id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt istl-1668 Sci-Tech Apps You (Or Your Students) Should Use .html text/html 1751 157 60 While providing information through the use of mobile apps may appear to be out of the scope of libraries, or unnecessary due to the availability of information in other formats or devices, the growing reliance on mobile devices makes it more pertinent. According to the Pew Research Center, 64% of adults in the U.S. own a smartphone and 19% of Americans depend on a smartphone for some level of Internet access (Smith 2015; Mobile Device Ownership 2015): As smartphones become more mainstream, the popularity of mobile apps has also increased. cache/istl-1668.html txt/istl-1668.txt