From the ALA website:
Patrons increasingly expect access to their libraries anywhere,
anytime. This Special Report provides practical guidance in how
librarians can put the library in the palms of their patrons’ hands.
Using the HTML skills that many librarians already have along with
flexible development tools, technology expert La Counte shows how
creating a customized mobile app doesn’t need to be expensive or require
deep expertise. In straightforward, practical terms he:- Demonstrates how to establish a presence on the mobile web with mobile websites and phone apps
- Details open-source development tools such as PhoneGap that allow for the creation of mobile apps that work on a variety of mobile operating systems, with emphasis on the iPhone
- Discusses methods for assessing a library’s user base and getting buy-in from administrators
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Before You Begin
2 Developing a Mobile Web Application
3 Using CSS
4 JavaScript and Mobile Website Design
5 PhoneGap
6 Building Your First Native App
7 Beyond the Basics
8 Other Ways to Go Mobile
Appendix
About the Author
Scott La Counte is a librarian at Anaheim (Calif.) Public Library. He is the author of the book Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian (Da Capo Press, 2008), which began as a series for McSweeney’s Internet Tendencies. He teaches writing online for the Gotham Writers’ Workshops. His iPhone app, LibFind, gives the addresses and phone numbers of public libraries across the United States.
