PDA in library to view catalogue?

[Lj Dempster <liblist@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Hello:
in a HIT posted today on the use of PDAs in education, one of the "hits"
indicated the following:

>In the library we use them to access the
>catalog.  A real help to be able to pull up information without going
to
>a comp[uter or being able to walk around the room and answer questions.

I would love to hear more from whoever wrote this, and anyone else who
uses a PDA in the library. I have used one for a couple of years now,
but I find it much too slow to load my catalogue (even a subset of only
3000 fiction items takes minutes to load each query, even with a faster
unit at 16 mg). I was wondering if perhaps you have found quick software
to view your catalogue? I'm using TinySheet, as it will load 65,000
items in a spreadsheet, but as I say, much too slowly.
Thanks!

Lisa J. Dempster, Head of Library
Monarch Park Collegiate
Toronto Ontario Canada
http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/monarch/dept/library/
liblist@hotmail.com

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