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.

中文翻译：

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开发图书馆服务中的开源移动应用程序：以马来西亚国立大学为例

目的

图书馆活动的激增和技术进步增加了图书馆客户对数据准确性和敏捷性的需求。因此，需要新的方法来扩展图书馆服务。本文旨在介绍使用内部开源系统 Koha 设计的原型移动图书馆应用程序（应用程序）的实现。

设计/方法/方法

本文介绍了一个使用变形过程创建移动应用程序的案例研究。本案例研究基于图书馆服务在系统验收测试 (SAT) 和用户验收测试 (UAT) 期间使用一组活动进行测试。一种应用程序编程接口 (API)，用于支持双向通信，包括系统到组件和系统到系统的连接。讨论、说明和分析了这款移动应用程序的设计、特点和优势。该案例研究报告了来自 Koha 开源图书馆信息系统的移动应用程序版本开发。

发现

图书馆工作人员使用用户验收测试 (UAT) 和系统验收测试 (SAT) 对该应用程序进行了测试，他们发现它功能强大、易于访问、有吸引力且有用。在线公共访问目录搜索、图书馆馆藏扫描、读者账户、读者个人藏书、流通、馆员聊天、借书二维码、社交媒体集成以及图书馆活动和事件通知等功能已成功测试。这个过程对于创建基于现有图书馆系统-Koha 开源系统的移动应用程序很有用。

研究限制/影响

本研究仅限于马来西亚一所国立大学的案例研究。

实际影响

本研究对实施图书馆移动应用程序具有一定的实际意义，例如，它将鼓励图​​书馆员在图书馆实施图书馆应用程序。

原创性/价值

这项研究对于计划向其顾客提供移动图书馆服务的移动开发商和图书馆非常有用。本文以图书馆开源系统——Koha开源系统的变形现有过程为例。