The case for home-grown, sustainable next generation library services
- Author
- Haefele, Chad
- Source
- Public Services Quarterly, 2011, Vol 7, Issue 3
- Year
- 2011
- Full Date (YYYY-MM-DD)
- 2011-12
- Subject (ENG)
- Library Mobile Applications
- Subject (ITA)
- Applicazioni mobile per biblioteche
- URL
- http://www.hiddenpeanuts.com/postfiles/The%20case%20for%20home-grown,%20sustainable%20nex%20-%20Chad%20Haefele.pdf
- Last visit
- June 2013
Abstract
English
As mobile usage increases, more libraries are considering providing mobile services – like applications – to their users. Unfortunately, as many libraries lack the in-house expertise to develop these applications on their own, they have turned to third-party vendors. While this is an understandable solution, it also results in continual costs, and forces libraries to rely on for-profit companies. Libraries should, instead, join together in a common goal to meet this, and other, obstacles in the increasingly digital world. Libraries should focus on internal strengths and continue in the vein of community sharing as next generation services unfold.
Italiano
Dato il grande aumento dell'utilizzo del mobile, sempre più biblioteche stanno prendendo in considerazione l'introduzione di applicazioni mobile. Purtroppo, come molte di esse non hanno le competenze interne per sviluppare queste applicazioni, sono costrette a rivolgersi a fornitori esterni. Questa soluzione comporta però costi continui; dunque le biblioteche dovrebbero concentrarsi sui punti di forza interni con l'obiettivo di proseguire nel campo della condivisione comunitaria dei servizi.
