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Creating a Mobile Campus Tour at Georgetown College Ben Rawlins Electronic Resources Librarian Georgetown College Beyond the Library
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Undertaking the Initiative Why we decided to undertake this project Valuable to Georgetown College Incorporate things on campus that people were unaware of –Historical walking tour –Public Sculpture Collection Opportunity for collaboration across campus Importance of Mobile –Mobile Website, Mobile Catalog, and Apps already developed and released by the library
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Mobile Website WordPress jQuery Mobile
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Mobile Catalog Mobile Skin of Voyager Catalog –jQuery Mobile
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Apps LRC –iOS (Free) –Android (Free) –jQuery Mobile –PhoneGap
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Apps LRC Catalog –iOS (Free) –Barcode scanner QR Codes ISBN Barcodes
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Before We Get Started What we needed before we got started Approval from Provost Contact with Development Office Server space from ITS
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Development Team Greg Decker Catalog Librarian Sandy Baird Archives Coordinator Ben Rawlins Electronic Resources Librarian
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Mobile Campus Tours
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Up First What do we name this project? TigerTrail [already taken] TigerTales [already taken] TigerTour [worked for a little while] TigerVision [thought we had it, but I was wrong] TigerTrax [We have a Winner (finally)!!!]
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Next What do we include? Campus Map Trax –Buildings »Then Buildings and Sites to include athletics and outdoor facilities –Historical Markers –Sculptures Images Audio?
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Gathering Information and Images –Information on website –Collaboration with the Art Department –Archives –Yearbooks –College’s Flickr Account –Written by Library staff
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Framework Framework we used –jQuery Mobile Touch-optimized framework Compatible with many different platforms Great Documentation and Examples
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Timeline Timeline of Project Started Jan 30, 2012 Released August 18, 2012 –Spaces and Places also included (http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu/original/spaces.ht ml)http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu/original/spaces.ht ml Redesigned February 27, 2013
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First Release –Demo (http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu/origina l/index.html)http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu/origina l/index.html
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Redesign –Demo (http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu)http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu –Reevaluation of Historical Walking Tour
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Reevaluation of Historical Walking Tour
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Analytics 1,582 visits (as of October 31, 2013)
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Future Plans iPad/Tablet Version
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Future Plans
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App for iOS and Android
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Future Plans –More Trax Admissions Presidents of GC Art –Audio/Oral Histories
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Questions?
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Thank You
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