REFERENCE MANAGEMENT ON THE MOVE

ALISON MCNAB DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

@ALISONMCNAB

#ILI2011 Internet Librarian International 2011 ON THE MOVE: LIBRARY SERVICES ON MOBILE DEVICES

REFERENCE MANAGEMENT ON THE MOVE?

• Growth in use• Diversity: reference management software• Reference management or social bookmarking?• Reference management or PDF management?• Web and mobile applications• Researching "on the move”

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THE ACADEMIC CONTEXT

• “Mobile” scholars• Capturing and organising references• Growth in use by undergraduate students• Combating plagiarism• Diminishing academic library budgets• Maximising use of subscription resources

PORTABILITY

• Storing references "in the cloud“

• Accessing references on handheld devices

• Sharing references

SOFTWARE OPTIONS

• Subscription or open source?• Desktop or web-based software?• Formal training or peer support?

A TOOL FOR SEARCHING, STORING AND WRITING

• Maximising access to subscription e-content• Identifying additional research resources • Organising references• Formatting references for manuscripts

A TOOL FOR SHARING?• Collaborative

research• Social bookmarking• Continued access

after graduating / moving on

• Licensing issues– The software– Subscription

databases – The full-text resources– The new resource

created from the above

CONCLUSIONS

• Challenges– Range of software options– Storage in the cloud or on servers– Working with “expert users” of non-standard /

non-approved software

CONCLUSIONS

• Opportunities– Range of software options– Storage in the cloud or on servers– Working with “expert users” of non-standard /

non-approved software

REFERENCE MANAGEMENT IS ON THE MOVE

Thank you!

Alison McNabamcnab@dmu.ac.uk

#AlisonMcNab