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Cool! Very Cool! Scan a Book and Find Out Local Libraries that Have the Title Using WorldCat.org
December 22, 2009 23:05
RedLaser is an iPhone app ($1.99) that allows the user to scan barcoded items and compare product prices using the Google Product Search.
Now, the WorldCat.org Blog reports that you can scan barcoded books and get back location information (who holds the book) using the WorldCat database.
The post reads:
Thanks to some quick footwork by a few of OCLC's staff and the guys at Occipital, the company behind the iPhone app RedLaser, WorldCat.org libraries now appear within the mobile apps item search pages.
RedLaser users can scan a book and see the libraries near them that have that book. Then they can click to one of those libraries and get hours, phone numbers and driving directions.
Source: WorldCat.org Blog
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