ourlib syncthecity presentation - jan 2015

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?