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Thank you to everyone who responded to my request for information/views on Library Apps. The picture appears to be that whilst apps are becoming more wide spread in England, here in Scotland only Edinburgh so far have one up and running. East Renfrewshire and South Ayrshire both have an app in the pipeline but no one else in Scotland seems ready to take the plunge. I didn't receive very many replies but amongst those Authorities who did reply and have an app in use they were generally enthusiastic about the potential added value. However because in these cases the apps were new, there appears to be very little hard evidence yet of impact. If anyone reading this does have evidence I would be delighted to hear from you. Other than that it seems to be the case that some Authorities are diving in whilst others are waiting to learn from their experience. A special thanks to Anne Maskell in Surrey for pointing me to the article by Jon Fletcher Mobile Webpages vs. Mobile Apps: What's right for your user? MMIT Vol 37, Number 2 May 2011. Thank you all, Eddy Eddy Durkin Facilities & Support Services Co-ordinator Visitor & Commercial Services Education & Children's Services AK Bell LIbrary York Place Perth PH2 8EP email ejdurkin@pkc,.gov.uk Securing the future... - Improving services - Enhancing quality of life - Making best use of public resources. The information in this email is solely for the intended recipients. If you are not an intended recipient, you must not disclose, copy, or distribute its contents or use them in any way: please advise the sender immediately and delete this email. Perth & Kinross Council, Live Active Leisure Limited and TACTRAN do not warrant that this email or any attachments are virus-free and does not accept any liability for any loss or damage resulting from any virus infection. Perth & Kinross Council may monitor or examine any emails received by its email system. The information contained in this email may not be the views of Perth & Kinross Council, Live Active Leisure Limited or TACTRAN. It is possible for email to be falsified and the sender cannot be held responsible for the integrity of the information contained in it. Requests to Perth & Kinross Council under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act should be directed to the Freedom of Information Team - email: [log in to unmask] General enquiries to Perth & Kinross Council should be made to [log in to unmask] or 01738 475000. General enquiries to Live Active Leisure Limited should be made to [log in to unmask] or 01738 492440. General enquiries to TACTRAN should be made to [log in to unmask] or 01738 475775. Securing the future... - Improving services - Enhancing quality of life - Making best use of public resources.