Going Digital in the Closed Stacks, Eva Dahlbäck, Stockholm University Library, Sweden. This presentation was one of the 10 most highly ranked at LIBER's Annual Conference 2014 in Riga, Latvia. Learn more: www.libereurope.eu

1. Going digital in the closed
stacks
–
Library logistics with a
smart phone

2. About the presentation
• Introduction to Stockholm University Library
• About the new way of working
• Reflection and experiences
• The development
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3. Stockholm University Library
2014-07-04
9 libraries
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4. 5000 visitors/day
2.5 million books
300 order/day
Stockholm University Library

5. Before
Digital à paper à digital
2014-07-04
Local closed Interlibrary
loans to
other
libraries
Missing
books
orders from
ed stacks
In
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6. New ways through the closed stacks!
Local orders
from closed
stacks
Interlibrary
loans to
other
libraries
Missing
books
One
workflow:
XYZ

7. Digital workflow
Viola

8. Reflection and experiences
• One work-flow for several different types of orders
• All digital road – fewer manual steps
• Faster – less time collecting books, patrons gets the book faster
• Easy for everyone in the library to follow the orders step by step
• 5 persons can do the work that 10 persons did before
• Competence development of technical skills in the work force
• Viola is connected to the invoice-system
• Satisfied customers (libraries and patrons)
2014-07-04 / Eva Dahlbäck, Stockholm University Library

9. The development
• Developers in the library working closely together with
librarians that know the functionality
• The librarians have specified the functions needed and
the technicians built a system that meets these needs
• Work with “user stories” has been key in the collaborative
work
• The system has been tailor-made based on workflow
requirements and with the end user in mind
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10. User stories – the start of a conversation
As a fetcher of books, I want to be able to print out slips to
put in the books that i have found in the shelves
• Not a requirement as much as a starting point for
conversation
• Easy to write and prioritize
• Easier to follow progress
2014-07-04 / Eva Dahlbäck, Stockholm University Library

11. Technology
• Built on top of ASP.NET MVC
• The database is SQL server,
– Replaceable thanks to the ORM PetaPoco
• Android App
– Xamarin Monodroid
• Since april, most of these technologies are Open
Source
• Intention is to release it as open source
2014-07-04 / Eva Dahlbäck, Stockholm University Library

12. Questions!
2014-07-04 / Eva Dahlbäck, Stockholm University Library

13. Thank you for listening!
Eva Dahlbäck
eva.dahlback@sub.su.se