What’s on the horizon?
The academic year has started up again, and it is time to start planning out what new things we are going to look at.
One thing that has caught my interest is creating a search widget to add to our Facebook page. Other libraries have done it with mixed results, and I want to see if it is useful to you.
Another thing that will probably be a focus this year is improving access for mobile devices. Either seeing what kind of special website formatting could be done, or maybe a even creating a full-blown app for the newer smart phones. There’s been a little bit of a buzz amongst some of the librarians here about mobile access.
Those are two of the areas that are on the top of the list. If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them. Feel free to post a comment or contact me directly.
It’d be great to have a mobile version of the Libraries site. A more friendly catalog would do wonders for me (and my Android-based phone).
Thanks for the input Sean. We are currently creating a more mobile friendly version of the web site. Getting the catalog to work well on a mobile device may take us a couple of tries, but we’ll keep working on it.