{"id":386,"date":"2013-08-21T02:26:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T00:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/?p=386"},"modified":"2013-10-04T05:57:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T03:57:20","slug":"thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some electronic resources (eg. databases, eBooks, magazines, etc.) are accessible via apps provided by the vendors. This thing is not a recommendation of any particular vendor or product, but is designed to get you to think about your library client\u2019s experience when they use these apps to access your content. Throughout 23 Mobile Things you will have discovered for yourself how variable the experience can be depending on the device you have, the connectivity in your area and the compatibility of apps. All of these factors are important for <a title=\"UX design defined\" href=\"http:\/\/uxdesign.com\/ux-defined\" target=\"_blank\">user experience (UX)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a <a title=\"List of Library Apps Uni of Twente\" href=\"http:\/\/www.utwente.nl\/ub\/en\/services\/MAIN\/mobile_apps.docx\/\" target=\"_blank\">list of library apps<\/a> via University of Twente (NL)<\/li>\n<li>The Library Success wiki <a title=\"Library Success Wiki - vendor apps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.libsuccess.org\/index.php?title=M-Libraries#Vendors_and_Publishers\" target=\"_blank\">lists<\/a> quite a few vendor apps<\/li>\n<li>Journal apps can offer your clients a browsable shelf or newstand eg. <a title=\"Browzine\" href=\"http:\/\/thirdiron.com\/browzine\/how-browzine-works\/\" target=\"_blank\">Browzine <\/a>\u00a0(Android and IOS) \u00a0and <a title=\"Zinio\" href=\"http:\/\/au.zinio.com\/www\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zinio<\/a> \u00a0(iOS, Android and Windows 8, and other platforms for any device)<\/li>\n<li>Guus van den Brekel <a title=\"Digicmb blog journal apps\" href=\"http:\/\/digicmb.blogspot.nl\/2013\/07\/updates-from-journal-apps-browzine.html\" target=\"_blank\">reviews the features<\/a> of some journal apps<\/li>\n<li>Some libraries highlight quite a lot of different apps for their clients eg. <a title=\"Toronto Public Library apps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.torontopubliclibrary.ca\/books-video-music\/downloads-ebooks\/mobile-apps.jsp \" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Public Library<\/a> and <a title=\"Concordia University Library apps\" href=\"http:\/\/library.concordia.ca\/research\/internet\/apps.php\" target=\"_blank\">Concordia University Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Mango language apps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mangolanguages.com\/libraries\/products-overview\/mango-mobile\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mango Language apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"EBSCO host apps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ebscohost.com\/academic\/mobile-access\" target=\"_blank\">EBSCO host apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Baker and Taylor Axis Reader\" href=\"http:\/\/btol.com\/axis360\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baker and Taylor Axis Reader\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hoopla and 3M Cloud Library\" href=\"http:\/\/www.consumeraffairs.com\/news\/how-public-libraries-fit-into-the-digital-age-072913.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hoopla and 3M Cloud Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"OverDrive Media Console\" href=\"http:\/\/omc.overdrive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OverDrive Media Console \u00a0<\/a>(Android and iOS apps available) for library ebooks and audiobooks<\/li>\n<li>There are more links and examples to explore on our <a title=\"Pinterest - 23mobilethings - vendor apps\" href=\" http:\/\/pinterest.com\/myleej\/vendor-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest board<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>THINKING POINTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What information do the vendors collect from your clients via the app?<\/li>\n<li>What use statistics do you get from vendor apps?<\/li>\n<li>Are clients who use the app easily able to move to other library resources?<\/li>\n<li>How do you evaluate vendor apps before offering them to your clients?<\/li>\n<li>Which vendor apps could your staff use (e.g. library management system)?<\/li>\n<li>In what ways does offering core library services via mobile apps change the way the library reaches people?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a data-pin-do=\"embedBoard\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/myleej\/vendor-apps\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some electronic resources (eg. databases, eBooks, magazines, etc.) are accessible via apps provided by the vendors. This thing is not a recommendation of any particular vendor or product, but is designed to get you to think about your library client\u2019s experience when they use these apps to access your content. Throughout 23 Mobile Things you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[71,68,66,67],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apps","tag-apps","tag-eresources","tag-ux","tag-vendors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps  - 23mobilethings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps  - 23mobilethings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some electronic resources (eg. databases, eBooks, magazines, etc.) are accessible via apps provided by the vendors. This thing is not a recommendation of any particular vendor or product, but is designed to get you to think about your library client\u2019s experience when they use these apps to access your content. Throughout 23 Mobile Things you [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"23mobilethings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-08-21T00:26:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-10-04T03:57:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mylee Joseph\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mylee Joseph\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mylee Joseph\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/985f8a777c3d6ab7725eb32ab9f64dc3\"},\"headline\":\"Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-08-21T00:26:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-10-04T03:57:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/\"},\"wordCount\":298,\"commentCount\":6,\"keywords\":[\"apps\",\"eresources\",\"UX\",\"vendors\"],\"articleSection\":[\"apps\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/\",\"name\":\"Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps - 23mobilethings\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-08-21T00:26:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-10-04T03:57:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/985f8a777c3d6ab7725eb32ab9f64dc3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/\",\"name\":\"23mobilethings\",\"description\":\"exploring the potential of mobile tools for delivering library services\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/985f8a777c3d6ab7725eb32ab9f64dc3\",\"name\":\"Mylee Joseph\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd114f2812c0fb0bc609e5b780613faba92488d953b2fe7357cb30fbbaeac27f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd114f2812c0fb0bc609e5b780613faba92488d953b2fe7357cb30fbbaeac27f?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mylee Joseph\"},\"description\":\"urban librarian, social media enthusiast, storyteller\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/author\/myleejj\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps  - 23mobilethings","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps  - 23mobilethings","og_description":"Some electronic resources (eg. databases, eBooks, magazines, etc.) are accessible via apps provided by the vendors. This thing is not a recommendation of any particular vendor or product, but is designed to get you to think about your library client\u2019s experience when they use these apps to access your content. Throughout 23 Mobile Things you [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/","og_site_name":"23mobilethings","article_published_time":"2013-08-21T00:26:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-10-04T03:57:20+00:00","author":"Mylee Joseph","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mylee Joseph","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/"},"author":{"name":"Mylee Joseph","@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/985f8a777c3d6ab7725eb32ab9f64dc3"},"headline":"Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps","datePublished":"2013-08-21T00:26:04+00:00","dateModified":"2013-10-04T03:57:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/"},"wordCount":298,"commentCount":6,"keywords":["apps","eresources","UX","vendors"],"articleSection":["apps"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/","url":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/","name":"Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps - 23mobilethings","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-08-21T00:26:04+00:00","dateModified":"2013-10-04T03:57:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/985f8a777c3d6ab7725eb32ab9f64dc3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/2013\/08\/21\/thing-22-eresources-and-vendor-apps\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thing 22: eResources and vendor apps"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/","name":"23mobilethings","description":"exploring the potential of mobile tools for delivering library services","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/985f8a777c3d6ab7725eb32ab9f64dc3","name":"Mylee Joseph","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd114f2812c0fb0bc609e5b780613faba92488d953b2fe7357cb30fbbaeac27f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd114f2812c0fb0bc609e5b780613faba92488d953b2fe7357cb30fbbaeac27f?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Mylee Joseph"},"description":"urban librarian, social media enthusiast, storyteller","url":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/author\/myleejj\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23mobilethings.net\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}