Academic Libraries' Mobile Initiatives and Research from 2010 to the Present

Blummer, Barbara; Kenton, Jeffrey M.

doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-0256-2.ch006

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“…The librarians require the language tools and knowledge to use the open source software. Open source is a community effort and sharing of expertise in its use is common among its experts (Blummer and Kenton, 2018). Open source is developed to suit more than a single platform of operating systems and to ensure there is a great support for the app among the software users community (Dahlberg et al ., 2008; Lv, 2012).…”

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“…This prototype specifically uses application programmable interfaces (APIs) for user communication and to support two-way interaction architecture: system-to-component and system-to-system connectivity. The prototype was developed in-house by using the open source integrated library system Koha, a system widely used in libraries around the world (Kurkovsky and Meesangnil, 2012; Blummer and Kenton, 2018). The open system architecture prototype allows the services to function 24 × 7.…”

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Developing an open source mobile app in library services: the case of a national university in Malaysia

Mohideen

Sheikh

Kaur

2021

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Purpose A surge of library activities and technological advances have increased the demand for data accuracy and agility among library clientele. Therefore, novel approaches are needed to extend library services. This paper aims to introduce the implementation of a prototype mobile library application (app) designed using an in-house open source system, Koha. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a case study using a metamorphosis process to create mobile apps. This case study is tested based on the library services with a set of activities during the system acceptance test (SAT) and also user acceptance test (UAT). An application programming interface (API) used to support two-way communication, including system-to-component and system-to-system connectivity. The design, features and advantages of this mobile app are discussed, illustrated and analyzed. The case study reports the mobile app version development from the Koha Open Source Library Information System. Findings The app was tested using user acceptance test (UAT) and system acceptance test (SAT) by library staffs who found it functional, accessible, appealing and useful. Features such as Online Public Access Catalog search, library collection scanning, patron accounts, patron personal book collection, circulation, librarian chat, QR codes for borrowing books, social media integration and notifications of library activities and events were successfully tested. This process was useful for the creation of a mobile app based on the existing library System-Koha Open Source System. Research limitations/implications This study is limited to a case study of a national university in Malaysia. Practical implications This study has some practical implications for implementing library mobile applications, e.g. it will encourage librarians to implement library applications in libraries. Originality/value This study is useful for mobile developers and libraries that plan to offer mobile library services to their patrons. This paper presents a case study of metamorphosis existing process of library open source System-Koha Open Source System.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Developing an open source mobile app in library services: the case of a national university in Malaysia

Mohideen

Sheikh

Kaur

2021

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“…Mobile access was appreciated increasingly in library service when the iPhone was released, and especially after Apple Inc. founded the iTunes app store in 2008. Before the iPhone's release, mobile devices in libraries were used primarily in medical librarianship or by medical students, and often focused on personal digital assistants (Blummer and Kenton, 2016).…”

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Diverse mobile users: the development of library experts

Hahn

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to undertake a formative evaluation of growth over time that would demonstrate diverse library users’ development as they interact with mobile digital library services. Design/methodology/approach This paper incorporated a server log analysis to evaluate first, the location of users. To study the nature of diverse user development, users from unique locations were identified and tracked over several years. The type of growth that this paper analyzes is the development of a library user from the beginning stages of use into one who is more experienced. For the purposes of this paper, the authors define library experts as experienced library users. These are users who have come back to the library over multiple sessions of learning and branched out into multiple areas of library functionality and services. Findings The findings of modular mobile use over time suggest that, while over half of users only utilized one module, 39 per cent of all users accessed more than one module. This formative approach to assessing student library engagement suggests alternative metrics for assessing outreach and distance learning. Originality/value The underlying departure point for this study is that formative models may introduce descriptive data valuable to the learning analytics toolkit. The library research literature on learning analytics, and perhaps library service offerings that support learning, may gain additional value by attending to students’ formative development as they interact with library resources. Describing the way in which mobile app users develop can yield insights about learning over time, both on campus and at a distance.

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“…5 Most of the literature on mobile-device use in higher education is focused on undergraduates across a wide range of majors who are using a standard academic library. 6 To help provide context for how libraries have designed their websites for mobile users, some of those specific findings will be shared later. But because our study focused on graduate students and faculty in a sciencefocused branch library, we will begin with a discussion of what is known about more advanced researchers' use of library services and their mobile-device habits.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%