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Join Chad Haefele, the Emerging Technologies Librarian at UNC Chapel Hill, for an in-depth tour of the UNC Libraries' mobile site. Discover the iUI framework, hear about the mobile site generator, and learn why mobile access is essential in today's digital landscape. We'll delve into user survey data from Spring 2009, highlighting diverse responses like "cell phone" and "carrier pigeon". Understand the mobile web's growth and compare platforms. Get insights into future steps, including improving catalog standards and optimizing access for all users.
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Building a mobile site at UNC Chad Haefele Emerging Technologies Librarian UNC Chapel Hill cHaefele@email.unc.edu
What I’ll be showing you • A tour through the UNC Libraries mobile site • An explanation of our framework: iUI • A bit about a mobile site generator
User Survey Plus 44 ‘other’ responses Data from Spring, 2009
Sample ‘Other’ responses: • Cell phone • Cheap free phone • Braille Note • Carrier pigeon • Lame old phone :( • My cheap phone that always has at least 2 bars
Platform Vs.
Which platform? Market share – devices sold (July 2010) Mobile web use (August 2010) Anon. 2010. August 2010 Mobile OS Share. Quantcast Blog. September 3. http://blog.quantcast.com/quantcast/2010/09/august-2010-mobile-os-share.html. Anon. 2010. comScore Reports July 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share -- RESTON, Va., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ --. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-reports-july-2010-us-mobile-subscriber-market-share-102969094.html.
Source: http://blog.quantcast.com/quantcast/2010/09/august-2010-mobile-os-share.html
Java, Objective C Single platform Full hardware access(GPS, camera, etc) Can be used offline Tricky to get stats HTML, CSS, Javascript Multi-platform (maybe) Limited hardware access (GPS only) Requires web connection Standard webstats Platform: App or Webapp? App Webapp
UNC Mobile site walkthrough www.lib.unc.edu/m + ‘View full site link’
Framework • iUI: code.google.com/p/iui/ www.lib.unc.edu/m
Device testing • iPhone/iPod Touch
Device testing Android
iUI Code 12
Device testing Text only
Mobile site generator www.hiddenpeanuts.com/msg
Next steps: A catalog • Priority 1: Get a clean data feed • XML feeds from ILS • Yaz / Z39.50 (http://www.indexdata.com/yaz) • Other solution – tap into DB directly somehow • Harass your vendors!
Catalog: DIY (at UNC) • Endeca, Endeca, Endeca! • XML + php + Syndetics + iUI
Catalog: ILS solutions Airpac, from Innovative
Catalog: 3rd party product Library Anywhere “Works with 90% of current OPACs.” http://www.librarything.com/LibraryAnywhere
This is not the end Slides online: http://bit.ly/HaefeleASERL