I am testing out the Randall Library's mobile website on my phone, BlackBerry Storm2 and it is pretty friendly. The home page is very easy to ready and all the icons/shortcuts are very useful tools. I like how big the font and icons are. Searching the Library Catalog is easy to navigate as of now, and I'm sure when the whole catalog becomes mobile it would be great! The most useful tool on there is computer availability and the map of availability. It loaded the pages pretty normally for my phone. I tried it on my iPod touch and that was faster. BlackBerry's Browser is just a little slower.
One thing that could be added is 'My Library Account.' That way, if needed a student could renew their checked out items on the go, or see what they have checked out and when it is due. Also, not that big of a deal, but reordering the icons/shortcuts so the more 'used' one be on the top row. The most used ones can be determined later on through tracking which shortcuts are hit the most. Just aesthetics not that big of a deal.
Overall, I give this mobile website an A-. I just think the My Library Account would be a great addition and the only thing the mobile website is missing. I just think it's funny how far ahead of UNCW's website this library main website and mobile website is.
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