THE FUTURE OF BOOKS,

IN OUR LIBRARIES

DECLINE IN LIBRARY USE

the shift to electronic resources has many scholars and librarians worrying about the loss of a central community resource in physical libraries.

/ chronicle of higher education (2001)

felt that finding information online made more sense than going to the actual library.

93% 83% 75%

stated they were frequently unable to get the information they needed due to library hours

said they just didnt have time to go to the library

/ digital library foundation (2001)

We're losing clientele; students may come in the library to study, to socialise, to hit the newly installed cafe designed to lure them in, but they're not using library materials, or library services, at anything like the rate they did even ten years ago.
Information Science professor Jerome McDonough

the shift to electronic resources needs to be done differently,

by taking advantage of emerging technologies

a universal library application designed to encourage library use & lending of books

platform: smartphone application (iOS)

intro /

universal id

intro / login

search for a book, select a title

intro / login / search

information of chosen title with reviews

find a copy

intro / login / search / info /

location service finds local libraries with available copies

intro / login / search / info / location /

location and information about chosen library

reserve a copy

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve

confirm reservation

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve / confirm

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve / confirm

bookshelf in a simple list format, shows status of books

ready for scan/issue

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve / confirm / pick-ups /

scan QR code of reserved book

issues from library

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve / confirm / pick-ups / issue

scan confirmed

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve / confirm / pick-ups / issue / confirm

added to shelf

due date shown beside title

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve / confirm / pick-ups / issue / confirm / shelf /

review or renew book

lend book ?

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve / confirm / pick-ups / issue / confirm / shelf /

instead of just returning it, you can pass it on/lend it to a friend *officially*

choose from contacts list who to lend to

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve / confirm / pick-ups / issue / confirm / shelf / contacts

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve / confirm / pick-ups / issue / confirm / shelf / contacts

scan of code is done by friend you chose Ian has just officially issued the book

intro / login / search / info / location / reserve / confirm / pick-ups / issue / confirm / shelf / contacts

books can be passed around a network of friends & shared with each other (until requested by another user)

of mobile phones sold in NZ, were a smartphone

+50% 44% 42%

of New Zealanders over the age of 16, currently use a smartphone

increase in smartphone sales this year

/ Gartner & IDC (2012)

but what about the 66% who dont have a smartphone/device that can scan QR codes?

platform: web app

online

login, search, reserve pick-up and issue book at the library, + have a nice chat with a librarian

online / shelf

online / shelf / lend

smartphone app

web app

online / shelf / lend

potential features

online / shelf / lend

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