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Transcript of Mary Antonesa findit@nuim library #asl2014
Findit@NUIM Library Case study of the development and
implementation of a library app
Mary Antonesa ( Project Chair) Senior Librarian for Learning and Research
Information Services NUI Maynooth
Content
• Overview of the project• What we did • How we did it • Impact of app • Lessons learned • Final thoughts
Overview
• New Library Building • Needed further “directional” support • 6 month Computer Science student work
placement• Mobile application to help students find items
and locations • Decided on an app for apple and android
What we did
• Designed a “find it” app to navigate students to items and locations
• Very visual and focused in purpose • Delivered in a 6 month timeframe • Mutually beneficial to the Library and
Computer Science • Designed something special
How we did it
• Library provided very clear ongoing guidance for what we wanted weekly
• Small group with a Chair • Computer Science provided technical know how
weekly• Weekly meetings and reports • Drafted an app over and over • Show cased it at Teaching and Learning Showcase in
June • Launched it at Orientation September 2013
Technically...
• Uses phonegap – open source framework• This allows cross platform applications to be
designed with web technologies• App content is in Drupal which was our CMS • Library can update it beyond life of project
Impact of App
• This is an innovative development unique to NUIM
• Improved user experience• Particularly helpful to first years • Available in App Store and Play store • Free• Download statistics
Lessons Learned
• Students love it• Social Media comments about it • Very useful • Required full 6 months • Plenty of input on all fronts • Computer Science technically maintaining it • No need for us to update content... Yet.
Final thoughts
• Could we build a Findit@ NUIM App• Would consider other apps • Student placement very useful • Build relationships with university colleagues• Positive experience