Mobile app for libraries
- 1. Smart Phones Libraries: A Perceptive View of Research Scholars of Faculty of Social Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
- 2. 1. • Introduction • Components 2. • Objectives • Discussion 3. • Suggestion • Conclusion
- 3. Introduction “Smart-phones have become an integral part of the daily life of many university students, even in developing countries. These devices allow users not only to make and receive phone calls or text and voice messages, but also to run a wide variety of productivity and convenience applications, popularly known as apps. Running on mobile operating systems, today’s smart-phones provide advanced computing capabilities and connectivity options in a manner similar to traditional computers”
- 4. A smart-phone provides students with immediate, portable access to many of the similar education-enhancing capabilities as an internet-connected computer, such as online information retrieval, file sharing and interacting with professors and classmates This paper has made an attempt to investigate the perception of the research scholars to implement smart phones’ library services. The paper includes objectives, research questions, methodology and sample of the study, results and discussion, recommendations and finally conclusion with a brief summary of the study.
- 5. Library services verses smart phones library service Traditional library services Smart phones library services Audio lectures Podcasts Physical reality Augmented reality Physical maps Mobile maps Reference services Mobile services Barcode QR code Notification SMS notification Library Services Verses Smart Phones Library Service
- 7. To know the level how much students are devotee to smart- phones To know the purpose of using smart-phones To examine the students’ perspective about the type of information resources they want through smart-phones libraries. To know the likelihood of using information resources through smart-phones To identify the areas for further improvement
- 8. * This paper examines the use of smart-phones for using Library Services by research scholars at Faculty of Social Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. As there are 12 departments in the faculty of social sciences the investigator has taken three departments . The study used the descriptive survey approach with a self-constructed questionnaire and interview for data collection.
- 9. * S.N o. Name of the Department Total Population (Research Scholars) Sample Size Population 1. Department of Library & Information Science 35 15 2. Department of Political Science 97 30 3. Department of Sociology 44 15 Total 176 60
- 10. *Types of devices used by the students S.No. Types of mobile devices Frequency Percentage 1 Smartphone 60 58% 2 Tablet 5 5% 3 Laptop 35 34% 4 E-book reader 04 4%
- 11. Used by the Research Scholars 82% 6% 8% 4% 0% Fig:1. Operating System of smartphones Android iOS Windows Blackberry Others
- 12. Frequency Of Using Smart-phone 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 7% 8% 10% 75% Fig:2 Frequency of using smartphone
- 13. Purposes of using smart phones S. No. Purposes Dept. LIS Dept. Political Science Dept. Sociology 1 Search for E- books, E articles and E-reviews 12(18%) 15(15%) 10(17%) 2 To know current global news 12(18%) 18(18%) 11(19%) 3 To discuss with group study 8(12%) 9(15%) 8(14%) 4 Online shopping 10(15%) 15(15%) 7(12%) 6 Mobile banking 9(14%) 14(14%) 8(14%) 7 Email/instant messaging 15(23%) 30(30%) 15(25%)
- 14. *Likelihood of using Library Resources on Smartphones 67% 23% 10% Fig:3 Likelihood of using Library resources on smartphones most likely less likely not likely
- 15. * Types of Information Services for Smart-phone LibrariesS. No. Information Services LIS Dept. Political Science Dept. Sociology Dept. 1 Search for online resources 15(24%) 30(33%) 15(24%) 2 Search library catalogue 12(19%) 17(18%) 13(21%) 3 See new addition of books 8(13%) 10(11%) 7(11%) 4 Reference inquiry services 7(11%) 9(10%) 5(8%) 5 Contact librarian 6(10%) 9(10%) 8(13%) 6 Feedback 8(13%) 10(11%) 7(11%) 7 Information of reserved book available in library 6(10%) 7(8%) 7(11%)
- 16. * Possible increase in the services S. No. Possible increase in services Very much Much Somewhat Not Much Not at All 1 Access to Library 92% 8% 0% 0% 0% 2 Usability of information sources 83% 8% 9% 0% 0% 3 Ease of use of the Library 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 4 Number of request/services by users 90% 8% 2% 0% 0% 5 Quality & efficiency of Library 92% 3% 2% 1% 2% 6 Need of more marketing & training 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 7 Quality of services by Library 92% 8% 0% 0% 0% 8 Book reservation 92% 8% 0% 0% 0% 9 Overdue reminders 100% 0% 0% 0% 0%
- 17. *Case of BHU mobile library
- 18. * Majority of the students use smart-phones in their daily life for more than 2-3 hours day The result of the study revealed that Android is the most prominent Operating system used by the students. Majority of the students like to use library resources on smart-phones. The study revealed that most sought service is to search for online resources through smart-phones regarding the provision of Library services. Majority of the students strongly believe that if the library starts providing its services through smart-phone application it will increase access to the library with ease and efficiency and quality of the library services will be increased as well. It will also increase the number of requests and services by users.
- 19. * With the advancement of technology and the growing use of the internet enabled smart-phones among students for learning purposes and the increasing numbers of electronic information resources, librarians are having the view that this is the time to move towards bringing the libraries on fingertips of the users rather than remaining confined to the brick walls of the library building. The study revealed that ‘library mobile app’ is much-awaited service by the users as it is believed that “access to the library via app will be helpful to get information quickly and easily. It is more convenient, time saving, purposeful and need of the hour”.