)Design flexibilityPlugins for CMS – can reconfigure current site for mobileVendors – single costs and monthly/annual costs models to choose from

Mobile App

Faster performance optimized for the deviceAccess to phone hardware (camera, GPS, etc)Catalog enhancements for mobileMany apps for many devices (have you included everyone)Highly technical to create – Vendor needed in most instancesVendors – yearly contracts

How did my regular site look to the “mobile” world

Instant Mobilizerhttp://instantmobilizer.com

W3C Mobile Checkerhttp://validator.w3.org/mobile/

DotMobi Emulatorhttp://mtld.mobi/emulator.php 

Mobireadyhttp://mobiready.com

User Agent Switcher for Firefoxhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59

If you build it…

Mobile Web

Wapple.net Wirenode.com Mobify.com Onbile.com Mobisitegalore.com Dudamobile.com Zindaoo.com UNC Mobile Site Gener

ator Bmobilized.com

(pay only) Mofuse.com

(pay only)

Apps (Vendors)

Boopsie Libraries Anywhere Infor

App Builder

Appmakr (free tool / cost-added)

Shortcuts for CMS users (our solution) Using Wordpress?

WPtouch WP Mobile Edition WPTap

Using Joomla? MobileBot

Using Drupal Mobile for Drupal

And if your really in a pinch…

Try Google Mobile Optimizer (use with http://bit.ly.com)

http://www.google.com/gwt/n

An example - http://bit.ly/nRuzjQ

Or… Try Mippin

http://mippinmaker.com

Providing mobile content…

Can you think of any others???

Kindle Lending Program

The Path to Lending

Setting your goals

The Path to Lending

Know your community

The Path to LendingDo your homework (Oh the tangled web..)

The Path to Lending

Getting Approval

The Path to Lending

Purchasing a Device(s)

The Path to Lending

Staff testing..and testing..and testing

The Path to Lending

Develop your policies & procedures

The Path to LendingThe Beta group

The Path to LendingThe Release

The Path to Lending

Contact InfoDoug BaldwinSystems AdministratorCranbury Public Librarybaldwin@cranburypubliclibrary.orgTwitter / @baldwind1976Facebook / http://facebook.com/cranburyplLinked In / http://www.linkedin.com/in/db1976

Presentation links can be found at :

http://slideshare.net/baldwind1976

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