Minrva Project's Mobile and Opensource Goodness
Sponsor:
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Grant Summary:
National Leadership Grants support projects that address challenges faced by the museum, library, and/or archive fields and that have the potential to advance practice in those fields.
Research Documentation:
The Student/Library Collaborative: Toward Transformative Mobile Library Service
Minrva Products:
| Title | Summary | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Minrva 1.0 iOS Display Module | The display module gathers detailed information about the currently selected item and displays the results. Information includes: title, author(s), cover art, holdings information, and summary/description. | Fall 2012 |
| Minrva 1.0 iOS Catalog Search Module | An interface to the library catalog. Students are able to refine searches by location, type of search, and free text input. The module is able to display many pages of search results as a user scrolls. | Fall 2012 |
| Minrva 1.0 iOS Scanner Module | The scanner module allows a user to easily digitize a book for use by other modules. The scanner supports barcodes with Codabar format. | Fall 2012 |
| Minrva 1.0 iOS Wayfinder Module | Displays a conceptual map of the library drawn to scale along with a red dot symbolizing where the currently selected book is located. | Fall 2012 |
| Minrva 2.0 Android Blocks Module | Displays a list of blocks against a user account. Information includes: the institution that assigned the block, the day and time that the block was instituted, and the description of the block. | Spring 2013 |
| Minrva 2.0 Android Checked Out Module | Displays a list of checked out items. Information includes: the title, institution, due date, and current status ("Checked-out" or "Renewed") of the borrowed item. Users can renew any of their currently checked-out items. | Spring 2013 |
| Minrva 2.0 Android Citation Module | The citation module is designed to allow a user to quickly and accurately cite a wide variety of sources in either MLA or APA format. The module also allows the user to email the completed citation. | Spring 2013 |
| Minrva 2.0 Android Favorites Module | Displays a list of favorited items. Information displayed in the favorites module includes: the title of the favorited item along with the author(s), artist(s), subtitles, etc. | Spring 2013 |
| Minrva 2.0 Android Fines Module | Displays a list of all fines associated with this account. Information displayed in the fines module includes: title of item, date fine was levied, amount, and type of fine. | Spring 2013 |
| Minrva 2.0 Android Requested Items Module | Displays a list of all of the items that a user has requested. This module also allows the user to cancel any requests that they have placed. | Spring 2013 |