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Scan, beep, instant information..
Found it. The book I was looking for. Of course, its in the right section as my friendly librarian cataloged and shelved it. I like the review the librarian has left. It sounds good. I’ll definitely get that out. Now, while I’m here, I wonder what other patrons have read on the back of reading this one, and I wonder what the author says about it, why she wrote it..
Patron reaches for the handheld device that was given to her when she walked in. Power On and scans the book. Beep.
Up pops the book cover, title, ISBN.. Yes, thats the one.. now, what was it I wanted to know.. Yes, more about the author and what other people thought of it. Tap, scroll. Reviews.. A video clip of the author, brill. Recommended reading.. Now thats interesting.. What section is that in, and its in stock, great.. This *IS* a handy little device.
Walking out of the library, she hands back the device to Julie (the librarian) – thanks, that was great.. “Remember, you can get all this information on-line too! The address is inside the front cover of the book.” – Great!
Is this feasible, could libraries do something like this? Even a standalone version would be great.. but do you think people would use it?
