This document summarizes the process of creating a mobile campus tour app called TigerTrax at Georgetown College. It describes gathering approval, images, and information from various campus departments. The team used the jQuery Mobile framework to develop the app, which provides touch-optimized interfaces compatible with multiple platforms. The first release in August 2012 included campus maps, buildings, sculptures, and images. After redesigning in February 2013, the app had over 600 visits. Future plans include tablet versions and adding more interactive features like audio and a camera.

1. Time to Go Mobile
Creating a Mobile Campus Tour at Georgetown College
Ben Rawlins
Electronic Resources Librarian
Georgetown College

2. Undertaking the Initiative
• Why we decided to undertake this project
• Valuable to Georgetown College
• Incorporate things on campus that people were unaware of
– Historical walking tour
– Public Sculpture Collection
• Opportunity for collaboration across campus
• Importance of Mobile

3. Before We Get Started
• What we needed before we got started
• Approval from Provost
• Contact with Development Office
• Server space from ITS

4. Development Team
Greg Decker Sandy Baird Ben Rawlins
Catalog Librarian Archives Coordinator Electronic Resources Librarian

5. Mobile Campus Tours

6. Mobile Campus Tours

7. Up First
• What do we name this project?
• TigerTrail [already taken]
• TigerTales [already taken]
• TigerTour [worked for a little while]
• TigerVision [thought we had it, but I was wrong]
• TigerTrax [We have a Winner (finally)!!!]

8. Next
• What do we include?
• Campus Map
• Trax
– Buildings
» Then Buildings and Sites to include athletics and
outdoor facilities
– Historical Markers
– Sculptures
• Images
• Audio?

9. Gathering Information and
Images
– Information on website
– Collaboration with the Art Department
– Archives
– Yearbooks
– College’s Flickr Account
– Written by Library staff

10. Framework
• Framework we used
– jQuery Mobile
• Touch-optimized framework
• Compatible with many
different platforms
• Great Documentation and
Examples
• PhotoSwipe
– jQuery Mobile Photo
Plugin

11. Timeline
• Timeline of Project
• Started Jan 30, 2012
• Released August 18, 2012
– Spaces and Places also included
(http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu/original/spaces.ht
ml)
• Redesigned February 27, 2013

12. First Release
• First Release
– Demo
(http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu/origina
l/index.html)

13. Redesign
• Redesign
– Demo (http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu)
– Reevaluation of Historical Walking Tour

14. Redesign
• Redesign
– Demo (http://tigertrax.georgetowncollege.edu)
– Reevaluation of Historical Walking Tour

15. Analytics
638 visits (as of March 12, 2013)

16. Future Plans
• iPad/Tablet Version

17. Future Plans

18. Future Plans
– App
• Android and iOS
• Camera Function

19. Future Plans
– More Trax
• Admissions
• Presidents of GC
– Audio/Oral Histories

20. Questions?

21. Thank You