Where the Wild Books Are

An exploration of how students engage with the library collection, inside and outside the library building.

Why does Where the Wild Books Are exist?

Most libraries have limited empirical data describing how the community engages with resources, but Where the Wild Books Are sought to increase that knowledge by conducting a study in which students track their library engagement using a mobile application. Using an app on their own mobile devices, students simply scan the barcode of an item and the app s tores the timestamp and geolocation data for analysis.

Project Contributors

Matt Phillips Lead Developer Annie Cain Developer