Bowker, an affiliated business of ProQuest, US, has launched its new Stacks application for mobile phones. The application helps the subscribers of Books In Print and Resources for College Libraries (RCL) to scan a barcode or enter an ISBN, access book records, and add titles to lists from their iPhones and iPads.
Using Stacks, book buyers in a store, office or at a trade show can simply scan and save titles from Books In Print on the spot. Librarians can scan titles from their stacks, add to lists for weeding, etc., eliminating the need to cart books back to a desk for evaluation.
Bowker Stacks is seen to streamline library and book-buying processes and save money through the elimination of scanners. Users simply scan a book’s barcode or enter in the ISBN, then link to the metadata from Books In Print to add titles to lists for later review.
RCL users can work right at their shelves, scanning titles and verifying on their iPhones and iPads whether they are part of the list that peer librarians consider essential for two- and four-year collections. If it is not in RCL, it is not core and subject to weeding, according to the company.
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