1. MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
Steven Pryor, Director of Digital Initiatives and
Technologies
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

2. Promotional photo via motorola.com

3. Why is mobile important?
www.pewinternet.org, “Nearly half of American adults are smartphone owners”, March 1 2012

4. Why is mobile important?
www.pewinternet.org, “Smartphone Ownership Update: September 2012”, September 11 2012

5. Why is mobile important?
www.pewinternet.org, “Smartphone Ownership Update: September 2012”, September 11 2012

6. Why is mobile important?
 Statistics – more and more people have these
devices and are using them
 “Applification” of the Web
 Digital Divide

7. Why is mobile important?
www.pewinternet.org, “Smartphone Ownership Update: September 2012”, September 11 2012

8. Why is mobile important?
 As of April 2012:
 75% of 18-24 year olds use the internet on their cell
phones
 45% of 18-29 year olds go online MOSTLY using their
cell phone
 51% black / 42% Hispanic / 24% white
 Main reasons for going online with cell phone –
“convenient” (38%) and “always with me” (23%)
 www.pewinternet.org, “Cell Internet Use 2012”, June 26, 2012

9. Why is mobile important?
 All kinds of other devices too!

10. Why is mobile important?

11. Why is mobile important?

12. Hot Topics in Mobile
Technology

13. Hot Topics
 Location services, navigation/directions
 Social networking
 Real-time/just-in-time queries

14. Location, location, location

15. Real time information
www.pewinternet.org, “Just-in-time Information through Mobile Connections”, May 7 2012

16. Hot Topics
 Location services, navigation/directions
 Social networking
 Real-time/just-in-time queries
 QR Codes

17. Hot Topics
 Location services, navigation/directions
 Social networking
 Real-time/just-in-time queries
 QR Codes
 Combinations:
 Sociallocation, “check-ins”
 Information-seeking via peers on Twitter,
Facebook, etc.
 Geo coordinates, other info embedded in QR
code

18. Mobile things we can
PROVIDE

19. Important mobile services for
libraries
Basic web services; mobile-friendly website
 Context-sensitive information
 Hours, contact information (email, SMS, IM, and
phone), directions should be highlighted
 All information should be presented in an interactive
fashion appropriate to mobile devices
 Ties together available mobile services/sites
 Catalog
 Databases
 LibGuides
 eBooks!

20. Important mobile services for
libraries – the next step
Advanced and interactive features
 Integrating the “desktop” version with mobile
devices
 “Send this page to my phone”
 Location awareness
 GPS Navigation; directions to the library
 GPS, Wi-Fi, or QR codes; directions within the library
 Instructional videos targeted to mobile devices
 May even be location-specific (“Need help printing? Scan
here with your phone...”)
 Computer availability maps

21. Options
 “Native” app?
 Designed, coded, and packaged to run on specific devices
(iPad, iPhone, Android, Nook Color, etc.)
 Built with platform-specific programming languages
 Can use device sensors and other advanced features
(GPS, orientation, camera, etc.), but difficult to create and
maintain
 Accessed via “App Store”
 Web app/mobile website?
 Built with web-standard scripting languages
(HTML5, Javascript)
 Easier to create and maintain, but lacking some advanced
features
 Accessed via web

22. Options
 Many options that attempt to bridge the
differences
 Vendors like Boopsie, LibraryAnywhere
(LibraryThing), etc. offering their own solutions
 PhoneGap, a solution to create multiplatform
apps (open source DIY, or “compile-in-the-cloud”
for a fee)

23. Mobile things we can USE
AKA “cool stuff”

24. Things we can use
 Splashtop – Whiteboard & Remote Control

25. Things we can use
 Shelflister – Shelflist generator for Voyager
catalog

26. Things we can use
 Shelvar – Augmented reality shelving
assistance

27. Things we can use
 Devices for roaming/roving
 Devices to check out to students

28. Questions, discussion
Steven Pryor
Director of Digital Initiatives and Technology
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
stpryor@siue.edu

29. References
 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=2124315
 http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Location-based-
services/Summary-of-findings.aspx
 http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2012/Aug/The-State-of-Mobile-
Connectivity.aspx
 http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Cell-Internet-Use-2012/Key-
Findings.aspx
 http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/College-students-and-
technology.aspx
 http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2011/Oct/Educase-2011.aspx
 http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2012/Mar/NROC.aspx
 http://www.splashtop.com/whiteboard/
 http://rocky.uta.edu/doran/shelflister/
 http://www.shelvar.com/