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