The New York Public Library (NYPL) has launched Frankenstein: The Afterlife of Shelley’s Circle, the second edition of its free “Biblion: The Boundless Library” app for iPads. The app was developed in an effort to give more people access to the library’s research collections, and encourage them to explore those collections in unique ways. The first edition, released in May 2011 focused on NYPL’s extensive collection of materials from the 1939-40 World’s Fair, and won Apple’s Education App of the Year award.
NYPL Launches Frankenstein Biblion App
By Matt Enis on June 7, 2012
Filed Under: Digital Libraries, Digitization, Ebooks Tagged With: App, Apple, archives, Biblion, LJ, New York Public Library
ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy and LITA Award Library Technology Projects
By David Rapp on January 31, 2012
On January 23, during the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Dallas, the ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and the Library & Information Technology Association (LITA) announced three public library systems and one high-school library as the winners of its annual contest for projects using “cutting-edge technologies in library services.”