The document appears to show annual totals for something increasing over time from 2000 to 2011, starting at 25,000 in 2000 and reaching 17,558,265 in 2011, with totals generally doubling or increasing by large amounts each year.
Expected to double in three years; took 16 years to reach 1 billionAndroid phones in the developing world are less than $100, expected to lower to $50 in 2013 (http://readwrite.com/2013/05/13/mobile-is-taking-over-the-world)
Is any of this surprising? What are the implications?
What does this mean for library services?
Definition
Available via app store, sometimes for a fee (monetization)Download and install on the deviceUpdate as wanted, needed
Native features are specific to the operating system on the deviceGPS, camera, video, accelerometer
Standardized SDK, development tools, user interface buttons
Rich user experience which includes speed – native apps are fasterChange these slides – hand drawn plus and minus, page for each
Other examples – mobile tours (NCSU)Other examples?
The app is the browser, the code runs in the browser
API examples – twitter feed to your library siteGoodreads to FacebookGoogle map of library branches
Riche user experience which includes speed – native apps are faster
Example tour - http://tour.library.oregonstate.edu/
Mobile website is not an app – just your web contentThere is a default position
Riche user experience which includes speed – native apps are faster
Can look at analytics to see what people are more likely to use, talk to users, look at Pew data on handoutBe careful to also allow access to your full site in case info needed isn’t what you selected
Riche user experience which includes speed – native apps are faster
Responsive - https://biblio.ugent.be/m
Responsive design – one site, many platforms
EthanMarcotte article, two A List Apart books
Riche user experience which includes speed – native apps are faster
Summary of how to decide when to use each – questions?
Pay attention to your own user experience – what you want, when you’re frustrated, when things workMe and DPL text a call #, can’t watch a 48 hours video on mobile, Kieran’s example of QR code linking to lengthy PDF
5. “I would have done more” - Stepping back from usability testing to actual use of mobile library sitesPresenters: Laurie Bridges, Instruction & Emerging Technologies Librarian and Hannah GaschoRempel, Graduate Student Services Coordinator & BioSciences Librarian (Oregon State University)