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MobiLIB: A Mobile Library Service at North Carolina State University

MobiLIB: A Mobile Library Service at North Carolina State University. DLF Spring Forum 2008 April 29, 2008. Why MobiLIB?. More Phones on Campus. More Phones ... Period. Spread of mobile phones By 2013: 1 mobile phone / U.S. citizen

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MobiLIB: A Mobile Library Service at North Carolina State University

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  1. MobiLIB: A Mobile Library Service at North Carolina State University DLF Spring Forum 2008 April 29, 2008

  2. Why MobiLIB?

  3. More Phones on Campus

  4. More Phones ... Period • Spread of mobile phones • By 2013: 1 mobile phone / U.S. citizen [http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/08/26/study-suggests-100-mobile-phone-penetration-in-the-us-by-2013/] • 3.3 billion mobile phones world-wide as of November 2007 http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nL29172095 Mobile phone kiosk in Cairo

  5. More Powerful Phones + = [fiction] [science]

  6. Replacements for... • Landlines • Cameras • PDAs • Audio/Media Players • GPS • ...?

  7. More Services Commercial content providers • Yahoo/Google/MSN/… • Facebook/Flickr/MySpace/… • Eric Schmidt, Google CEO: “The biggest growth areas are clearly within the mobile space…” [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/industry/2007-04-20-mobile-ads_N.htm]

  8. Other Examples • Educational institutions • Ball State University • Wake Forest University - University of Texas

  9. Don’t want them? [Record: over 311 feet…]

  10. Choosing Services • No data on mobile phone usage at NCSU or what services students would like • Start with small set of services • Build on existing applications • What could be useful in mobile environment

  11. Design • Consider: • Variety of browsers • Variety of platforms • Small screens and input devices • Different usage scenarios for mobile applications • Mobile-device specific functions • Hotkeys • Clickable phone numbers

  12. MobiLIB Currently 7 services: • Catalog Search • Computers • Library Hours • Campus Directory • Contact Us • Links • Wolfline Status (external)

  13. Catalog • Driven by CatalogWS catalog API • First implementation just XSLT • Current implementation PHP and XSLT

  14. Catalog Search 1

  15. Catalog Search 2

  16. Catalog Search 3

  17. Computers 1 • Mobile version of existing computer availability map

  18. Computers 2

  19. Computers 3

  20. Library Hours 1 • Shows today’s and tomorrow’s hours

  21. Library Hours 2

  22. Library Hours 3

  23. Campus Directory 1 • Started as library staff directory • Connects to campus LDAP server

  24. Campus Directory 2

  25. Campus Directory 3

  26. Contact Us 1 • Contact information for selected library departments and services

  27. Contact Us 2

  28. Contact Us 3

  29. Links 1 • Selection of links to external content and service providers

  30. Links 2

  31. Links 3

  32. Wolfline Status 1 • By TransLoc Inc. • Shows current location of University buses • Text-only version of graphic web interface

  33. Wolfline Status 2

  34. Wolfline Status 3

  35. Wolfline Status 4

  36. Statistics 1 Data gathered from November 16, 2007 to April 16, 2008

  37. Statistics 2 Homepage: 31.4% Catalog: 36.2% Hours: 8.9% Directory: 8.3% Links: 5.8% Computers: 4.8% Contact: 4.6%

  38. What to do better • Cooperate with Campus IT  Provide relevant content  Integration with mobile infrastructure • Advertise, advertise, advertise

  39. Possibilities • Text-message search results • Some services could be SMS-based  Both require SMS Gateway

  40. More Information Find MobiLIB at: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m More information at: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/m/about.html Markus Wust markus_wust@ncsu.edu

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