Library Web Apps and Mobile Apps

[Barbara A Genco]

For what it's worth (I am the project manager)--
Library Journal and Bowker PubTrack Consumer are currently fielding a
national survey of 2500+ public library users that includes specific
questions on mobile devices and current/future penetration and use of
mobile phones by library patrons.
We are also asking public library patrons which library activities they
would most like perform via their smartphones.
For more information. www.patronprofiles.com
Thanks, bg

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Ballard, Terry <Terry.Ballard at nyls.edu>wrote:

> There are other options. If you go to http://lawlib.nyls.edu using a
> mobile device, you will be automatically sent to our Boopsie site - no app
> required. Usage data gathered from Google Analytics over the last year
> showed that we had a steady flow of traffic into the web site from Iphones
> and Androids, so we can only see this as progress.
>
> Terry
>
> Terry Ballard
> Assistant Director of Technical Services for Library Systems
> New York Law School, Mendik Library
> 185 W. Broadway
> New York, NY, 10013
> Telephone: 212-431-2106
> Web: www.terryballard.org
> Blog: librariansonedge.blogspot.com
> Tweets: twitter.com/terryballard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Leo Robert Klein
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 3:19 PM
> To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Library Web Apps and Mobile Apps
>
> Well, I can absolutely see the need to make our content
> 'mobile-friendly'*.  I just don't see how 'mobile-friendly' translates into
> obliging people to download a site-specific 'app' just to access the
> content.
>
> That's where I'm wondering what the traffic and usage is.  I mean, if I
> had it my way, we'd simply send someone a bookmark and call it an 'app'.
>
> LEO
>
> _____________
> * Using such 'built-in' tools as HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, etc.
>
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>
> On 11/14/2011 1:36 PM, Louise Alcorn wrote:
> > I would add to Thomas's comment that our integrated library systems
> > (ILS) may or may not be providing these mobile (as in phone/mobile
> > device) app-based interfaces to our library catalogs, databases and
> > more, so many of us are looking at options to make an "older" ILS or
> > other offerings more mobile-friendly and (perhaps more to the point)
> > more integrated with each other. If we don't, the research (Pew, etc.)
> > shows, we'll lose the under-30 crowd entirely pretty soon. Heck, we'll
> > lose the over-30 crowd, too. Our patrons, esp. busy parents, want to
> > do everything with their phone on their own schedule.
> >
> > My 2 cents.
>
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