[WEB4LIB] :CUE C.A.T. peripheral

[Roy Tennant]

By the way, Mac users need not apply (yet). As is too frequently the 
case, I had to dig to find out platform information. The assumption 
is, of course, that everyone uses Windows. Or at least everyone who 
*matters*.
Roy

At 1:28 PM -0700 8/31/00, Drew, Bill wrote:
>This may be slightly or greatly off topic, but I found a new toy or tool to
>use with my home or work computer.  It is called :CUE CAT.  It is a barcode
>reader and software that allows you to scan any UPC or other barcode and
>have a webpage come up that is either about that product or the webpage of
>the company that produced that product.  A good example is scanning the ISBN
>barcode off of a book, it will get you the webpage of the publisher.  You
>can scan all kinds of things.
>The best part is that this device is free at any Radio Shack Store.  I got
>two last night on my way home from work. Forbes Magazine is including
>special barcodes in their articles and ads.  You now have interactive print!
>
>This item could have uses in libraries or by libraries to promote
>themselves.  Library book marks could have a special barcode that when
>scanned would take you to your library webpage.  Think of the possibilities.
>
>For more detailed information, go to http://www.getcat.com.  I do not own
>stock in Radio Shack or the company handling this product.
>
>-----
>Wilfred (Bill) Drew
>Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference
>SUNY Morrisville College Library
>drewwe at morrisville.edu
>Home: http://www.morrisville.edu/~drewwe
>Not Just Cows: http://www.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/njc/
>Library: http://www.morrisville.edu/library/
>Have Laptop -- Will Travel.
>
>
>You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people
>sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing
>wild animals as librarians.
>- Monty Python skit