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Mobile Apps A poster presentation from the DMU Learning & Teaching Reflection Morning held at De Montfort University, Leicester on 11 June 2012 Alison McNab, De Montfort University [email protected]

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Mobile Apps

A poster presentation from the

DMU Learning & Teaching

Reflection Morning

held at De Montfort

University, Leicester on 11

June 2012

Alison McNab, De Montfort University [email protected]

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Mobile Apps for libraries and learning

From a library on your desktop.. to a library in your hand

Why mobile matters

87% of world population are mobile

subscribers (5.9 billion)

1 billion smartphones est. to be sold in 2014

Apps vs Mobile websites

An app is software designed to

run on most smartphones or tablets (Apple, Android and Blackberry devices). They can be downloaded from an app store; many are free and others can be purchased.

A mobile site is a website

designed to be accessed on a mobile device. They make it easier to view content on a smaller screen. Mobile sites are free and don't need to be downloaded from an app store.

Subscription e-content

Check publisher websites for app or

mobile site

Resources still need to be authenticated –often in addition to

Single SignOn

•Apps: EBSCOhost, Lexis, PubMed, SciVerse Scopus

•Mobile sites: JustStyle, IEEE, Web of Knowledge

e-books and journals

Other useful apps

Many “productivity” tools available

Access your reference management “libraries”

• Concept Mapping

• QR Codes

DMU-developed apps & mobile websites

Alison McNab, Kimberlin Library, De Montfort University [email protected]

10 billion mobile Internet devices est. by 2016

(likely 7.3 bn world pop)

Student experience

Growth in e-book sales

Student experience