Mobile options for online public access catalogs

Zhou, Yongyi; Broussard, Ramona; Lease, Matthew

doi:10.1145/1940761.1940842

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“…However, our own experience and a number of research reports (e.g. [17]) indicated that it is possible do develop fully functional and well-designed applications by teams of 2-3 graduate students in under 100 hours. This factor is exacerbated further by having to develop a different application for each platform and the diversity of target screen resolutions available on each platform.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…These two factors create a situation when library management agrees that the library should provide its content in a mobile-friendly version, which is often difficult to implement due to lack of experience and resources [8]. Some university libraries are able to get their mobile applications as a part of a university-wide mobile application [15,17]. However, most academic libraries still have to implement a mobile website or a mobile application by themselves.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Not all parts of the library website should be made mobile; instead, consider the content which is useful to the mobile user [16]. A recent survey of 22 academic libraries that use mobile websites and/or applications identified a number of common interface features for a mobile library catalog search [17], which include search box and button, search type options, author and title, call number and location, cover image, and status of book.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To implement a mobile library catalog, one could use a vendor-supplied version of the mobile catalog or an in-house catalog solution [17]. Vendor solutions may be the simplest route to providing a mobile catalog for most libraries.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Building and Evaluating a Mobile Application for an Academic Library

Kurkovsky

Meesangnil

2012

2012 15th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems

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Abstract-In order to stay relevant to the needs of the modern users, libraries need to make their catalogs and other services easily accessible on mobile devices. Libraries face a number of unique challenges in this process related to 'mobilizing' catalog access, integration third-party information systems, and operating with very limited resources. This paper describes an effort to create a mobile application for an academic library, which includes identifying library services relevant to mobile users, minimizing development costs by utilizing a number of open-source components, and evaluating the usability of the resulting application.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Building and Evaluating a Mobile Application for an Academic Library

Kurkovsky

Meesangnil

2012

2012 15th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems

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“…(Huang, 2011) Recommend that it would be more cost effective to either provide the same library application through website, or to develop application in Java, which will run on most other phones. In the context of academic sector most of the library has implemented web based OPAC to their patron and some have begun to deploy specialized mobile access application as well Zhou et al (2010). The advancement of information technology is a tool for library to stay well-informed and to cater their patrons with quick information access.…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigation and Design of Mobile OPAC Services (MOS) for Non-Smartphone Users

Vasudavan¹

2013

IMBR

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This research focuses on providing Online Public Access Catalog services to university students via mobile phone in order to enhance the traditional library walk in services and online library access using a computer. This research comprises of three main findings in relation with mobile OPAC services. First, it investigates studentâ€™s perception in using mobile phone to access OPAC services in the educational environment. Next, it identifies and adopts mobile content design guidelines in the development of Mobile OPAC Services (MOS) prototype application. Third, it develops MOS prototype Application for NonSmartphone users. Quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques conducted to identify studentâ€™s uses and needs for mobile library services access. The survey derived 73% of the students prefer to access the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) via mobile phone. The reason being is that OPAC provide major services of the library such as searching for learning materials, new titles in the library, reservation list and other related services. By conducting the survey, we discovered 71% of the students are using non-smart phone because they are still studying and unable to buy a smart phone which is expensive. Based on this finding we design a Mobile OPAC Service (MOS) prototype application for university students to access Online Public Access Catalog services via non-smart phones. The mobile OPAC services will bring libraries one step ahead in the wireless information technology world in meeting their patrons needs and providing quality education resources.

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Undergraduate students use of mobile apps to search library catalogs

Chen

2019

LHT

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore undergraduate students’ use of mobile apps to search library catalogs and analyze the problems students encountered. Student opinions and suggestions regarding mobile library apps were also examined. Design/methodology/approach A total of 16 undergraduates were observed and subjected to semi-structured interviews. Four tasks were assigned, and the participants used mobile apps and laptops to search library catalogs. Follow-up in-depth interviews were conducted to gather participants’ opinions regarding the mobile library app. Findings Among the 64 total searches conducted by the 16 participants, 45 (70.31 percent) were completed when using the mobile app, and 51 (79.69 percent) were completed using the laptop. Participants spent less time completing the tasks when they used the mobile app. Mobile apps are thus an effective tool for searching library catalogs. However, the interviews revealed that none of the participants had used mobile library apps prior to the interviews conducted in this study, and half of the participants expressed that they would not install library apps on their smartphones in the future. Originality/value The study findings may help university libraries improve their understanding about undergraduates’ search behavior and opinions about mobile library apps.

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Mobile options for online public access catalogs

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Building and Evaluating a Mobile Application for an Academic Library

Building and Evaluating a Mobile Application for an Academic Library

Investigation and Design of Mobile OPAC Services (MOS) for Non-Smartphone Users

Undergraduate students use of mobile apps to search library catalogs

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