Just as Andrew Carnegie's support changed the landscape of public libraries in America, Apple's launch of the iPhone on June 29, 2007 forever altered how people expected to interact with services. Libraries, like every other kind of organization, must now make their services, not just their catalogs, available on an array of mobile devices. This book provides 11 proven ways to reach out to mobile users and increase your library's relevance to their day-to-day lives. Librarians detail how they created mobile apps to how they went mobile on a shoestring budget. Written by public, academic, and special librarians, these 11 best practices offer models for libraries of every type and size.

A student-library collaboration to create CULite : an iPhone App for the Cornell University library / Matthew Connolly and Tony Cosgrave -- Launching a mobile initiative : Outreach strategies / Alexandra W. Gomes -- Oregon State University libraries go mobile / Laurie Bridges, Hannah Gascho Rempel, and Evviva Weinraub -- Making the library mobile on a shoestring budget / Helen Bischoff, Michele Ruth, and Ben Rawlins -- The Orange County library system Shake It! app / Cassandra Shivers -- The North Carolina State University libraries' mobile scavenger hunt : A case study / Anne Burke, Adrienne Lai, and Adam Rogers --Responsive Web design for libraries : Beyond the mobile Web / Matthew Reidsma -- Using iPads to revitalize traditional library tours / Amanda Binder, Sarah Sagmoen, Natalie Tagge, and Nancy J. Weichert -- Going mobile at Ilinois : A case study / Josh Bishoff -- Building the Montana State University library mobile Web app with the jQuery mobile framework / Jason A. Clark -- The Gimme Engine : A true story of innovation, creativity, and fun / Aimee Fifarek and Ann Porter.