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Top 30 Library iPhone Apps – Part 1
This is the first installment in a 3-part series listing library-oriented iPhone applications – all links go to iTunes where you can download the apps. This first article features libraries that have created iPhone apps for their patrons, part two will cover databases and library vendors with iPhone apps, and part three will feature book-related apps. If you know of any other library iPhone apps, please list them in the comments below, and stay tuned next week for part-two!
Libraries with iPhone Apps
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DCPL The District of Columbia Public Library was the first library to create an application for the iPhone. Their attractive application offers users a catalog search, library hours information, and the ability to place items on hold. They have made their code open source so that other libraries can build their own iPhone apps. |
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University of Houston Libraries This academic library app offers patrons the opportunity to search the library catalog by author, keyword and/or title, track their checked out items, bookmark search results, and check on library hours. |
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library The undergraduate library at the UIUC offers a video tour of the library for incoming students. |
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New LIS Books The University of Illinois Library Urbana-Champaign also offers an app which announces new LIS acquistions to their collection. |
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MLN Library The Minuteman Library Network in the greater Boston area of Massachusetts has created an iPhone apps which allows patrons to view their accounts, search the network’s catalog as well as individual libraries, andrenew items. |
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Hong Kong Libraries The HK Libraries have built an app which lets patrons check on their borrowed books, and view library locations in their public library system. |
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Library Navigator (South Kanto) Public library patrons in Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa can search through the library’s collections, add bookmarks, and view locations of branches. |
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Libraries: Australia Nearly every library in Australia is listed in this iPhone app encompassing 800 library locations for patrons to search through. |
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Cornell University Library The Cornell University Library iPhone app enables patrons to search the library catalog, find library hours, manage their library accounts and ask questions of Cornell librarians. |
Libraries included in University Apps
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Duke University Duke University Libraries offers the most comprehensive university digital image collection specifically formatted for the iPhone. Through DukeMobile, the University’s suite of iPhone applications, the libraries are sharing digital materials from 20 collections – nearly 32,000 images in all. |
| In addition, the following libraries are included in their university’s iphone applications: Rice University Library |
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| Northwestern University Library | |
| iUsask (University of Saskatchewan) | |
| iTU Delft | |
| University of San Diego Library |
July 27th, 2010 at 2:32 am
Thanks for sharing the list, I didn’t even know HK Library had an iPhone APP until I stumbled on your site. Thanks again.