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Library in their PocketUsing Technology to Meet Patrons Halfway
Presented by:Sarah Glassmeyer, JD MLSDirector of Content Development
Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)[email protected]
Agenda
• What is mobile tech?– Considerations
• WordPress Basics– Plugins/Widgets– Themes
• QR Codes• eBooks, eReaders, ePatrons?
Notes
• Not a CALI sales pitch• Arthur C. Clarke magic• Glassmeyer Theory of Library Tech– Cheap– Easy– Patrons will actually use it• Stuff they’re already using• Stuff they *should* be using
Mobile Tech
The Stats Slide
• One mobile device for ever person on earth by 2015
• More people use phones to go online than PCs by 2013
• 71% expect mobile site to work as fast as desktop
• 23% of adults have cursed at their phone when the mobile site doesn’t work
Source: http://www.howtogomo.com
Mobile Considerations
• Size• Operating system– Be system agnostic– Flash
• Play to their strengths– Cameras– Pre-made apps– Ubiquitous-ness– Easy
To App or Not to App?
• Short answer: Nope.• The case against apps:– Lots of development time/money– Extra step to access– Not system agnostic – Rarely an advantage use wise–Maintenance of changes
App Alternatives
• Mobile friendly sites• QR Codes• eBooks
Mobile Friendly sites
• Keep it quick• Simple navigation• Thumb friendly• Visibility• Mobile redirect (if possible – link
okay)• Not sure?
http://www.howtogomo.com/
Mobile Test Example
Mobile Test, 2
Mobile Test, 3
Q. What if your site is NOT mobile friendly?
A. Make one.
Wordpress
• Blogging platform• Hosted or Self
hosted–Wordpress.com–Wordpress.org –MU (your institution
or CALI classcaster
• Open Source• Plugins
Plugins/Widgets
• ~19,000 Plugins• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
• Uses– Add functionality with press of button– change look– change entire site
(Themes also do some of the above but are more appearance based.)
Wordpress Uses
• Library Website• Research Guide(LibGuides)• Course webpage (TWEN/Blackboard)• Other type of website• Blog• Podcast Host
All of these will be mobile friendly!
Wordpress in Action!
Wordpress, 2
Wordpress Basic Start
Dashboard
Themes
Plugins
Only for self-hosted or Wordpress MU wordpress sites. Otherwise use widgets.
Widgets
Functionality as well as page layout
Adding Content
Ta-da!
Make it Mobile!
Mobile Site
PART THREE
Q. We know what mobile means and how to make a mobile friendly website. How
do we get it from the web onto their device?
A. QR Codes
QR Codes
• Quick Response Code• Free to make, Free to decipher• Bar code on steroids– URL– App in app store– Contact information– Phone number
QR Codes, 2
1. What do you want QR code to point to?
2. Create QR Code3. Release into wild4. Patrons scan them
Creating QR Codes
Creating QR Codes, 2
Suggested Uses
Put on book dummy and link to electronic version
Research guides
Library Tours
Business cards, office doors, library doors
Suggested Uses, 2
Patron Surveys
PART FOUR
eBooks, eReaders, e-cetera
eBooks
• Why eBooks?– Easier to read on mobile than PDF or
Word
• What are eBooks?– 2 Standards – ePub and .mobi(Kindle)–Mini-website
• What about iBooks?– Forget it. Just another app.
How to Make eBooks
• Full instruction (with pictures!) on my website: http://sarahglassmeyer.com/?p=951 (Making eBooks for Fun and No Profit)– Free software
• Open Office Writer to ePub extension http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/Writer2ePub
• Calibre http://calibre-ebook.com/• SIGIL http://code.google.com/p/sigil/
– Word -> Open Office Doc -> Save as ePub ->Edit in SIGIL ->transform to .mobi in Calibre
• Alternatively, wordpress plugins http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/epub
Suggested Uses
• Anything you put on website in word or PDF
• Anything in the public domain – Statutory supplements
• Law reviews/in House publication
Thank you!
Questions?
Image Credits• http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamhook/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/3gstore/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrianblack/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/edans/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshb/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/azmichelle/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/frostwire/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/clonedmilkmen/• http://www.flickr.com/photos/dyanna/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/foobarbaz/