Mobile Device Applications for Libraries bsu/libraries/mobile

Mobile Device Applications for Libraries

www.bsu.edu/libraries/mobile

Small-Screen Handheld Mobile Device User Interfaces for Library Applications

Bradley D. Faust, Assistant Dean for Library Information Technology Services, Ball State University Libraries

Discussion Points

• Continued interest in the Mobile Space• Background on the Ball State University

Libraries Mobile Initiatives• Current Mobile Grant Project Overview• Computer Availability Phase• Mobile Site Upgrade Phase • Digital Library Access Phase• Other interesting Library Mobile Programs

May 2010 ILF District 1 Conference

Continued Interest in Mobile

• Better, faster, higher capacity 3G/4G and WiFi networks and handheld devices

• Price/performance of mobile device ownership is constantly improving

• Expand library resources and information access to include mobile device options

• Images, audio, and video can be easily presented on mobile devices


Mobile Project Background

• Began mobile project development in 2004• A $15,000 LSTA Technology Grant

supported much of the development work• Outcomes included

– A mobile device interface to our OPAC– A mobile device friendly list of Journals– A mobile device friendly library information

base– Links to mobile device friendly Web sites


Mobile Project Background

• 1st LSTA Grant ended in 2005• Minor mobile Web site updates were

applied until 2008• In early 2009, we applied for a second

LSTA Technology Grant - $8,000• LSTA Grant awarded in May 2009• Development work began in July when we

hired a Mobile Computing DeveloperMay 2010 ILF District 1 Conference

Current Mobile Grant Project

• Three Phases– Computer Availability Module– Updates to Existing Mobile Web Site

• Site redesign to support modern mobile devices• MOPAC (mobile OPAC)• Mobile Journals - DOA

– Building a Digital Media Repository (DMR) Mobile User Interface (UI)

• DMR Mobile is based on CONTENTdm


Computer Availability Module

• What is it?– It is a tool to allow students to identify areas

in Bracken Library where computers are available

• How does it operate?– A computer agent installed on each public PC – The computer agent reports information

back to a server where it is used to produce FLASH based floor plans, and the mobile UI



Computer Availability Module


Mobile Site Updates

• Update the look and feel of the site– To work on iPhone and iPod Touch units– To work on other Smartphone devices

• Improve functionality of the existing mobile applications

• Develop a new instructional video structure

• Update and add links to useful external mobile web sites


Mobile Site Updates

• Previous Homepage • Previous Homepage




Replace


Mobile Site Updates


Mobile Site Updates


Digital Library Access for Mobile

• Extend access opportunities to assets and objects in our digital collections

• Connect the DMR to an increasingly mobile user base

• Extend the value of online research material

• Deliver multimedia objects that work well on modern mobile devices and networks



• Context/Challenges– CONTENTdm based Digital Media Repository– Multiple asset types: image, video, audio,

compound objects, 3D, text….– Streaming audio and video: how to deliver to

mobile devices?– Application Development

• App or Web Application?• Web Application host?


Interesting Mobile Statistics

• According to Gartner, Smartphone development tools fall into 7 categories – it is a complex space

• Mobile Device Capacity – – iPhone 3GS Capacity – 16GB– Motorola Droid Capacity – 16 GB– iPod Touch Max Capacity – 64GB



• DMR Mobile UI prototype in iPlotz service• iplotz.com/app/viewer.php?

k=b709469a14b09b8071562ed9dd4dad1a&pr=6227&pg=6227_5&a=4830

• Jing version of DMR Mobile UI Prototype• www.bsu.edu/libraries/lits/rtv/

libmobileinit.htm


Academic Resources Page


DMR Mobile Menus


DMR Mobile Menus















• DMR Mobile in Action• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=Nj5wjC2zvCw • Updated Mobile Web Site• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=nZlsu-3tt3I&feature=related


DMR Mobile – to do

• Implement DMR Mobile Search• Expand mobile access to non-image

assets• Conduct basic usability testing• Fine tune interface design


Digital Library Access Channels

• DMR Outreach at Ball State University– Microsoft Surface application

• Ball State University Maps and Photos App

– Multi-platform BSU PowerPoint Generator for CONTENTdm

• BSU application

– Catalog record links, embedded images, etc.– Mobile device access to the DMR assets


WorldCat Mobile


Duke Mobile


Cornell arXiv


Cornell arXiv


IUPUI Libraries Mobile


Easy Access to UL Mobile


Mobile Help Page Example

• Univ. of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library – Mobile Device Applications help page

• http://library.med.utah.edu/km/mobileapps.php


LSTA Grant Project Team

• Daniel J. H. Lakes– Mobile Computing Developer

• R. Todd Vandenbark– Special Projects Developer

• Project Co-Investigators– Arthur W. Häfner, Ph.D., M.B.A., Dean of

University Libraries– Bradley D. Faust, M.L.S., Assistant Dean for

Library Information Technology Services


Thank You

• This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered by the Indiana State Library.


Speaker Contact Information

Bradley D. Faust

Ball State University Libraries

Muncie, Indiana 47306

[email protected]

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