Qulto eCard mobile application, available in 5 different languages (Hungarian, English, Romanian, Serbian and Slovakian), aims to make as many ‘library issues’ as possible accessible, transparent and manageable in one place. The application is suitable for managing multiple reader’s cards at the same time, thus offering an easy-to-use, user-friendly solution for cases where one is a registered user of several libraries, but also for cases where the user wants to view and manage the cards of his family members together in one application.
Users can manage their library transactions, such as renewals, reservations, checking deadlines and debts, on their own mobile phones. The app also sends notifications of due deadlines. As a convenience, they can also use the ‘Libraries’ feature to see on the embedded map which library is closest to them. In some libraries, you can also use the patron’s card displayed in the app as a virtual patron’s card to enter the library.
As of today, readers of 163 institutions using Qulto Library integrated library system has the opportunity to handle their library-related issues with the help of eCard mobile app.
Main features
- managing patron’s cards (reviewing loans – past ones, as well – and debts, reservations, renewals)
- ‘merged’ reader card – in case one is a member of several branch libraries of the same institution
- sort reader cards, and set the visibility of reader cards listed on the main page
- notification management (mobile notification about current tasks, e.g. expiring loans, available reservations, expiry of enrolment)
- showing due fees of expired loans
- mobile library card
- searching library catalogs, saving results (to place on virtual shelf)
- adding stock requests
- selecting a specific locker to place the requested books in
- extended search possibility (z39.50)
- calendar (overview of deadlines, expiry dates, opening hours, etc.)
- contact to libraries – map search with libraries in the country using Qulto Library system
- displaying institution data by branch libraries
- floor plan feature – schematic layout of a specific room to help users find their requested books
- unique look of reader cards adapted to the library’s visual design
- default library displayed on the Catalog page:
- it is the library issuing the specific reader card (if initiated from the Reader card page)
- it is the last searched library or the one defined in the Settings menu (if initiated from the main menu)
Further planned features
- initiating loan with mobile
- online payment
- displaying library e-mail notifications
- displaying book covers
- user statistics available to institutions
- book recommendations
- full-text display for e-books in the catalog
- development of institutional admin interface
Information
Client
Qulto investment
iOS version
Android version
Start and end date of development
October 2019 – ongoing
Qulto level(s) of ecosystem
Institutional level(s)
Academic institutes and research, Libraries
Applied Qulto product(s)
integrated with Qulto Library