In praise of mobile libraries
Why are mobile libraries so interesting?
Posts by Year
2021
Libraries on the high street
Analysing public library locations on and around high streets in England
Membership mapping update
Feedback received from initial pilot testing of the membership mapping tool
Library data flows
How library data flows from public libraries to third parties
Great public library services
Examples of excellence in data and technology
Don’t be afraid of data
The data aspect of public library accreditation
Library membership mapping
Instructions for producing maps of library membership
Funding ideas
What could be done with some money?
A funding idea
Documenting an application for a public library innovation project
2020
Digital transformation
Public library digital transformation
Libraries Hacked 2021
Everybody’s losing someone
Library web accessibility
Time to comply with accessibility legislation
Public library membership
The membership dataset of the public libraries data schema
Public library websites
Looking through UK public library online services
2019
Plymouth library finder
Displaying library open data in a library finder
A public library data strategy
Steps to create a strategy for national data in public libraries
National public library data
How to encourage good national library data across services
Mobile libraries: Scottish service websites
Assessing mobile library information in Scotland
Mobile libraries: authentication
Managing authentication for mobile library data
Mobile libraries: GPS
Visualising mobile library real-time locations
Open data for library managers
Getting buy-in from senior management for open data
Mobile libraries: iCalendars
Generating iCalendar format data files for mobile library stops
Mobile libraries: routing
Calculating mobile library routes
Mobile libraries: data schema
Designing a data schema to hold mobile library stops and timetables
Mobile libraries: project introduction
Promoting the use of mobile library data to solve problems
2018
Public lending right
How the system of public lending right works in the UK
Public library stats
Summary of how UK stats for libraries work
Auto renewals
Writing a script to auto-renew your library books
Wales: library locations
Looking at library locations in Wales and access to libraries
Library postcode lottery
Play the English library postcode lottery
2017
What CIPFA did last summer
Stop sending data to CIPFA and divert it to Open Data
Library catchment areas
How do public libraries define catchment areas?
Make it open
A cuture of open by default for 2017
2016
Encryption, library catalogues, and security testing
Testing the encryption of library catalogue websites
World library rankings
Ranking literacy by using global library provision
Wuthering hacks
Newcastle libraries open data process and library hack day
IP data: mapping applicant postcodes
Looking at intellectual property trademark and patent location data to produce interactive maps.
CIPFA library stats - a race to the bottom
Issues with the UK library performance measures
2015
Where to find public libraries open data
Searching through government portals and local data stores
Making interactive web charts with Highcharts
Linking to CSV data to quickly publish live charts on the web.
Public libraries and deprivation
Analysing the location of libraries and the indices of deprivation
British national bibliography smartwatch app
creating a smartwatch app to show books published or set in the current location
Public libraries open data
Where is the open data investment for public libraries?
Mobile app security testing
Investigating the security of mobile apps
Creating data driven dashboards
Interactive charts that cross-filter data to provide dynamic dashboards.
Create a library news map
Turning RSS WordPress posts into tabular data
A single view of library services
Portals to interact with and combine library catalogue services across authorities and sectors
Making your own library account barcode
A new library app advertises an on screen barcode - but you can do your own
2014
How secure is your library app?
Do you know if your login and personal details are encrypted while using your library app?
Connecting and opening local government data
The challenges of opening up data from local government systems
Hybrid events
Exploring hybrid events within hacks and code events.
Automation on mobile operating systems
Using SL4A to make use of mobile device features and automate tasks
Global library stats
Using YQL to query OCLC global library stats
Making sure your hack sites can’t be hacked
WordPress is a popular platform for hack sites - but it leaves security to the administrator.
Book search auto-complete
Helping users to search for items by looking up API data
Wallpaper ebooks: how could it be done?
Allowing users to access ebooks by holding their phone to wallpaper or posters
Website launched 13th June
Introduction to libraries hacked