Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Mobile Application for Academic Library Services

IF 1.5 4区管理学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Information Technology and Libraries Pub Date : 2023-09-18 DOI:10.5860/ital.v42i3.15977

Hamid Reza Saeidnia, Marcin Kozak, Brady Lund, Nishith Reddy Mannuru, Hamid Keshavarz, Bakthavachalam Elango, Afshin Babajani, Ali Ghorbi

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Abstract

Universities and scientific educational institutions today need targeted information services to ensure that their user communities have the information they need. This study aims to design, develop, implement, and evaluate a mobile application for academic library services at Tarbiat Modares University (Tehran, Iran). A four-stage process was utilized to accomplish this aim. In the first phase, relevant literature was reviewed to obtain appropriate data requirements for the app. A questionnaire was designed and administered to survey expert librarians on the most suitable data requirements. The second phase involved the design of the user interface and user experience with the assistance of experts, followed by the evaluation of the experience. The third phase involved the development of the app in the Android Studio environment using the Java programming language, based on the requirements identified in the first and second phases. The app was then made available to the user community. Finally, the app was evaluated in the fourth phase using a questionnaire tool. The researchers found this approach to application development to be both economical and effective in the context of a developing country.

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高校图书馆服务移动应用程序的设计、开发、实现与评价

今天的大学和科学教育机构需要有针对性的信息服务，以确保其用户群体拥有所需的信息。本研究旨在设计、开发、实施和评估Tarbiat Modares大学(伊朗德黑兰)学术图书馆服务的移动应用程序。为了实现这一目标，采用了一个四阶段的过程。在第一阶段，我们查阅了相关文献，以获得适合该应用程序的数据需求。我们设计并实施了一份调查问卷，调查专家图书馆员最适合的数据需求。第二阶段包括在专家的协助下设计用户界面和用户体验，然后对体验进行评估。第三阶段是基于第一阶段和第二阶段确定的需求，使用Java编程语言在Android Studio环境中开发应用程序。随后，该应用程序向用户社区开放。最后，在第四阶段使用问卷工具对应用程序进行评估。这组科学家发现，在发展中国家的背景下，这种应用程序开发方法既经济又有效。

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Information Technology and Libraries 管理科学-计算机：信息系统

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2.90

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5.60%

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1 months

期刊介绍： Information Technology and Libraries publishes original material related to all aspects of information technology in all types of libraries. Topic areas include, but are not limited to, library automation, digital libraries, metadata, identity management, distributed systems and networks, computer security, intellectual property rights, technical standards, geographic information systems, desktop applications, information discovery tools, web-scale library services, cloud computing, digital preservation, data curation, virtualization, search-engine optimization, emerging technologies, social networking, open data, the semantic web, mobile services and applications, usability, universal access to technology, library consortia, vendor relations, and digital humanities.