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Adoption of near field communication in S-Library application for information science

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Veröffentlicht in:New Library World vol. 116, no. 11/12 (2015), p. 728-747
1. Verfasser: YUSOF, MOHD KAMIR
Weitere Verfasser: Abel, Andrew, Saman, Md Yazid, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Nordin
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Schlagworte:
Malaysia
Terengganu Malaysia
Automatic identification
Radio frequency identification
Librarians
Library collections
Books
Library science
Information science
Raw materials
Scanners
Library management
Library users
Borrowing
Employees
Information systems
Inventory
Accuracy
Library materials
Data entry
Keyboards
Bar codes
Antennas
Data collection
Libraries
Databases
Reliability
Science and technology
Transactions
Information technology
Adoption of innovations
Tests
Telecommunications
Application
Identification
Radio
Communication
Satisfaction
Teaching Methods
Library Services
Computers
Management Systems
Visual Perception
Maintenance
Library Administration
Special Libraries
Library Personnel
Information Services
Library Schools
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Abstract:Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to first review the implementation of automatic identification and data capture) technologies in library/information science, focusing on barcode technology, radio frequency identification (RFID) and near field communication (NFC). This paper then presents S-Library, a new android-based application, to enable users to perform a wide range of information science-related transactions, such as borrowing, searching, returning and viewing transaction records. Design/methodology/approach - This paper presents the design process and the database and software components. For analysis, the authors used application testing, and also usability testing, with a questionnaire distributed to 343 users. Findings - The implementation of NFC technology means that S-Library has a number of technical advantages over other approaches. It was also shown with user acceptance testing that there was a high degree of user satisfaction with S-Library. Research limitations/implications - Although the findings combine technical assessment and usability testing and are extremely positive, further user evaluation could be performed. In addition, S-Library does not currently read existing RFID tags, which would improve the application further. Practical implications - The system proposed here shows that S-Library is a feasible approach taken to improve the library transaction experience and that it can replace and improve upon older technologies. Originality/value - This paper provides a first successful demonstration of a functioning and tested android and NFC-based library transaction system and shows that this approach generates a high degree of user reliability.
ISSN:0307-4803
1758-6909
2398-5348
2398-5356
DOI:10.1108/NLW-02-2015-0014
Quelle:ABI/INFORM Global