JQuery Mobile in a University

JQuery

Mobile in a University
Library

Bill Gavett

Application Developer




Harish Nayak

Director of Digital Library Initiatives

Library Mobile Redesign

2009



2011

Humble Beginnings


•
Very
Informal


•
V
ery
F
ast


•
Very
Simple


Key Tasks

•
Hours

•
Phone

•
Search Library Catalog

•
Link to Main

site

Time for a facelift

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)

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

Some other adopters

HTML

+

CSS

JQuery Mobile = Easy

Support for

Industry Support

Documentation/Sample Code


Code (limited to 1 slide)


Code (slide 2)

Let’s take a look

Under the Hood

Libraries
Mobile

News &
Events

Staff
Profiles

Hours

Hours

Staff Profiles

News & Events

News & Events Mobile

Good IA = Easy Mobile Development

RCL Mobile

News &
Events

Staff
Profiles

Hours

Is it really an app?

•
Native vs. Mobile Friendly
Website

•
Website redirection

•
PhoneGap

(native features)


Patron Driven Next Steps

*Associate mobile friendly Library databases

Availability of public computing in libraries

Further integration into social media

list of apps for research, academic work, library services

Virtual tour of the library or historical point of interest

Timeline for release


•
Launch for
freshman orientation


•
www.library.rochester.edu

JQuery Mobile


•
It’s Easy


•
Perfect for Informational Websites


•
A Sustainable Choice


•
You Can Do It!



River Campus Libraries Mobile Team

Cynthia Carlton

Nora Dimmock

Solomon Blaylock

Katie Clark

Denise Hoagland

Ann
Marshall

Thanks to

Questions?