Library Cataloging
Wireless Web Browsers & the OPAC
Another OPAC I've not seen, but sounds interesting. If you catch it at SLA or ALA let me know how it looks. The III AirPAC is designed for mobile phone, wireless PDA and other mobile devices.
"Patrons can interact with the Millennium system from anywhere accessible by wireless networks, allowing a user to place a hold from a classroom, check due dates and renew items during a long commute, or search the catalog while running errands to find the closest library branch where a desired title is held."
Does the Handheld Librarian know about this one?
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Copyright Gone Crazy
This sounds too crazy to be true.As part of a ploy to squeeze more money out of mobile phone companies, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) has told a federal court that each time a phone rings in a public place, the phone...
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Let Your Fingers Do The Walking Through Worldcat
OCLC has announced WorldCat Mobile.Search for library materials?Enter search terms such as keywords, author or titleFind a WorldCat library near you?Enter your ZIP, postal code or location in the Libraries LocatorCall a library?Highlight and click the...
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Semacode
Semacode Originally uploaded by dbigwood. Here is the Semacode for Catalogablog.Semacode's Software Development Kit is a system for ubiquitous computing. Using the Semacode SDK you can create visual tags for objects and contexts, and read them...
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Reference Tools
How cool is this:Reference by SMS is an exciting new service designed specifically to allow libraries to expand their reference delivery methods to include SMS, the mobile phone text messaging system so popular with the youth of today.....The "Reference...
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Lita National Forum
I've just placed my registration for the LITA National Forum being held here in Houston, Tex. Oct. 11-13. Some sessions of cataloging interest include:The Next Generation of OPACs: XML, the Wireless Web, and the Voice InternetThe Lowest Common Denomination:...
Library Cataloging