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Paul, Thanks for the pointer to the great post! I've been thinking similar things and am starting some beginning plans here. Our biggest challenge is actually getting our hands on an iPhone because there are some issues with the university paying for monthly cell phone plan. So we thought we'd try piloting things with iPod Touches instead to avoid the monthly cell plan issues. We're interested in whether specific pieces of content are more interesting/ useful to iPhone users and are hoping to target some things to them. Also, we want to see what kinds of content and apps roving librarians on campus might use as part of their liaison duties and develop these as well. At this point that is as far as we've gotten. Our going forward is dependant on funding for the devices at this point. Karen On 7/15/08 8:47 AM, "Paul R. Pival" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, Peter Brantley has an interesting blog post > [http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/07/14/the_show_room_library] > in which he laments the lack of ebook or library-related apps for the > iPhone, citing this past weekend's 3G launch as a missed opportunity. > Is anyone working on such an application? If it's for a small audience > (patrons of one community or institution) will Apple even allow it in > the store, or does it have to be an application from someone like OCLC > that can scale to collections worldwide? > > Thanks for your thoughts. -- Karen A. Coombs Head of Libraries' Web Services University of Houston 114 University Libraries Houston, TX 77204-2000 Phone: (713) 743-3713 Fax: (713) 743-9811 Email: [log in to unmask]