Northwest ILL 2015Ryan Litsey and Kenny Ketner

BOOK RAIDER

Mobile app for iOS and Android

Combines a barcode scanner with interlibrary loan

Designed to be open for other libraries to use

Compatible across diff erent screen sizes/device types Phones Tablets

WHAT IS BOOK RAIDER?

Inspiration Barcode scanner apps to compare prices + patrons use ILL to

save money/time = why not both?

Resources Funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services

through a grant to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Round 1 - $15,000 for mobile app version 1.0 Round 2 - $10,000 for version 2.0

Timeline Fall 2013, Began development on Book Raider version 1.0 Fall 2013, Working alpha Summer 2014, Wide release Fall 2015, Design begins for Book Raider version 2.0

THE PLAN

Book Raider uses resources readily available to the public and most libraries.

WorldCat tells the app if/where a book can be found in our library’s catalogue.

The Google Books catalogue allows us to display almost any information we could want to find about a book.

Both the Android and iOS versions are able to understand 10 & 13 digit ISBN numbers, so Book Raider is likely to find a given book.

POWERFUL TOOLS BEHIND THE CURTAIN

Developed using the latest and greatest technologies for iOS 7+ and Android 4.0-4.4+

AVCapture in iOS 7 has a built in feature that makes scanning barcodes easy.

The ZBar Scanner project for Android puts a stable and effi cient barcode scanner at the core of the application’s book scanning feature.

FUTURE PROOF – LATEST TECHNOLOGIES

Code designed so that it’s easy to add new resources and capabilities into the app without bogging down or even touching other features.

In the future

With modular design, Book Raider’s technologies can be adapted to any Library/School that wants to create their own version of this app.

By changing a few easy lines of code, Book Raider could feasibly fit as a customized app for any Library that would want it.

MODULAR DESIGN

Once the patron finds the book they are looking for they are off ered the ability to request the item

The book request form generates an Open URL for use in the ILLiad request form

RESOURCES – ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

The form is auto-populated for the patron, to make accessing the material quicker and easier.

Texas Tech Document

Delivery department will handle any request for an item that is either from our collection or at another university.

RESOURCES – ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

Since the full launch in Summer 2014:

110 Apple app store & 285 Google Play store downloads

Only 33 requests though… This means we need to do more testing to understand where

the disconnect between the use and making of the request.

Texas Tech Library’s Research, Instruction, and Outreach (RIO) librarians are one of the main vessels for testing and giving demos of Book Raider.

Usability testing for Book Raider focuses more on fi eld testing rather than lab testing. We want to see how the user base interacts with the app and absorb their feedback.

MEASURING SUCCESS

• Redesign searching interface to take advantage of WorldShare API

• Connection of the user to his/her subject librarian

• Addition of library building metrics and reporting of environmental concerns

WHAT IS NEW FOR 2.0?

ON ANDROID AND IOS NOW!

Use a QR Code scanning app to scan this barcode or click below to go to the iOS App Store or the Google Play Store and download Book Raider to try it out for yourself.

http://goo.gl/VPW81t - For Android

http://goo.gl/yH8sxQ - For iOS

Ryan L i tseyAssoc iate L ibrar ian , Document Del iveryryan. l i tsey@ttu .edu

Kenny KetnerSoftware Deve lopment Managerkenny.ketner@ttu .edu

Ryan Cass idyAss is tant L ibrar ian , Research Inst ruct ion and Outreachryan.cass idy@ttu .edu

Matt McEn i ryAss is tant L ibrar ian , Dig i ta l L ibrarymatthew.mceni ry@ttu .edu

QUESTIONS?