Library Mobile Apps Challenge

Schedule of Events

Assessment Criteria

Awards

Rules and Guidelines

Registration

Library Mobile Apps Challenge

Co-organized by the University Library System and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Riding on the increased popularity of the mobile apps, CUHK University Library System (ULS) has been providing Mobile ULS & Mobile Catalogue.  We would like to further engage students with mobile apps and explore a functional mobile app that meets our students’ needs. Hence, ULS and the Department of Computer Sciene and Engineering are happy to jointly announce the Library Mobile Apps Challenge, an idea generation/app development contest, as one of the events for the 5^th International m-libraries Conference, which will be held at the University in May 2014. In this contest, we are looking for participants who appreciate the value of library and have the app idea that can empower your peers in finding the information they need more effectively, and help the library outreach to more potential users.

If you have a cool idea to help your fellows to enhance learning capability/experience and are keen to practice your apps developing skills, go ahead to team up with your peers to enter the Library Mobile Apps Challenge contest, and partner with the library to make an unique learning journey for everyone in CUHK!

The theme for this contest is Make Better Use of the Library with Mobile Apps.  Relevant areas may include, but not limited to, the following:

• Support and strengthen library-oriented life-long education
• Apply location-based technology to library services
• Tool to facilitate e-learning and research
• Find and access library resources by using mobile device.
• Realize and discover the potentials of library’s special collections.

Schedule of Events

Assessment Criteria

The panel of adjudicators will include representatives from the ULS, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University management and students.

The app should attempt to fulfill the needs that are unmet in the current library environment. The preference will be given to the app which can demonstrate a strong connection to improving the quality of access to the library collections, services and/or facilities.

The scores of the contest are mainly based on the assessment of the panel of judges.  The results of the Facebook polling will provide a reference only.  The final result is decided by the panel of adjudicators.

Awards

Each winning team will be awarded the following cash prize as a token of our appreciation:

• Champion team will receive HKD $10,000
• Runner-up team will receive HKD $8,000

Rules and Guidelines

• Who can enter: Please form your own team to enter the contest.  Each team can consist of up to 6 members. Each team member must be a CUHK student with a valid CU Link card. The same person can only join one team.

• Acceptable platforms for the app: Any app running on iOS, Android or Windows Phone platforms for the smartphone and tablets (Browser-based app is not acceptable)

• Presentation review & Source code submission for evaluation: Registered teams are required to submit the following on or before April 15, 2014 by e-mail to mlib5@lib.cuhk.edu.hk:

  1)  Their app in the form of a presentation file (e.g. PowerPoint), and
  2)  The completed app (in a compiled executable format) with all the necessary source codes,
  documentations and usage instructions for evaluation only, and
  3)  A brief introduction and a screenshot of the app for Facebook Polling.

  The presentation file should include, but not limited to, a mock-up of the app which shows the interactive components, a brief to describe the design ideas, main features and how they can achieve the purpose of the app.
• Live demonstration: Shortlisted teams are required to perform a demonstration to a panel of judges. Each team will be allocated a total of 20 minutes. The app demonstration can be performed on the designated mobile devices (smartphone or tablet). Video demonstration is also acceptable. Teams should provide the demonstration devices.
• Poster presentation: Each winning team has to prepare a poster presentation of their app at the 5^th International m-libraries Conference (May 28-29, 2014)

• ULS Rights to Ownership: Upon submission of the app software in the contest, the winning teams which are awarded the cash prize have consented to convey the full ownership and proprietary rights whatsoever of the submitted app to the CUHK University Library System, who then owns the ultimate rights to store, use, modify and publish the submitted app.  All members of the winning teams are required to sign a separate agreement.

• Additional Guidelines:
  • Each participant can only join one team.
  • Each team can only register once.
  • The app interface can be in English or Chinese.
  • The submitted app must be of original work and does not infringe on any copyright or other third part rights of which you are aware of.
  • The submitted app should not be published before.
  • The submitted app must be free of malware.

Registration

Each team must register with the online registration form on or before January 15, 2014. Orientation and briefing sessions will be provided by the library for all registered teams after registration closes.

For any further enquiries, please contact us by email (mlib5@lib.cuhk.edu.hk).