lir/agi mobile technologies symposium ronán kennedy, nui galway
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LIR/AGI Mobile Technologies Symposium
Ronán Kennedy, NUI Galway
Introduction
Web access from mobile devices will exceed desktop access by 2015 [source]
React or Prepare?
• Prepare a strategy1. analyse the demand2. access to resources3. access to catalogue4. access to Library services – room bookings, etc.
• Seamless mobile access through- responsive web design- apps – native or hybrid?
Introduction
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4.2% of site usage is mobile – at least
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October 2012
Catalogue Searches: 655,0004.2% - 27,500 on mobile
2. Access To Resources - The Mobile HubMobile Hub
Apps
Mobile Sites
Didn’t turn out that way
“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work”Peter Drucker
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Native App Difficulties – for dedicated users only
• Massive OS discrepancies – heavy Apple weighting
• On campus access only
• App only allows searching, not access (to avoid authentication issues)
• Institutional email must be accessible from device
• Time-limited tokens
• Personal profile on site needed
• Legibility issues – in design and fulltext
• User would need to know the resource and its content very well
• Publishers don’t make money on these – future implications
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Native Apps
Discovery NOT Delivery
Open University Project: most users don’t want to read fulltext on their devices [source]
The Vendors’ View
“We’re not going to bother with apps, we’re going concentrate on mobile site accessibility.
They’re quick, they’re clean and your users don’t need to do anything different”
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3. Access To Catalogue - Mobile Catalogue
Well embedded ‘desktop version’
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4. Access to Library ServicesApp or Mobile Web?
• Functionality Required (Hardware needed? Offline access needed?)• Planned user interaction and activity• User preference and devices• Resources – money and time• Technical Knowledge (different programming languages for different types
of app)• Timescale[source]
Mobile Web App• Uses open web technology: HTML5, CSS, Java• Deployed through the web, hosted locally
• No need to worry about many SDKs• Embraces all OSs
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