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== Meeting the Challenge: Developing iPhone and Mobile Web for an Academic Library ==
 
* Sarah G. Park, Northwest Missouri State University, gopark@nwmissouri.edu
 
Are you thinking of developing a library interface for mobile devices such as iPhone and Android?
 
B.D. Owens Library released a locally developed iPhone App for the library in January 2011, then a mobile web site subsequently a month later. The iPhone App consists of library catalog, union catalog, account management, library hours, and library news.
 
During the presentation, I will talk about our experience of developing an iPhone app and a mobile site. I will also discuss platform decisions, design decisions, architecture for the catalog interface, academic value, marketing value, and lessons learned from our experiences. The following questions will be answered:
 
Why an iPhone App was chosen to be developed prior to a mobile web or an Android App
How the catalog interface for the App and mobile was developed
What's the value of developing or having an App for the library
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