Presented at the 2013 CSRA Regional Library Association Conference. Handout here: http://tinyurl.com/olnzahf

1. Build an Easy
Mobile
Homepage
Using Libguides

2. Intro

3. Mobile
access to
information

4. 45% of U.S. adults,
66% of U.S. adults
18-29
...owned smart-
phones in 2012

5. 2 out of 3
U.S. adults chose a
smartphone
.... when purchasing a
cell phone in mid-2012

9. Why
Libguides?
Easy CMS.

10. VS

11. Why this is not for you.

13. Content

14. Homepages are
busy

15. Core content

16. VS

17. Images for
accent,
not content

18. Getting
Started

21. Preview -> Mobile View

23. Layout

30. Aesthetic
Polish

31. VS

33. Please
don't...

35. VS

37. Usability
Polish

38. make private (not show in libguide
lists)

39. Yes!
No, no, no.

40. http://libguides.fmarion.edu/content_mobile.php?
pid=437229&sid=3578406

41. tinyurl.com/fmulib-mobile

42. 1) Custom
header text.
2) Links to
back mobile
homepage,
not to
libguides
home.

43. * screen shot of editing header
code

44. tinyurl.com/
fmulib-mobile

45. Using It

47. Auto-direct
mobile users:
detectmobilebrowsers.com

48. Libraries ❤
mobile

49. Tammy Ivins tivins@fmarion.edu
Francis Marion University 843-661-4677
Presentation: http://tinyurl.com/pofv5uu
Handout: http://tinyurl.com/olnzahf
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