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Lang ACS Mobile An App in Adolescence
1. ACS Mobile: An App in
Adolescence
Presented to NISO Innovative Tools and Apps: What’s Hot
on June 6th, 2018
Jeff Lang, Asst. Dir. Platform Development, ACS
Publications
2. ACS Publications Delivery
Platform
ACS Journals
• 1M+ original research articles
• 53 Journals across chemistry and allied fields +
ACS Legacy Archive from 1879-1995
ACS eBooks
• 1,500 titles, 30,000 chapters
• ACS Style Guide Online, free to subscribers to
the All Publications and Academic Core Plus
packages
• ACS Reagent Chemicals Online
Chemical & Engineering News
• Flagship magazine of ACS
• C&EN Archives (1923 – 2014)
• C&EN Global Edition
3. ACS Mobile - Use Case
• One combined list of your
favorite ACS journals.
• Newest articles ASAP (As
Soon As Publishable).
• Read abstracts, save to
favorites and share.
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4. ACS Mobile, Then
Launched
• On iOS, May 2010
• On Android, March 2011
Originally priced at $4.99(!), but made
free in January 2012
Recognized as “Best New eProduct in
Physical Sciences and Mathematics” and
“Best New eProduct/Innovation in
ePublishing” by PSP/AAP.
6. ACS Mobile, Now
• Same use case and functionality
• Updated for 64bit, new APIs and
design aesthetic (September
2017)
• ACS2Go mobile website and
ACS Central Science App also
available
9. Updates Are Risky
• A quick update that
wasn’t so quick
• Unclear whether low
ratings affect new
installs or usage
10. The Future?
• Article reading
• Notification badges
• New content types (community updates, conferences,
etc.)
• Personalized recommendations
11. ACS Mobile: An App in
Adolescence
Presented to NISO Innovative Tools and Apps: What’s Hot
on June 6th, 2018
Jeff Lang, Asst. Dir. Platform Development, ACS
Publications