The App which struck me as most useful for my needs given my sheer lack of time is one which will act as a ‘runner’ to scout out locations to visit, suggest and where possible retrieve information and continually be scanning information depositories to assist me in assignment creation.
It is based on several key elements and each of the elements has a number of tasks that the App will do. Relational databases will play a large role in what it does as it will be interrogating a large number of information depositories on a regular basis.
Mapping
Generate the location of libraries within my vicinity and display them with blue markers.
Generate the location of libraries within my vicinity which have relevant collections and display them with red markers.
Suggest libraries 25 miles and over which have collections of great relevance.
Within the libraries, the location of relevant material will be mapped based on the App reading the library OPAC online, matching this to the digital reading list, seeing what is in and out, putting reservations where appropriate and guiding you to the right shelf location for those that are in.
Information
App allows essay titles and questions to be inputted and App will then look for matches to the question and related to keywords across databases and linked OPAC’s.
The APP will read RSS feeds and scan blogs for pre-set keywords creating a list of pages to view. It will also scan for likely matches based on other searches and present them in an ancillary list.
The App will be logged into specific journals and databases, scanning them for new articles which would be of use or related to key words.
It will read previous essays and dissertations which are stored online (such as the British library EThOS service) to suggest likely works, paragraphs or sections to read.
Using the mobile device camera on a page will copy the information to the App, reorder it in a word processing format and tag the bibliographic details to ensure that these are not lost for referencing purposes later.
Assessment
The App will allow essay to be uploaded and will check for plagiarism and copyright infringement.
Overview
In this way the ‘runner’ will allow the user to set up parameters and will then go off and work on these in the background. When a critical mass of information has been retrieved it will be presented to the user and e-mailed to them as well.
This information will consist of places to visit, suggested books, suggested short readings (blogs, essays dissertations, etc), suggested articles and suggested other (databases, new information resources unclassified, newspaper articles, etc).
When visiting the suggested locations the App will guide to user directly to the right shelf or location for the material and the light beam service combined with the camera will allow easy capture of bibliographic data.
Finally, the assignment can be assessed by the App to check for plagiarism, copyright and associated academic standards.
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I could also imagine this App being banned by every academic institution in the world shortly after it was created.
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