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Event: Metadata and Web 2.0 seminarOrganised by: Cataloguing & Indexing Group in ScotlandHeld on Friday 2nd March at the National Library of Scotland, EdinburghPresented by: Martin MorreyTRANSCRIPT
Martin MorreyWeb Integration
Manager2nd March 2012
The Universityof Edinburgh’s
Mobile App
• Why Mobile• Selecting a Solution• What is U@Ed?• Demo• Future Plans
Why Mobile
Can’t Ignore It
Recent mobile survey (Dec ’11):• 95%* had a smartphone• ~50% Apple, ~30% Android• Up from 67% in Oct 2010, 50% March 2010
* voluntary selection bias…?
Nov‘09
Feb‘11
Mobile visits day-1 to *ed.ac.uk
Selecting a Solution
Possible Solutions
• Home build apps• Mobile web, e.g. uPortal Mobile• Vendor Solution
– Blackboard Mobile Campus– Ombiel CampusM
What is U@Ed?
What is U@Ed?
• Smartphone app– #1: students
• UoE info on the go• Location based:
– Maps– PC availability– “Friend Finder”
• Courses (WebCT)• Timetable (MVM)
Apps + Web
• Apple (iOS)• Android• Blackberry
Management Console
Integrations
RSSNewsFeeds
CampusMManager
VoyagerOPAC
MapData
PC Availability
BusTrack
Alerts
Demo
U@Ed on iPad
Future Plans
Expected Additions
• Blackberry support (March ‘12)• Usage tracking (from March ’12)• Bus Timetables (tbc)
Longer Term Additions
• Integrated Announcments (Alerts)– U@Ed and MyEd
• Course Timetables are MVM only– Awaiting central timetables
• Student Diary (Office 365)
Other Ideas
• QR Codes on Library Shelves?– Search within shelfmark range?
• Job Shop– vacancies for students, drawn from
SAGE database
• DropBox-style integration to shared file system
• Freshers module
More Infowww.ed.ac.uk/is/mobile-campus
[email protected]@martinmorrey
Web Integration ManagerApplications Division, Information Services,
University of Edinburgh
0131 651 5233