Category Archives: 2010 Handheld Librarian

Iphone apps for libraries, Handheld Librarian, bestest 1 hour talk ever

Posted on February 17, 2010 by mitcheet

Minglu Wang talked about how to develop applications for iphones/mobile devices. She started out with a survey of what platforms people used. 69% of attendees were iphone/ipod users . Who says it isn’t “all about the iphone.” It was interesting … Continue reading →

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Handheld Librarian – Mobile tagging / QR codes

Posted on February 17, 2010 by mitcheet

This session was conducted by Beatrice Pulliam and Chris Landry from Providence College. They discussed the use of mobile taggin and QR codes. QR codes are 2-dimensional codes which can be scanned using a camera (on a cell phone for … Continue reading →

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Handheld Librarian Live blog

Posted on February 17, 2010 by mitcheet

Handheld Librarian kicked off today with a keynote from Tom Peters, CEO of TAP information services. He focused on providing reference via mobile services & started by focusing on some statistics that talked about how rapidly cell phone technology has … Continue reading →

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