Mobile site stats

[Cary Gordon]

We host Drupal sites mostly for smaller public libraries. I have seen
mobile user agent numbers for some of those libraries running in
double digits.

To put it another way, every library we host that uses Google
Analytics is asking for a mobile site.

I wish that LJ would redo this now almost 2 year old study and
consider user agents, and not just use of existing mobile specific
services.

Cary

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Aaron Tay <aarontay at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> How about http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/886987-403/gone_mobile_mobile_libraries_survey.html.csp
> ?
>
> There is a "reported percentage of total usage coming from mobile
> access" table that might be useful. The main problem is that most
> libraries are not showing very high usage, mean is about 5% for both
> academic and public libraries. Though we can debate what "high" means
> in absolute terms?
>
>
> Aaron
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Kristi Bryant <kbryant at wellstown.org> wrote:
>> I wish I had data to share, but I wish you luck!  I’m trying to convince
>> higher level staff of the need to create a mobile III catalog as well and
>> feel your pain!
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kristi Bryant
>>
>> Reference and Technology Librarian
>>
>> Wells Public Library
>>
>> Wells, Maine  04090
>>
>> 207-646-8181 ext. 205
>>
>> e-mail:  kbryant at wellstown.org
>>
>> web:  www.wellstown.org
>>
>>
>>
>> "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back
>> the right one."  Neil Gaiman
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
>> Behalf Of Zusman, Laura
>> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 2:19 PM
>> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Mobile site stats
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m in the situation of having to meet with our college marketing and IT
>> departments to justify why it is we, the library, need our own mobile
>> website. We’re planning on using LibraryAnywhere, as I’ve been on a trial
>> for about a month now and think it does everything we need it to do (and at
>> a reasonable price!). After I’d built the initial site, our director
>> mentioned it to the head of IT, who exclaimed that they are already working
>> on a college site.
>>
>>
>>
>> In any case, we’re meeting with these folks next week to show what I’ve
>> built with the software, and explain why the library is different from the
>> rest of campus (i.e., we’re a III library who’s not going to pay for AirPAC,
>> so our IT department would not be able to get into Millennium for a mobile
>> site, thereby totally leaving out many of the services our patrons would
>> want).
>>
>>
>>
>> I’d love to be able to bring some statistics to the table at this meeting,
>> to show the impact a library mobile site can have. I’ve searched for
>> articles giving some concrete stats on mobile library usage, but without
>> much luck. If anyone has implemented a library mobile site and has some
>> stats (how many hits in a month or year or whatever, time spent on site,
>> etc… Google Analytics type info) I would be thrilled to have them. It
>> doesn’t have to be in detail, of course – whatever you’d be willing to
>> share!
>>
>>
>>
>> (And if anyone has any tips on dealing with an IT department that doesn’t
>> understand, I’d welcome that, too J)
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>> Laura Zusman
>>
>> Electronic Information Librarian
>>
>> Rivier College
>>
>> Regina Library
>>
>> 603.897.8683
>>
>> lzusman at rivier.edu
>>
>>
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Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
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