Reviewing the library's mobile device brought a few issues I found. I currently have the new iphone 4 and scrolled through the site. The site was easy to use and quick to load, but I was on a 3G network so I do not know how it would load over a normal network. The visual appeal is not there; it is just a plain site with UNCW colors and a few tabs. The computer availability tab needs to be improved because it is not being updated regularly. It showed the last time it was updated was last night, November 8th at 7:11pm. Another problem I have is it is only showing the availability of just the PC's in the library. It needs to show the availability of all the equipment you can check out. The tab also doesn't say if it is the PC's that you can check out or the ones that are in the front of Randall that you can just walk up to and use.
Under the News and Events tab, instead of having the top or newest news, I would suggest you just use all the titles of the news with links you can click on to take you to that article. It saves room and allows you to put more news and events into that tab. The last suggestion that comes to mind is rename the "Get Help" tab and add "Contact Us" into it. The "Get Help" tab suggests that one needs help with the site.
I hope these suggestions help with the improvement with the mobile site. I am sure as time goes by it will continue to grow and get better.
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