Mobile App and the Library Services
Keywords:
Mobile Apps, Library Apps, Reference Apps, Mobile Learning, Mobile Devices, mobile apps, IphoneAbstract
This paper presents brief introduction about the Mobile application technology and its use in library services. The paper also review types of mobile app, mobile apps for librarians and information professionals community, highlighting specific apps that are available to librarians and briefly describing the salient features of app as well as the benefits and potential drawbacks. Author trying to notes important considerations, such as security, reliability, availability, and cost, of which library information professionals need to be aware prior to using mobile apps in their instruction. This paper also discusses the many aspects why we mobilized? And the future plan.
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