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Announcing Library Anywhere! Check it out on our ALA handout (available here). * A mobile catalog for any library, up and running in minutes. * Mobile web and apps for iPhone, Blackberry and Android. * Cheaper than you'd guess. * Search, place holds, and more. * Showcase hours, branches, and events. * No installation process. * Works with 90% of current OPACs. * Comes with an "accessible version" that provides a fully Section 508-compliant version of your existing catalog.

This app will locate a public library near you, and let you use the access level they have to Gale databases. Thinking...if you are close, you could walk in, but we will give you online access. Amazing access to Houston Public Library Gale databases. I like this model of access using geolocating!

This is a very useful whitepaper on the mobile web, and how libraries can teach in the mobileweb. Some good practical exercises.

Nice use of a libguide to promote library Kindle project.

"Now you can snap a picture of a book's barcode, and within moments find out whether your local library has that book in stock, and whether it's currently checked out or sitting on the shelf."

Brief analysis of 40 library mobile sites.

joe murphy on mobile tech in libraries