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OurLib @ Sync The CityFrom pitch to product in 54 hours
The Pitch
This is Paul!
This is Paul!
Paul wanted
to increase
footfall to
Norfolk’s
Libraries
He
envisioned a
digital library
card(aka: a barcode on your phone)
Why libraries?
The Team
Alex Scotton
Web Developer
Jason
Gregson
Infrastructure
Stuart Williams
Business Analyst
Matthew
Bolton
RFID Guru
Shaun Church
Android
Developer
Chris Smith
Web Developer
Honorable mentionsMatt Davey (Design), Tim Stephenson (Video/Photography), Paul Harrison
(Norfolk Library Services), and Jeff Bezos (Amazon CEO - for not suing us)
Project Planning
&
Research
Research
- OnePulse for Market Research
- The Arts Council- Envisioning the library of the future
What did this tell us?
- Low usage (50% never visit)
- ‘Try before you buy’
- A desire to engage with the
library (events)
- Service naivety
Setup
Website, Social
and Servers
Define the technology stack
AWS
Elastic
Beanstalk
(Node.JS)Android
App
Chrome
Extension
NorLink
Library
Service
WorldCat
API
S3
(Website)
Platform (API)
Platform (API)
Platform (API)
Webserver
Webserver
Webserver
(Static content)
Tools
Let’s
Build It!
Libraries
ExpressJS
PassportJS
node-geocoder
request
xml2js
Chrome
Extension
Android
App
Node.JS
APIs
Making extensive use of
Square’s open source libraries
allowed Shaun & Matt to quickly
prototype the app.
Chris built a Chrome
extension.
Grabs the ISBN number
from the product details:
And provides you a list of
stock:
What made it work?
What made it work?
The Future
OurLib
Download it Now!
Questions?