Libraries and Librarianship: April 2007 Archives
I recently watched The Da Vinci Code (yes, I know I'm about a year or two behind) and was mildly shocked to see that the library research scene was completely cut out in favor of searching via a mobile device. In the novel, the main characters, Robert and Sophie, go to a library and work with a librarian to help decipher some of the riddles. In the film version, though, the library scene is eliminated as going to the library would, as Robert puts it, simply take too long. Instead, the main characters use a young man's mobile phone to search the Web, and the young man even gives pointers on how to best search!
In his article, Miguel Helft of The New York Times recently outlined the future of searching the Web via mobile phone.
As an FYI, Diamond, the online catalog of the Temple University Libraries, is available via your mobile phone, PDA, or other small screen device (SSD). Just enter http://diamond.temple.edu/ into the web browser on your phone or wireless PDA, and click the "Text-only / AirPAC" link to check it out.