1. Take this App & Walk with It: Jennifer Garrett NCSU Libraries Fellow TRLN Annual Meeting / July 22, 2013

2. BACKGROUND James B. Hunt Jr. Library

3. BACKGROUND

4. VENDOR SELECTION

5. DESIGN & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT Information architecture: vendor’s template Tour options: by theme & by floor Wayfinding: static maps NOV. 2012 – JAN. 2013

6. DESIGN & CONTENT DEVELOPMENT Script creation Audio recording & editing Content management NOV. 2012 – JAN. 2013

7. IMPLEMENTATION App went live Feb. 26, 2013 Marketing & Promotion – Library Website – E-boards & Technology Showcase – Printed handouts & banner

8. NUMBERS 63 users per week (50 iOS and 13 Android users per week)

9. CONSIDERATIONS Wayfinding: GPS substitute Timeline: moving target Content creation: installation in progress Copyright: determining permission Representation: spaces in mobile

10. WHAT’S NEXT? Addition of tour content for D.H. Hill Library – Student Orientation: NCSU Libraries’ Open House during Wolfpack Welcome Week in August.

11. THANKS! Lisa Ruth Deanna Day Wendy Scott Jason Casden Cory Lown Chuck Samuels Brent Brafford Will Cross David Woodbury Josh Boyer Charlie Morris Anne Burke Kim Duckett Mike Nutt Mara Mathews Beth DeBold & more… QUESTIONS? jennifer_garrett@ncsu.edu