1. JQuery Mobile in a University Library Bill Gavett Application Developer Harish Nayak Director of Digital Library Initiatives

2. Library Mobile Redesign 2009 2011

3. Humble Beginnings Very Informal Very Fast Very Simple

4. Key Tasks Hours Phone Search Library Catalog Link to Main site

5. Time for a facelift

6. Sencha Touch (our first try) Can build highly functional mobile presence – Touch gestures/events – HTML5/CSS3 Fully documented API, not many tutorials Hard to get up and running quickly Based on extJS (javascript framework)

7. JQuery Mobile (better for us) Simpler than Sencha Touch (but less functionality) Great for informational sites Many tutorials and code samples No learning curve Based on JQuery (javascript framework) Beta 1! Jun 20th

8. Some other adopters

9. HTML + CSS JQuery Mobile = Easy

10. Support for

11. Industry Support

12. Documentation/Sample Code

13. Code (limited to 1 slide)

14. Code (slide 2)

15. Let’s take a look

16. Under the Hood Libraries Mobile News & Events Staff Profiles Hours

18. Staff Profiles

19. News & Events

20. News & Events Mobile

21. Good IA = Easy Mobile Development RCL Mobile News & Events Staff Profiles Hours

22. Is it really an app? Native vs. Mobile Friendly Website Website redirection PhoneGap (native features)

24. Patron Driven Next Steps *Associate mobile friendly Library databasesAvailability of public computing in librariesFurther integration into social medialist of apps for research, academic work, library servicesVirtual tour of the library or historical point of interest

25. Timeline for release Launch for freshman orientation www.library.rochester.edu

26. JQuery Mobile It’s Easy Perfect for Informational Websites A Sustainable Choice You Can Do It!

27. River Campus Libraries Mobile Team Cynthia CarltonNora DimmockSolomon BlaylockKatie ClarkDenise HoaglandAnn Marshall Thanks to

28. Questions?