Mobile OPAC Prototype Based On Koha Open Source Integrated Library System
- 1. Presented by: Zahari Mohd Amin MOBILE OPAC PROTOTYPE BASED ON KOHA OPEN SOURCE INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM
- 2. Why mobile? Availabilityofdevices–mobilephone,tabletetc. Userbehaviortowardsinformationsearching Tomakelifeeasier. AccordingtoMills(2009),staffatCambridgeUniversityLibraryhaveobservedcustomersusingtheircameraphonestotakepicturesofthecatalogueresultsscreen,ratherthannotingclassmarksonapieceofpaper.50%ofrespondentsatbothuniversitiessaidtheytakephotosofsigns,books,etctosaveinformationforlaterreference. Inaddition55%oftotalrespondentswereinfavourofbeingabletoaccessthelibrarycataloguefromamobilephone(Mills,2009).
- 4. MobileOPACbasicallyisnotsomethingnewinthelibrary.JapanisoneofthecountrieswhichhavemobileOPACaspartoftheirlibraryservices. AccordingtoMurakamiandKanata(2008),inJapanmobilephoneOPACs(OnlinePublicAccessCatalog)havebeenrapidlyspreadinginuniversityandpubliclibraries. McKiernan(2009),in“wirelessinternetuse”surveyfoundthatone- thirdofAmericansaccessedtheinternetviacellphoneorsmartphone. AccordingtoOfcom,86%ofadultsintheUKownamobilephonethattheyusemorethanonceamonth.Howeverthemajorityofpeopleprimarilyusethemformakingcallsandsendingtextmessages(Ofcom,2008).
- 5. About Mobile OPAC PrototypedevelopedusingtheKOHAplatform–anopensourcelibrarysystem. Kohaversion3.2asitisthelateststableversionatthetimeofdevelopment. Kohaversion3.2waschosenbecause -theopensourcesoftwareframeworksallowflexibilityintermofaccessingthesourcecode. -itisafullywebbasedILSwhereKohahasofferedsuitableplatformformobileplatform. CurrentlyKohauserhasreachedmorethan1,000librariesworldwideinvolveshundredsofthousandspatrons.Atleasthalfofthemisusingversion3.2.xandwillbenefitsfromthiswork.
- 6. DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE OPAC PROTOTYPE Duplicationof„prog‟templateandrenameitas„prog-mobile‟.TheprocessofdevelopingmobileOPACprototypeasfollows: TemplateCleaning–Removingunnecessarylayout,images,andmenufromthetemplate. Adaptationtomobiledevice–OPACtemplatehasbeenadjustedtomobiledevices. Removeunnecessaryfeatures-Unnecessaryfeatureswhichwefeeldonotsuitableformobileuserhasbeenremoved. Whileremovingunnecessaryfeatures,wetrytoretainasmuchfeaturesrelatedtouser,whichwethinktheywilluseusingtheirmobiledevices.
- 7. Screenshot of mobile OPAC prototype Figure 1. Hierarchy Browser – User can browse by Call Number Figure 2. Search Result view on web devices
- 8. Cont… Figure 3. User Account - SummaryFigure 4. User Account -Fines
- 9. Cont… ThemobileOPAChasbeensuccessfullydeployedon13thApril2011athttp://demo.koha.my.IthasbeenpresentedatInvention,InnovationandDesign(IID) 2011on14thApril2011atUniversitiTeknologiMARA, ShahAlam,Malaysia. ThemobileOPACsourcecodewillbereleasedbacktotheKohaOpenSourceCommunity.
- 10. CONCLUSION MobileOPACPrototypeisessentialprojectwherebyitbecomesoneofpopulartoolamonglibraryusersnowadays.Itshowsthatanewtechnologyisneededforlibrary. Inaddition,Kohaisopensourceandveryappropriateinordertodevelopintegratedlibrarysystem. InthefutureitishopedthatthisprojectcouldbeoneofimportanttoolthatcanbeusedinalllibrariesinMalaysiaandatthesametimeitwillfacilitatelibraryusersinfindinginformationorcollectionsinthoselibraries.
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