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Hi Kalie, Two of my graduate assistants and I recently developed a user-centered mobile web app/interface <http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/m/> for our library. We spent a lot of time doing focus groups and user testing over the course of two semesters worth of development time, and have been pretty happy with the results. One suggestion I would definitely have is to use a web framework like jQuery Mobile <http://jquerymobile.com/> or Bootstrap<http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/index.html>to jump start your efforts. Then, later when you have everything the way you want it, you can use a service like PhoneGap <http://phonegap.com/> to wrap it up into native apps you can offer on Google Play or Apple's App Store. If you're interested I've presented a few times on it during the lifetime of the project, and have the (slightly similar) slide decks posted to SlideShare: Society for Scholarly Publishing 2011 Fall Seminar<http://www.slideshare.net/whelman/langsdale-mobile-a-user-centered-approach>, Internet Librarian 2012<http://www.slideshare.net/whelman/responsive-user-driven-mobile> and recently at an Amigos Online conference<http://www.slideshare.net/whelman/mobile-orimmobileamigoshtml5css3>. That last one was on how we used responsive design techniques to re-purpose our mobile site to act as the interface on 3 iPad search kiosks I've installed here at Langsdale. I've also published our code at https://github.com/whelman/ I'd be happy to talk more about our experiences, just send me an email if you're interested. -Bill Helman Integrated Digital Services Librarian. The University of Baltimore, Langsdale Library [log in to unmask] | 410-837-4209 <skype:4108374209?call> | http://whelman.com | @thinkpol <http://twitter.com/thinkpol> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Kaile Zhu <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Anybody has experience on how to build mobile app for your library? If > your library paid for the development, please also share your experience. > Thanks. - Kelly >