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.
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