Your Library on the Go: Catching Up with Your Mobile Patrons Or, How to Optimize Your Mobile Presence with Minimal Investment and Expertise Karrie McLellan Head of Digital Services East Greenbush Community Library
May 25, 2015
Your Library on the Go: Catching Up with Your Mobile Patrons
Or, How to Optimize Your Mobile Presence with Minimal Investment and Expertise
Karrie McLellanHead of Digital ServicesEast Greenbush Community Library
Disclaimer
What Does Mobile-Friendly Mean?
Separate Sites
Responsive Site
Apps
I hate to throw my own library system under the bus…
Does your library need a mobile presence?
YES!**Some special libraries may be exceptions
The Numbers
58% of American adults have a
smartphone.http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/mobile-technology-fact-sheet/
25% of US Web users are mobile ONLYhttp://mobithinking.com
Your Options
1. Do Nothing
2. Apps
Should we have one?
Why?
Free App Builders
Free(ish) Services
http://iui-js.org
3. Retrofit
Early WordPress Plugin
Full page
Mobile top
Mobile bottom
http://techtips.eastgreenbushlibrary.org
Responsive Theme “Twenty
Twelve”
4. Separate Sites
5. Build a New Site
Responsive Design
More Examples• http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/hardinmd/2012/05/03/re
sponsive-design-sites-higher-ed-libraries-notables/
• http://bostonglobe.com/• http://jstor.com/• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/• http://2012.buildconf.com/• http://contentsmagazine.com/• http://css-tricks.com/
*also a useful site on this subject
Mobile Design Tools
Free to low cost Prefab Library
Free, but limited templates.
More options and flexibility.
$, comes with 24/7 support
Looks promising!
What to Include
Also…
And…
Layout? Style?!
Mobile Tips
ADA Considerations
Alt Tags
Headings
Document Type Indicators
Choosing “Safe” Colors
http://www.visibone.com/colorblind/
http://safecolours.rigdenage.com/colourchoice.html
Geek Alert!
http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-mediaqueries
http://bradfrost.github.io/this-is-responsive/index.html
http://matthew.reidsrow.com/articles/23
Jason Clark, Chad Mairn – Supreme Geeks
Test and Test again
Emulatorhttp://www.mobilephoneemulator.com/
Validator
Testing RWD
http://designyourway.net/blog/resources/tools-for-testing-responsive-websites-21-items
Many, Many Resources• http://libsuccess.org/M-Libraries • http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/the-ultimate-mega-essential-websi
te-design-guide-115-resources/
• Rock stars to follow online:o Ellyssa Kroski (iLibrarian blog)o David Lee King
o Jonathan Stark (non-librarian)o Chad Mairno Jason Clarko Brad Frosto Matthew Reidsrow
Responsive: http://www.abookapart.com/ , http://www.alistapart.com/
Complementary Tools
QR Codes
How We Use Them
Other Library Ideas• Link to movie trailers• Link to librarian book talks• Readers advisory – “If you like
this…”• Nonfiction pathfinders• Scavenger hunt• Scan to sign up for electronic
newsletter• Pull up a map of the library
What Do Your Patrons Need?
TESCO/Home Plus in South Korea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGaVFRzTTP4
Delivr - Create
Delivr - Style
QR Code Tips
QR Code Resources• http://hackaday.com/2011/08/11/how-to-put-your-logo-in-a-
qr-code/
• http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/qr-code-roundup-10-resources-for-librarians-and-educators/
• http://mashable.com/2010/08/23/how-to-create-qr-codes/
QR Code Generators:• http://delivr.com/QR-Code-Generator • http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ (no free stats)• http://www.qrstuff.com/
Social Media
Your VoiceDO: DON’T
:
Ground Rules
Woobox
RSS Graffiti App (Facebook)
Twitterfeed.com, IFTTT, Event Calendar API
Questions?
Contact Info: Karrie McLellanHead of Digital ServicesEast Greenbush Community [email protected]
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