Whether your library decides to purchase the AirPac module, enroll in the WorldCat
Mobile pilot project, or create a customized site, adding a mobile search to the catalog
should be a high priority when considering how to plan for phasing in your mobile site.
Stretching the library's mobile interface to include a mobile catalog search option will
become more important as students "increasingly expect anytime, anywhere access to
data and services that not very long ago were only available while sitting in front of a
computer linked to the network via a cable" (Johnson et al., 2010). While providing
access to the library's hours, staff contact information, and directions to the library is
an important first step, what users typically want from a library is direct access to
research materials. Offering a truly mobile catalog interface with links to
mobile-friendly catalog records will make the library's resources actually usable for
mobile users.