http://www.infotodayblog.com/2009/10/27/a-library-on-a-phone/ A Conference Weblog by the Editors of Information Today Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:44:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.infotodayblog.com/2009/10/27/a-library-on-a-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-8964 Cindy Cunningham Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:30:50 +0000 http://www.infotodayblog.com/?p=3361#comment-8964 Don, thanks for this synopsis. After listening to presentations earlier yesterday on how mobile is being developed in-house in various libraries, I can't help but feel that the mobile option OCLC is developing in partnership with Boopsie will give libraries a huge opportunity to become mobile in a matter of weeks, not months, and pay a mere fraction of the salary of some of these very capable staff people who are creating mobile apps for their libraries. It's a tough problem--and I hope our presentation made it clear how challenging the mobile marketplace is and how important it is for libraries to get on board sooner rather than later. Bruce's contribution was to describe how OCLC, via its partner program, is making libraries visible on the mobile front via shopping apps and other commercial ventures that expose libraries. The CompareEverywhere app he described was actually developed by Jeff Sharkey, who could not be with us and who is now with Google. Many thanks for this summary! Cindy Don, thanks for this synopsis. After listening to presentations earlier yesterday on how mobile is being developed in-house in various libraries, I can’t help but feel that the mobile option OCLC is developing in partnership with Boopsie will give libraries a huge opportunity to become mobile in a matter of weeks, not months, and pay a mere fraction of the salary of some of these very capable staff people who are creating mobile apps for their libraries. It’s a tough problem–and I hope our presentation made it clear how challenging the mobile marketplace is and how important it is for libraries to get on board sooner rather than later. Bruce’s contribution was to describe how OCLC, via its partner program, is making libraries visible on the mobile front via shopping apps and other commercial ventures that expose libraries. The CompareEverywhere app he described was actually developed by Jeff Sharkey, who could not be with us and who is now with Google. Many thanks for this summary! Cindy

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