Download Niamh Walker Headon part 4 - Library Association of Ireland

What
is a mobile device
It is a pocket-sized computing device, typically having a display screen with touch input and/or
a miniature keyboard
•Smartphone
•Iphone
•Ipad
•PDA
•Blackberry
Enterprise digital assistants can further extend
the available functionality for the business user
by offering integrated data capture devices like
barcode, RFID and smart card readers.
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_device
Solutions > Mobile Catalogue
Possible products
1. Library thing’s
Library Anywhere
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An established player
Known to work with
LMS, but not platform
dependent
Reasonable pricing
3. III’s Airpac •
Millennium product
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Proprietary product.
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LMS dependent
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Costly
5. Boopsie
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Minimal staff resources required
Fast & Affordable
2. MobileCat
Developed at the Tri-College libraries,
MobileCat provides a mobile-ready
interface to III WebOPACs. It is written in
PHP.
An example of this web application can be
viewed at http://m.tripod.brynmawr.edu
4. In - house design
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No programmer
Subscription to external service cheaper
than time needed to develop in-house.
Slow development
III users group – developing css to share.
Library Anywhere Implementers
1616 Libraries
http://www.librarything.com/wiki/inde
x.php/LTFL:Libraries_using_Library
Thing_for_Libraries
Boopsie Implementers
http://www.boopsie2
.com/libraries_client
s.html
Implementing Library Anywhere
How we did it
Library anywhere selected
Order created and issued
Account Access on Librarything enabled
Edit pages in WYSIWYG interface
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It is a micro site
Library thing do all the work
Xml editing available if wanted but not required.
View mock up to test
Javascript placed on library web site
Implementing Library Anywhere
How we did it
Testing
•Web browser > Safari, IE, Firefox
•Test iphone / ipad app
•Test android app
Launch
Time frame c.2 weeks from order creation
Could be less now, as we were early adopters