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BookCheck with Mobile Devices
By chaichin | June 28, 2011
It wasn’t too long ago when cell phone usage was considered a disruptive nuisance in libraries. Not any more! With the implementation of QR codes and services such as “Text a Librarian”, cell phone has elevated from a novelty to being a norm in many libraries.
A relative new mobile application in the library world is a product called BookCheck by Boopsie. BookCheck allows library patrons to check out books and other third party resources using their mobile phones. More than 100 libraries and universities offer Boopsie BookCheck at this point. Most recently, Boopsie also works with the American Library Association on mobile apps for conference goers to create personal schedules and to receive feeds from social networking sites anytime during the conference.
Boopsie claimed to be the first and the only mobile solution provider for libraries but we know other companies will follow suit. Is your library considering to open up checkout to mobile devices?
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