SimplyE Audiobook ver 1

Target release	3.0
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Document status	IN PROGRESS
Document owner	Unknown User (jamesenglish)
Designer
Developers	Unknown User (deansilfen), Unknown User (leonardrichardson)
QA	Unknown User (josephdalton) Unknown User (willaarmstrong)

Goals

Find Library Audiobooks user can borrow and play in SimplyE
Download Library Audiobooks from Findaway in SimplyE
Play Library Audiobooks from Findaway in SimplyE
Support content distributed from Bibliotheca, Baker & Taylor and EBSCO Host Ebooks (distributed and protected by Findaway) in SimplyE

Background and strategic fit

SimplyE provides a simplified and elegant universal e-content discovery, lend and reading experience for library patrons who seek to read ebooks from the lirbary. As such the SimplyE app will need to support audiobook format ebooks as the format grows in adoption and popularity with library patrons. The project will include the integration of Audiobook player functionality and audiobook catalog materials discovery, lend and play functions of SimplyE. That work has a design and engineering component. The specific work will include integration of audiobook materials into the SimplyE discovery and borrowing UX. This requires a new audiobook player UI. There also will be a server integration component involving the Circulation Manager (CM). That work will specifically require minor modifications to the CM Admin Interface as well as the catalog’s and applications service gateway (e.g. interface to provider APIs for RB Digital, Bibliotheca and Baker & Taylor, and Findaway.)

Assumptions

Resources are available to do this work at NYPL.
Resources can be sequestered and or acquired to do the needed development.

Requirements

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User Story

Importance

Notes

1

SIMPLY-209 SIMPLY-210

As a user I want to search for audiobooks in SimplyE because I know a particular title I want to listen to
As a user I want to filter and browse the catalog for audiobooks I may want to listen to
As a users I want to know if a particular title I found or am searching for is in audio format vs EPUB format.
As a user I want to see who the narrator is for a given title if available.
As a user I want to see recommended titles of Audiobook I may also want to read
As a user I want to see audiobooks by the same author or in the same series

Accessible labeling of functions screens and buttons.

MVP Scope for version 1

Browse Audiobook content in SimplyE
Search for Audiobook content in SimplyE
See only Findaway distributed content

Non Findaway protected content (Overdrive, RB Digital, Open Access or Public Domain) is targeted for a subsequent minor release post 3.0 release

2

SIMPLY-23

SIMPLY-22

As a user I want to borrow and download audiobooks from the library.

Accessible labeling of functions screens and buttons.

The user should be able to tap download on the book detail page and have the audiobook begin downloading the audiobook resources to the app.
The user should be able to open the TOC and see what chapter resources are available to listen to.
The application should attempt to re-download resources should its network connection be lost and then returned

3

SIMPLY-27

As a user I want to search and browse for audiobooks in SimplyE.
As a user I want to borrow audiobooks from the web so I can listen to them in SimplyE.
As a users I want to know if a particular title I found or am searching for is in audio format vs EPUB format.
As a user I want to see who the narrator is for a given title if available.

The Circulation Manger Admin interface and Web Catalog web apps provide librarians the ability to view, and manage their audiobooks in the circulation manager. Audiobook media types need to be properly displayed in the apps and their media type distinguished in the apps so librarians can manage their custom lists, content descriptions, and classifications.

Currently, the OPDS Web Catalog does not provide an indication of the media type or other functionality or indicator that would identify the book as an Audiobook.