TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to first review the implementation of automatic identification and data capture) technologies in library/information science, focusing on barcode technology, radio frequency identification (RFID) and near field communication (NFC). This paper then presents S-Library, a new android-based application, to enable users to perform a wide range of information science-related transactions, such as borrowing, searching, returning and viewing transaction records. Design/methodology/approach– This paper presents the design process and the database and software components. For analysis, the authors used application testing, and also usability testing, with a questionnaire distributed to 343 users. Findings– The implementation of NFC technology means that S-Library has a number of technical advantages over other approaches. It was also shown with user acceptance testing that there was a high degree of user satisfaction with S-Library. Research limitations/implications– Although the findings combine technical assessment and usability testing and are extremely positive, further user evaluation could be performed. In addition, S-Library does not currently read existing RFID tags, which would improve the application further. Practical implications– The system proposed here shows that S-Library is a feasible approach taken to improve the library transaction experience and that it can replace and improve upon older technologies. Originality/value– This paper provides a first successful demonstration of a functioning and tested android and NFC-based library transaction system and shows that this approach generates a high degree of user reliability.
VL  - 116
IS  - 11/12
SN  - 0307-4803
DO  - 10.1108/NLW-02-2015-0014
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/NLW-02-2015-0014
AU  - YUSOF MOHD KAMIR
AU  - Abel Andrew
AU  - Saman Md Yazid
AU  - Abdul Rahman Mohd Nordin
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - Adoption of near field communication in S-Library application for information science
T2  - New Library World
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 728
EP  - 747
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -