Event: Metadata and Web 2.0 seminar Organised by: Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland Held on Friday 2nd March at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh Presented by: Martin Morrey

1. The University Martin Morrey
Web Integration
of Edinburgh’s Manager
Mobile App 2nd March 2012

2. • Why Mobile
• Selecting a Solution
• What is U@Ed?
• Demo
• Future Plans

3. Why Mobile

4. Can’t Ignore It
Mobile visits day-1 to *ed.ac.uk
Nov Feb
‘09 ‘11
Recent mobile survey (Dec ’11):
• 95%* had a smartphone
• ~50% Apple, ~30% Android
• Up from 67% in Oct 2010, 50% March 2010
* voluntary selection bias…?

5. Selecting a Solution

6. Possible Solutions
• Home build apps
• Mobile web, e.g. uPortal Mobile
• Vendor Solution
– Blackboard Mobile Campus
– Ombiel CampusM

7. What is U@Ed?

8. What is U@Ed?
• Smartphone app
– #1: students
• UoE info on the go
• Location based:
– Maps
– PC availability
– “Friend Finder”
• Courses (WebCT)
• Timetable (MVM)

9. Apps + Web
• Apple (iOS)
• Android
• Blackberry

10. Management Console

11. Integrations
RSS CampusM Voyager
News Manager OPAC
Feeds
PC Bus Map
Alerts
Availability Track Data

12. Demo
U@Ed on iPad

13. Future Plans

14. Expected Additions
• Blackberry support (March ‘12)
• Usage tracking (from March ’12)
• Bus Timetables (tbc)

15. Longer Term Additions
• Integrated Announcments (Alerts)
– U@Ed and MyEd
• Course Timetables are MVM only
– Awaiting central timetables
• Student Diary (Office 365)

16. Other Ideas
• QR Codes on Library Shelves?
– Search within shelfmark range?
• Job Shop
– vacancies for students, drawn from
SAGE database
• DropBox-style integration to shared
file system
• Freshers module

17. More Info
www.ed.ac.uk/is/mobile-campus
Martin.Morrey@ed.ac.uk
@martinmorrey
Web Integration Manager
Applications Division, Information Services,
University of Edinburgh
0131 651 5233