Library app encourages tablet studying

There is a new way to study being introduced by Murray State Libraries that could make students educational experience more efficient and enjoyable.

BrowZine is an information organizing application downloadable to iPads and Android Tablets.

BrowZine was created in response to this generation’s students and the way they seem to prefer to consume information in this day and age.

BrowZine takes into consideration the contemporary student’s needs, not the needs of the traditional learning platform that bore many students today.

Instead of having to sift through large amounts of old information, the BrowZine application can send alerts when editions of journals are published.

Murray State students can use this application to browse the libraries’ vast storage of information from anywhere on campus or from home.

Students can also personalize their Newsstand application and see only information that is relevant to their area of study.

All that is required is their Murray State network login information.

Universities such as Brown, Colorado State and Dartmouth have already begun utilizing BrowZine.

Adam Murray, associate professor and dean of Murray State Libraries, said Murray State Libraries chose to sponsor BrowZine because it would meet the needs of the campus community they serve.

“The University Libraries’ Research and Instruction Librarians can help set up very tailored profiles for faculty and students wishing to use BrowZine,” Murray said. “That will alert library users when there are new articles or publications relevant to them.”

Murray said the University Libraries take their role as prime academic support centers seriously.

Now that technology is changing the lifestyles of the people in the campus community, so must the way the libraries seek to help students and faculty.

“I think the way our entire society consumes information has changed radically,” sid Murray. “Smartphones, tablets and the development of apps available for these devices have helped change our expectation of how we interact with information.

“We strive to provide services that are easy to use and that fit seamlessly within the hectic lives of Murray State students and faculty.”

 

Story by Alex McLaughlin, Staff writer

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