Yes, you can use your phone to check out books. There is an iPhone app
called CardStar that can store your barcodes for things like library
cards and store discount cards. Not all circ scanners can read the
iPhone barcodes, but there are several that can. You can find out more
about the app here:
http://lifehacker.com/5278532/cardstar-creates-scanner+friendly-bonus-ca
rds-on-iphones
Michele Farley
Children's Services Consultant
Professional Development Office
Indiana State Library
(317) 234-5649
mfarley@library.in.gov
Currently reading: The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Cheryl Youse
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:15 AM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: TECH: Privacy/security question--along these lines
I was talking with a store owner the other day who told me that he had
recently discovered a new capability of cell phones. He had a customer
pull
out his cell phone and scan the bar code. The phone then gave the
customer a
price comparison of that item with the cost of it in other stores in the
area. He then decided that price was acceptable and purchased it, though
he
told him that Kohl's had it for a dollar less but it wasn't worth the
drive.
I didn't know there was an application that did that. The owner also
pointed
out if he could scan the bar code, he could also scan the bar code on
the
receipt for credit card information.
And then of course, there's the question, could cell phones be used to
check
out books?
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:18 AM, David Lininger
<tigerlibrarian@gmail.com>wrote:
> Any experts out there that know whether there is anything to this
story?
> Yes, I know we discussed the Kindle thing recently, but what about the
rest
> of it?
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=8181453&page=1
>
>
> --
> David Lininger, kb0zke
> MS/HS Librarian
> Skyline MS/HS
> Urbana, MO 65767
> (417) 993-4226
> t i g e r l i b r a r i a n at g m a i l dot c o m
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Moultrie, GA
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