Should there be an

app for that?Scholarly journals on mobile devices

Everyone wants the Library

on their mobile device

Smartphones are owned by 83% of college-aged

adults

Tablets are owned by 42% of adults

Surveys and studies report that students at all

levels are interested in conducting research on

their mobile devices

Not just the catalog!

Standards for mobile sites

Standards developed by the

experts: the W3C, World Wide Web

Consortium

Led by Tim Berners-Lee, with 400+

members including Google, Apple,

Adobe, Facebook, Dell Sony

Standards for Web Applications on

Mobile (2014)

Test your site at the Mobile Validator

Options for delivering

scholarly journals to a

mobile device

iTunes and Android apps

iPad Newsstand offers thousands of individual

journal apps

Third-party apps including BrowZine and Flipster

Web apps that launch mobile-specific site

Responsive design - resize depending on the

detected screen

Could you do your

professional reading on a

mobile device?

Investigation of the top 25

Library & Information

Science journals

Combined prestige and citation count lists

Included top circulating titles

Testing devices included iPhone 4S and iPad mini

iTunes or Android app

Mobile site or web app

Responsive design to resize screen for device

Study conducted September -October 2014

What Journals

Do You Read?

Tell Me! PollEv.com/lindawobbe

(poll is closed)

Two Library & Information Science journals you read

Have you ever tried reading them on a mobile

device?

The app option: 16%

Four of the top 25 Library &

Information Science

journals have an app:

The Chronicle of Higher

Education,

College & Research

Libraries,

JASIST,

Library Journal

App functionality

Authentication – must use the

regular site to create an account

Platform - Two of the apps aren’t available for the iPhone, only the

iPad

Functionality – Return to full site, save

articles, don’t need the internet

after download, change font, email

Readability - beautiful

BrowZine 76%

another app option 19 of the top 25 journals are included now, with 2 more

coming soon

Subscribers: select your institution and use standard authentication from within the app.

Open Access: College & Research Libraries, select Open Access Only and create a BrowZine account.

Download from the App Store: Apple Android

Platform: iPhone or iPad

Print, email, share, social media links

Save, mark as read; off-internet reading

Mobile site or web app: 36%Nine of the top 25 Library & Information Science

journals are hosted on sites employing a mobile-

specific site or web app:

• Aslib Journal of Information Management,

Journal of Documentation: Emerald

• Collection Management; Library Collections,

Acquisitions and Technical Services : Taylor &

Francis.

• College & Research Libraries News: Highwire.

• Journal of Information Science: SAGE.

• Journal of Medical Internet Research: open

access

• Journal of the Medical Library Association:

PubMedCentral

• Library Quarterly: Univ Chicago/JSTOR

Mobile site or web app

authentication

Authentication – most launch the mobile site when you login AND offer pairing

Pairing can be overly complex

Pairing expires

JSTOR’s nice model:

Navigate to the JSTOR site through your library,

OR bookmark the web app and use the “Get Access” link to select your institution and authenticate using your standard authentication protocol.

A voucher is a code that will tie your mobile device to your institution’s subscriptions. This voucher will grant you access to protected content while not on your institution’s network. Each mobile device must be vouched for individually and vouchers are only valid for the publisher for which it is issued.

2. Why am I unable to obtain a mobile voucher from my mobile

device? In order to request a mobile voucher, you must first be recognized as being part of an institutional subscription. Simply connect your mobile device to your institution’s network and then begin the process to obtain a voucher. To obtain a voucher for your mobile device, follow these steps:Put your device on your institution’s network and open the mobile journal site that you would like to obtain a voucher for (for example, http://m.abs.sagepub.com)Select “Authorize this Device”Complete the “Authenticate Mobile Device for SAGE Journals” form and click SubmitCopy the voucher code provided on the next screen and click on URL providedEnter the voucher code and select “Get access”This process will obtain and apply the voucher directly to your mobile device. If you are still unable to obtain a mobile voucher, you are either not on your institution’s network or your institution does not have a subscription to that particular publication. Please consult your university or institutional librarian for more information.

3. How do I obtain a Voucher Code with another computer and apply

it to my device? You can obtain a mobile voucher from any computer on your institution’s network. Simply visit:http://online.sagepub.com/voucher/getFill out the form and you will receive a voucher code both on-screen and by email (be sure to tick the box “Send voucher by email”. You will have 48 hours to apply this voucher to your device before it expires. To apply the voucher to your mobile device, follow these steps:Open up the mobile journal site that you would like to apply a voucher toSelect “Authorize this Device”Select “Apply a mobile voucher”Enter the code and submit

Mobile site or web app

readability

Readability – PDF’s best

HTML lots of funny situations

Mobile site or web app

functionality

Functionality – lots!

Common Icons

Table of Contents

Share, email, print

New web page

View all open pages

Bookmark

Mobile optimized responsive

design: 48%

Twelve of the top 25 Library & Information Science

journals are hosted on sites employing a responsive

design

• American Libraries, American Library Association, open access• Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Journal of

Computer-Mediated Communication: Wiley. • D - Lib Magazine: the magazine of digital library research. Open

Access • Library Resources & Technical Services, Reference & User Services

Quarterly: American Library Association, MetaPress.• Library Trends: Johns Hopkins Project MUSE. • Libri: international journal of libraries and information services: De

Gruyter Saur. • Journal of Academic Librarianship, Library & Information Science

Research, Information Processing and Management, Government Information Quarterly: Pergamon / Elsevier ScienceDirect.

Responsive Design

functionality

Authentication: No

problem!

Navigate to the regular

site and use standard

login

Often three sizes:

computer, tablet,

phone

Native site functionality

Readability? PDF’s are

fine; HTML can be silly

Responsive Design

authenticationAssociation publications

from ALA hosted on

MetaPress require a

convoluted process to

register for access.

Even after you have logged

in and are identified as a

registered member, you

have to input a code

comprised of the

association’s initials and your

ALA member number with

leading zeroes to make a 7-

digit number

Responsive Design

functionality

Aggregator option: 56%

14 of the 25 journals

investigated are

available on at least one

aggregator platform.

EBSCO and Gale have

Apple and Android apps.

EBSCO, Gale and

ProQuest all offer

responsive design

Confused?

Oh my gosh, how would we ever communicate

all these options to our users and assist with their

use?

Authentication

Device Recognition

Your Advice for Publishers!

Tell Me! PollEv.com/lindawobbe

Or Text 286313 and your message to 37607

Which model do you prefer?

Native app like Newsstand or BrowZine

WebApp mobile-specific site

Responsive design

Anything else you want to tell publishers about

mobile design!

Thank you!

Slides will be posted on SlideShare

Paper will be in the Proceedings and linked from the

Slideshare

Questions or comments?

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