Dear Professionals, Our OPAC (http://library.git.edu) is presence on the web since 2011. The patrons (total 4500+ students and 500+ staff) are finding difficult to login Web-OPAC every time using their credentials for checking the account details and forgetting the credentials several times. The email or sms notification for overdue, renewal and transactions not reaching to patron due to frequently changing their mobile no and email Ids. These concerns leads a major motivation behind development and deployment of mobile app for library. The lot of minutes technical things has been considered from planning to execution of Mobile app project. Mobile apps can be login once using credentials and also can login without credentials using barcode of Ids. The beautiful features and best part of this app is push notification. This feature is not required any email or mobie no of patrons .The push notifications are intimating to patron about return, renewal, overdue,new arrivals etc.. and these notification will not stored mobile. The difference is as similar to other apps comparatively accessing on mobile web. The interoperability features of KOHA leads us to think in direction. Thank you one and all for your compliments..... Thanks & Regards Arun F. Adrakatti Head - Library & Information Center Gogte Institute of Technology Khanapur Road, Udyambag, Belgaum - 590008. Karnataka, INDIA Ph: 0831 - 2498515 Cell: + 91 9739049099 Mail: arun@git.edu, Librarian@git.edu Web: www.git.edu* <http://www.git.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: vinod mishra <mishravk79@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Released Mobile App for Library Services To: Arun Adrakatti <arun.adrakatti@gmail.com> Cc: lis-forum <lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in>, ilosc@googlegroups.com, Engg-Lib-Forum@yahoogroups.com Dear Friend, Congratulations ! Please let me know how it is different from bootstrap mobile compatible feature of Koha which provides all the features as you mentioned in the App? Further, if you have internet access directly you can access the Koha through browser in a mobile compatible view and avail all the facility of Koha. Bootstrap: http://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap/ http://getbootstrap.com/ On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Arun Adrakatti <arun.adrakatti@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Professional Friends,

Happy to inform you that, the long awaiting and dream project of Library mobile app is finally released and its available for free download at Google Play store.

The name of the app is GIT Library <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitbelgau m.umar.gitlibrary>. The mobile app is act like a plug-in and fetching the content from existing Koha automation software using at Library. Keeping into mind that, mobile apps used generally focus on brief interactions of fifteen minutes or less. The GIT Library <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitbelgau m.umar.gitlibrary> app enables the quick view of essential information such as – issued books, fine, reading history, and item search along shelf location.

*Features of App*

• To check the availability of books. • To identify the actual location of books. • To access your Library account. • To receive push notification for new arrivals of library books · To receive reminder push notification for overdue books.

*Technical part of App.*

· The size of the app is only 8.1mb

· Login with scanning of barcode your ID cards.

· For data security point, only students can view their Library account and renew items.

· Less consumption of battery and minimum mobile data usage etc.

To meet the long lasting demand and requirement of students, the library service is moved towards next level by using mobile technology.

Please explore app and use guest book search option.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gitbelgaum .umar.gitlibrary

-- Thanks & Regards

Arun F. Adrakatti Head - Library & Information Center Gogte Institute of Technology Khanapur Road, Udyambag, Belgaum - 590008. Karnataka, INDIA Ph: 0831 - 2498515 Cell: + 91 9739049099 Mail: arun@git.edu, Librarian@git.edu Web: www.git.edu* <http://www.git.edu>*

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