I've looked around, and haven't seen anything yet. I did suggest to
Tim Spalding that perhaps a LibraryThing app that used the
location-based services to find library holdings in your immediate
area might be a good idea. :-)
Jason
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Paul R. Pival <ppival_at_ucalgary.ca> wrote:
> Hi all, Peter Brantley has an interesting blog post
> [http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/07/14/the_show_room_library]
> 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?
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.
>
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> University of Calgary
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>
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