I think some really good arguments for the use of mobile apps have been put forward, as well as reservations that exist around their use (not least the cost). However,
I honestly believe that the key to this argument is how can we afford not to offer a mobile app for library users? There’s plenty of research about which suggests that more people will be accessing the internet via mobile devices than desktop, possibly even
by this year
http://www.economist.com/news/21566417-2013-internet-will-become-mostly-mobile-medium-who-will-be-winners-and-losers-live-and
It’s another example of us as a service needing to be aware of how the world is developing…if we don’t then we’ll get left behind (again).
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Andrew
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We've been discussing the comments in the office - I'm t
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I know this may be an heretical question but what added value does an app give?
As far as I can tell it only provides information and tasks already available on the website. I was at a training session last week and wanted to know if the library
service had a particular book. I went to the website on my phone and checked the catalogue. It didn't take that long - an app may save half a minute in searching time. It is worth the money???
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We are investigating getting the S
Thanks very much
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