I have heard of people photographing catalog results with their cell phones and heading off to the shelves. And now I have just come across the Tripod library catalog.
You can text yourself the bibliographic details – see the icon on the entry above. Here is what happens when you click on it ….
They advertize it as more convenient than writing down the details with pencil and paper.
Share
More from LorcanDempsey.net
Introduction and summary: Library Studies, the Informational Disciplines, and the iSchool: Some Remarks Prompted by LIS Forward
A discussion of libraries and library studies in the context of library education. It is the introduction to, and summary of, my response to the LIS Forward position paper.
16 min read
On the dissemination of ideas and innovation
A short discussion of sources of ideas in the library community, with special reference to the general framework laid out by Daniel Drezner.
7 min read
Libraries and library studies
I wrote this piece on libraries and possible educational responses as part of a longer contribution on the informational disciplines and the iSchool. A principal goal was to suggest that libraries present interesting and challenging research and educational questions, which cross disciplines.
15 min read
