Notes from the 2009 Internet Librarian Conference Tom Ipri Jason Griffey R. Toby Greenwalt Jason A. Clark Matt Benzing Michael P Sauers Christa Burns Mike & Christa – phone or lab top questions Tom – mobile sights are not desktop-light Let’s not make crappy mobile sights out of our crappy websites. Should you have a mobile site? What is your population, is this the time you need to have a mobile site What should be on the site? Mobile web is mobile, text based; people aren’t there to just browse & browse they are looking for something specific Remember there are many different types of phone, not everyone has an iphone Web test is brief mobile site should be uber brief Simple navigation Even good connections can be slow Essential information Mobile usability mobile webs of 2009 is = to desktop web of 1998 Desk top success rate 80% Movie success 64% – success increased when used a site designed for mobile browsing, better phones preformed better Jason Clark Mobile apps for libraries Native app vs mobile apps Native apps – install on phone or devise, access to hardware, speakers, camera etc Distributed through a controlled site Mobile apps –
