Canada: St. John Free Public Library Releases Book Discovery App For Kids, Developed by a College Student
From the CBC:
The Saint John Free Public Library has a new mobile app for its youngest patrons.
My Book Buddy is an app for smart phones and tablets designed to help children and their parents find books without scanning shelves.
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Families can choose a category, see the book cover, select the book and then read reviews.
UNB {University of New Brunswick] computer science student Nick Pothier volunteered to create this app for the library, after the library advertised for help.
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Filed under: Digital Preservation, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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