Mobile accessible library websites
PrintQuestion: We’d like to make our website available to patrons that have “smartphones”. Do you have any resources to help us?
Answer: Mobile-accessible websites are a hot topic right now. Unlike your typical website, designed for a 14” or larger screen, sites viewed on mobile devices have much less viewing space available. We have gathered some resources to assist you in creating a site that will allow your smartphone-using patrons to access your library. This is an evolving field, and new ideas and applications pop up all the time. Make sure to check our delicious.com feed for other resources and libraries that have made the leap.
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“My heart’s with what we’re doing in Firestone. My stomach hurts when I think about NYPL, the first great library I ever worked in, turned into a vast internet cafe where people can read the same Google Books, body parts and...
Anthony Grafton, Princeton (N.J.) University professor of history, comparing the renovations of New York Public Library’s Schwarzman Building and Princeton’s Firestone Library, “A tale of two libraries and a revolution,” Daily Princetonian, Apr. 2.
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