[Web4lib] library-related apps for the iPhone?

Paul R. Pival ppival at ucalgary.ca
Tue Jul 15 09:47:03 EDT 2008


Hi all, Peter Brantley has an interesting blog post 
[http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/07/14/the_show_room_library] 
in which he laments the lack of ebook or library-related apps for the 
iPhone, citing this past weekend's 3G launch as a missed opportunity.  
Is anyone working on such an application?  If it's for a small audience 
(patrons of one community or institution) will Apple even allow it in 
the store, or does it have to be an application from someone like OCLC 
that can scale to collections worldwide?

Thanks for your thoughts.

-- 
Paul R. Pival
Public Services Systems Librarian
401D MLT
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

Phone: (403) 220-5650
Fax: (403) 282-1218





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