For the first half of this presentation I thought I'd wasted my time coming to this session. Then I saw the second half....
The first half discussed the University of Connecticut's use of Windows Mobile PDAs with their students. I use a PDA, and still recognize that they are a dying technology and they aren't what I think of when I hear "mobile library apps."
The second half was a whole different story. Some very bright coders from D.C. Public Library explained their process for making an iPhone application for searching their SirsiDynix catalog system allowing their patrons to look stuff up and put it on hold. That's version 1.0. They have a road map for this product going up to 2.0, and are working on plans to get the thing so you could snap a picture of a book UPC, find it in the catalog, and then put a hold on it. And they are putting the source code of this thing on their development information site. So all we need to do now is learn objective C, get an iPhone developer's account, modify the code, test the modified product, and we'd have an iPhone app.
And by the way, they also implemented SMS library notices for SirsiDynix too.
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That would be awesome! Do you envision an app unique to Winnetka or something all CCS Libraries could use? Hint..Hint..
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