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Improving Library Services with the Help of WeChat |
Li Dan( ) |
Xi’an Jiaotong University Library, Xi’an 710049, China |
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Abstract [Objective] This study aims to improve library services with the help of WeChat platform which helps readers retrieve data quickly and increase users’ loyalty to mobile library services. [Context] Most libraries’ WeChat platforms did not provide automatic or real-time services, which was also limited to human involved interventions. [Methods] The WeChat service platform was built with Apache Tomcat + JSP + MySQL architecture, WeChat API and library business systems API. [Results] The new system’s features include reader authentication, reservation of mobile devices, millennium data exchange and self-service FAQ. [Conclusions] The new WeChat library service platform could be further improved, which could provide some practical suggestion to other libraries.
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Received: 26 October 2015
Published: 13 May 2016
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