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Boopsie Apps Make Vendor Partners Accessible Via One-Click Access

By on November 15, 2012 Leave a Comment
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Mobile app shop Boopsie has announced the Boopsie Star Program, which will help library vendors increase the visibility of their own mobile apps by making them available through library-branded Boopsie mobile portals. Boopsie apps already offer one-click access to vendors including Overdrive, Mango Languages, Tutor.com, Credo Reference, EBSCO, Gale/Cengage Learning, Recorded Books, and Library H3lp.

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Boopsie Approaches Integration in Its Own Way; New Competitor Emerges at PLA | PLA 2012

By on March 20, 2012 1 Comment
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The integration of ebook providers’ platforms with library ILSs was a big topic at the PLA conference in Philadelphia last week, with the 3M/Polaris integration leading the way. However, the Boopsie mobile app already accomplishes, in its own way, some of the goals of such an integration, particularly a simple and quick user experience without jumping interfaces.

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Product Watch: A Look at Four Mobile Offerings

By on March 19, 2012 3 Comments

In this installment of Product Watch, LJ looks at a selection of four different mobile products and services, and how libraries will be making use of them now and in the future.

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