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*** Apologies for cross-posting *** The link to meeting recording / chat log is now available at: http://connect.ala.org/node/162629 The presentation slides are also found at the link above in the comments section. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Bohyun Kim <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > *** Apologies for cross-posting *** > > Not going to Midwinter? You can still attend and participate in the > LITA Mobile Computing IG Virtual Meeting. > All you need to do is register for the web meeting below~! > > ++ LITA Mobile Computing IG Virtual Meeting ++ > > Meeting Title: LITA Mobile IG Meeting > Date & Time: 01/11/2012 at Noon EST. > Duration: 1.5 hour(s) > > Register here (Select 'LITA Mobile IG Meeting') > : https://ala.ilinc.com/public > > Join the meeting on 1/11 > : https://ala.ilinc.com/join/zwktzsx > > Presentations > > HTML5 Apps, APIs, and the Mobile Platform > - Jason Clark, Head of Digital Access and Web Services, Montana State > University Libraries > > With features like geolocation, voice input, and offline data storage, > HTML5 is changing the way we can develop for the mobile platform. > We'll take a close look at a prototype mobile web app, BookMeUp, a > book recommender tool built with some of the newest features of HTML5 > coupled with the Amazon Product Advertising API. The session will > focus on some of the cutting edge features HTML5 has to offer, but > will look to ways you might use HTML5 in your mobile development > today. > > Handheld Tube Tours: Increasing orientation engagement with viral > videos and mobile devices > - Sean Cordes > Instruction Services Coordinator, Western Illinois University Libraries > > Library orientation tours are helpful, but for many students, if > you’ve seen one service point, you’ve seen them all. This presentation > describes the practice of incorporating the You Tube viral video > format with handheld devices to energize and engage students during > library orientation tours. Topics include best practices for creating > viral library content, and triumphs and challenges of using handheld > devices to support library orientation tours including device > availability, connectivity, sequencing content, and pacing the > handheld supplemented tour. > > JISC m-libs - a UK academic library perspective > - Jo Alcock, Researcher, Evidence Base at Birmingham City University > > The JISC Mobile Infrastructure for Libraries programme is a series of > projects in UK supporting initiatives that utilise mobile computing in > academic libraries. The presentation will give a brief overview of the > institutional projects, and discuss the broader community support > project which aims to help support and engage the emerging m-library > community by reviewing and synthesising existing research and > evidence-based guidance. > > Using paper prototyping to determine mobile platform requirements > - David Brightbill, Manager of Research and Development, College > Center for Library Automation, FL > > At CCLA, We’re currently doing some paper prototyping around potential > mobile applications for our discovery tool . We are looking at mobile > apps that support the student research process and are in a very early > stage of this but have identified a few potential topics that we hope > to examine in student focus groups in the new year. > > WordPress Mobile Piug-ins > - Sharon Whitfield, Emerging Technologies Librarian, The College of New > Jersey > > WordPress is primarily known as an open source blogging platform, but > it’s actually capable of much more. One of the areas that Wordpress > has been improving is with mobile website and app creation. There > are presently 126 plug-ins that support mobile website creation > including tools that can post, manage, and edit your website from your > mobile device. Why guess which plug-ins will work for you? Join us > for this presentation and learn the best plug-ins to make your > WordPress site, mobile friendly. > > > ------ > Bohyun Kim, MA, MSLIS. > LITA Mobile Computing IG Chair > Digital Access Librarian | 305.348.1471 > Florida International University Medical Library > http://medlib.fiu.edu | http://medlib.fiu.edu/m (Mobile) >