Global library cooperative OCLC is introducing Digby, a new mobile app that will soon be available as part of WorldShare Management Services, the cloud-based library services platform. Digby is specifically designed to increase the efficiency, accuracy and independence of student library workers.
As a suite of web-based applications, WorldShare Management Services (WMS) already allows library staff to do their work wherever needed—in the library, at home or on the go. Now with the Digby app, WMS helps the library's student workers become more productive too.
The intuitive design of the Digby app provides student workers with clear instructions for handling pull-list and re-shelving tasks. Digby lets student workers scan library materials right in the stacks—saving them time and reducing their reliance on paper slips.
Staff and student library workers from Butler University Libraries, part of PALNI, were among those who provided advice and input in development, and then tested the Digby app before the pilot ended last month.
WMS is built on the cloud-based WorldShare platform that supports a suite of library services and provides flexible access to library data through APIs and other web services. With WorldCat as its foundation, WMS enables individual libraries to draw on the collaborative data and work of libraries worldwide for more efficient workflows. WMS also offers interoperability with third party and campus systems, including financial management, learning management and student records systems as well as self-check technologies.
The Digby app will be available from the Apple and Google Play app stores in August 2017—initially for WMS libraries in the United States, and subsequently for all WMS libraries worldwide.
Interested parties may stop by the OCLC booth (1824) at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 24-25, for Spotlight Sessions focusing on the new Digby app. Product demos are also available ongoing at the booth.
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