The mobile phone has become the favored communication hub for the majority of American teens. __ Pew Internet & American Life Project, April 2010

Teens who have multi-purpose phones are avid users of those extra features.

83% use their phones to take pictures. 64% share pictures with others. 60% play music on their phones. 46% play games on their phones. 32% exchange videos on their phones. 31% exchange instant messages on their phones. 27% go online for general purposes on their

phones. 23% access social network sites on their phones. 21% use email on their phones. 11% purchase things via their phones.__ Pew Internet & American Life Project, April 2010

According to the Library Success Wiki, mostly academic libraries.

http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=M-Libraries

Some public libraries:

Some even have iPhone and Android apps!

Shows the bare minimum – simplicity! Fewer images Different domain name? Test on different phones Examples: mobileawesomeness.com

(click on “gallery”)

We want fast, free and easy!

There are several sites where you can design a mobile site. Unfortunately, most have ads or a monthly charge.

Examples: Zindadoo.com Mobiforge.com Wirenode.com

Here’s one that’s free and ad-free (for now) – winksite.com

Sign up/sign in

Use Dashboard to create/edit site

Make sure you select “disable advertising”!

Add a logo/background; customize colors

Click “Homepage content” to edit

Rename channels/turn channels on or off to customize menu

Be sure to link to your mobile site from your full site:http://winksite.mobi/librarysite/mlk

Or buy a domain name (as low as $2-3 a year for a .info), then do a redirect to your mobile site

Ideally, your site would automatically detect the iPhone/Blackberry/etc. and send user to the ideal site

However, this requires coding/scripting that’s way beyond me.

But you can try this site: detectmobilebrowser.com/

Library Anywhere! From LibraryThing and Bowker (Beta) Not free -- $150 for school libraries +

$50 for additional locations

http://www.google.com/gwt/

Converts an existing Web page

Doesn’t always work, or work very well!

mobiThinking http://mobithinking.com/best-practices

for design tips, testing, icons, apps, and more

http://mobithinking.com/showcase Examples of great mobile sites