1. 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 amcnab@dmu.ac.uk

2. Mobile Apps for libraries and learning
From a library on your desktop.. to a library in your hand
Why mobile Apps vs Mobile
matters websites
87% of world
population are mobile
subscribers (5.9 billion)
An app is software designed to
run on most smartphones or
Student experience tablets (Apple, Android and
Blackberry devices). They can be
downloaded from an app store;
Growth in e-book sales many are free and others can be
purchased.
1 billion smartphones
est. to be sold in 2014 A mobile site is a website
designed to be accessed on a
mobile device. They make it
10 billion mobile Internet easier to view content on a
devices est. by 2016 smaller screen. Mobile sites are
free and don't need to be
(likely 7.3 bn world pop) downloaded from an app store.
Subscription e-content Other useful apps
Check publisher Many “productivity”
websites for app or tools available
mobile site
Access your reference
Resources still need to management “libraries”
be authenticated –
often in addition to
Single SignOn
•Apps: EBSCOhost, Lexis, • Concept
PubMed, SciVerse Scopus Mapping
•Mobile sites: JustStyle, • QR Codes
IEEE, Web of Knowledge
DMU-developed apps &
e-books and journals mobile websites
Alison McNab, Kimberlin Library, De Montfort University amcnab@dmu.ac.uk