[Web4lib] library-related apps for the iPhone?

[SIMINITUS, JACQUELYN E (ATTPB)]

Why not start a contest for library-related apps for the iPhone?

There is a higher education contest called Big 2008 Mobile on Campus.
Prize includes a trip to EduCause, the big higher education conference.
Eligible contestants are university students and staff (so university
librarians are eligible!).  See http://higheredcontest.wireless.att.com


When I first heard of it, I tried to get a contest for public libraries,
too.  No luck.  I was too new to the job.  I'd be glad to work with
Webjunction or ALA to create a contest especially for libraries.  That
would be fun!  I have no budget for prizes, but I can certainly
publicize library iPhone and other mobile applications.

What would be a compelling contest name?  
-- Mobile Libraries on the Move: library apps for iPhones, BlackBerry's,
and More
-- Libraries @ Your iPhone
-- other?

Let's make a fun run at the media -- about what they've missed!  
I collect library applications, but it would be much more meaningful for
a library group to run the contest, do a press release.  

Your thoughts?
- Jackie
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Jackie Siminitus, MLS 
AT&T Library Advocate
795 Folsom Street, Room 400, San Francisco, CA 94107
415-644-7112 : jacquelyn.siminitus at att.com
AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer, www.kn.att.com
Blue Web'n Library, www.kn.att.com/wired/bluewebn/
http://2CoolTools.blogspot.com; http://Advocate4Libraries.blogspot.com

http://SchoolLibraryLearning2.blogspot.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Jane Jorgenson
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:10 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] library-related apps for the iPhone?

Not a library app but this site did a comparison review of the 
Ereader and Bookshelf apps that are available for the new 
iPhone. 
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/07/13/review-ereader-and-bookshelf-
app-for-iphone/ 
This is a romance blog but the authors have been very interested in 
ebooks and readers and they've spent a lot of time researching the 
best/easiest to use.

Jane Jorgenson
Madison Public Library
Madison, WI

At 08:47 AM 7/15/2008, you wrote:
>Hi all, Peter Brantley has an interesting blog post 
>[http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/07/14/the_show_room_l
ibrary] 
>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?
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