Take this App & Walk with It:Developing & Implementing a New

Library Mobile Tour

Jennifer GarrettNCSU Libraries Fellow

TRLN Annual Meeting / July 22, 2013

BACKGROUNDJames B. Hunt Jr. Library

BACKGROUND

VENDOR SELECTION

DESIGN & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

• Information architecture: vendor’s template• Tour options: by theme & by floor• Wayfinding: static maps

NOV. 2012 – JAN. 2013

DESIGN & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT

• Script creation• Audio recording &

editing

• Content management

NOV. 2012 – JAN. 2013

IMPLEMENTATION

• App went live Feb. 26, 2013

• Marketing & Promotion– Library Website– E-boards & Technology

Showcase – Printed handouts & banner

NUMBERS

• 63 users per week (50 iOS and 13 Android users per week)

CONSIDERATIONS

• Wayfinding: GPS substitute

• Timeline: moving target• Content creation:

installation in progress• Copyright: determining

permission• Representation: spaces

in mobile

WHAT’S NEXT?

• Addition of tour content for D.H. Hill Library– Student Orientation: NCSU Libraries’ Open

House during Wolfpack Welcome Week in August.

THANKS!Lisa RuthDeanna DayWendy ScottJason CasdenCory LownChuck SamuelsBrent BraffordWill CrossDavid WoodburyJosh BoyerCharlie MorrisAnne BurkeKim DuckettMike NuttMara MathewsBeth DeBold & more…

QUESTIONS?jennifer_garrett@ncsu.edu