[Libs-Or] Get your (WorldCat Mobile) Apps On!

[Robin A. Paynter]

**FYI! Robin Paynter, ACRL-Oregon Communications Coordinator
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Introducing a pilot service: WorldCat Mobile
    *  Search for library materials---Enter search terms such as 
keywords, author or title
    * Find a WorldCat library near you---Enter your ZIP, postal code or 
location in the Libraries Locator
    * Call a library---Highlight and click the phone number in a library 
listing to place a call
    * Map a route---Find the fastest way to a WorldCat library using the 
mapping software already on your device

Type this URL into your phone's Web browser: www.worldcat.org/m/

Now you can use your mobile phone to find materials in libraries near 
you ---and help us test this pilot service. Available to people in the 
the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, France and the Netherlands, the 
year-long pilot lets you try out mobile search of WorldCat libraries and 
suggest improvements or additional features.

WorldCat has partnered with mobile-technology leader Boopsie and joined 
its growing array of search "channels" that let you quickly access 
popular Web applications including Google, Wikipedia and Facebook; look 
up retail locations such as Starbucks and FedEx; and check news, 
weather, traffic reports and much more!

When you download the Boopsie application to your phone, you get library 
search plus these additional channels, as well as its "smart prefix" 
feature that allows you to type only the first few letters of search 
keywords and view results instantly as you type.

Once you've used WorldCat.org on your mobile phone, let us know what you 
liked and what you'd like to see improved. (We are aware of issues 
regarding how the application interacts with mapping software on various 
phones.) Please tell us the details of your experience and suggestions 
for enhancements at worldcatmobilepilot at oclc.org.

Using the Web browser on your mobile phone, navigate to 
http://www.worldcat.org/m/ to access the WorldCat mobile application. 
The application is compatible with these phones and mobile operating 
systems:

    * Windows Mobile 5.0 (Video tutorial)
    * Blackberry (Video tutorial)
    * Palm OS 5.4 or later
    * Apple iPhone
    * Nokia (Video tutorial)
    * MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1 Java

**From: http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/content/mobile/



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*Robin Paynter*
Social Sciences Librarian
220D Library
Portland State University

503.725.4501
503.725.4524
paynter at pdx.edu
http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html

"The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has 
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history." -- 
Marcus Breen (1997)

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