[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] GSOC query

[George Tuttle]

Another useful link: http://catalog.kcls.org/opac/extras/mobile/

Hey, how come there is no "mobile" folder in our "opac/extras"!! Wow, that's
a jip!

George Tuttle
Computer Services Librarian
Piedmont Regional Library System
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gtuttle at prlib.org

-----Original Message-----
From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Galen Charlton
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:16 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] GSOC query

Hi,

On Mar 19, 2012, at 10:26 PM, Sajan Kedia wrote:
> I want to contribute to project "create android client(s) for evergreen".
I am having 3 month summer vacation and i don't have any summer internship
and i love to do development and programming so i will devote my full time
to GSOC project. I just need a initial help about the project. Because here
two app are given to be build : 
> 	. a library patron app - enable a user to search the catalogue,
renew items, manage holds, change their address information
> 	. an inventory app - attach a USB barcode scanner to a tablet and
scan the collection
> i need the proper format of app, what should like be.

If you search the archives of the open-ils-general and open-ils-dev mailing
lists, you find some earlier discussion of ideas for patron and staff
Android applications for Evergreen, including a discussion of a mobile app
that was developed for the King County Library System.  Some useful links to
look at for ideas for your proposal to become a GSoC student include:

http://www.kcls.org//usingthelibrary/gomobilewithkcls/
http://kcls.boopsie.com/
http://code.google.com/p/evergreen-mobile-opac/

However, I would like to take your query as a springboard for a general
question to the librarians on this list: what would you like to see in a
patron-facing Android app?  And in a staff-facing one?

Regards,

Galen
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