Betas, widgets, & mobile tools
Betas:
- Current betas
- Beta graduates
- Beta graveyard - discontinued beta tools and services
Widgets - bookmarklets, browser add-ons, & more
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About betas
The MIT Libraries are experimenting with new technologies and services to help make access to information easier. The tools below are currently in "beta" form and have been created or adapted for the MIT community. They are still being tinkered with, but we'd like you to try them out and tell us what you think!
Also check out the list of successful beta graduates and not-so-successful betas in the graveyard.
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What works well? What doesn't? Have you written any scripts or tools yourself? Let us know! Email us at betas-lib@mit.edu.
iPad information kiosk in Hayden Library
Use the information kiosk on the second floor of Hayden Library to give you quick access to information like:
- how to find books
- where to find scanners, copiers and printers
- nearby food and drink options
- restroom locations
- campus map
Since there's no staffed information desk on the second floor, we're hoping that the iPad kiosk will provide basic assistance and help you to navigate the library space and collections.
The kiosk will remain in Hayden until IAP 2013, when it will be evaluated to see if the program merits expansion to other library locations.
- Posted August 22, 2012
MediaMobile
You may see the Lewis Music Library’s new MediaMobile roaming around campus!
The MediaMobile is a moveable cart that can travel across campus to highlight MIT Libraries’ online media materials. A large monitor and audio speakers will be used to demo streaming audio and video products, full-text books, music scores, images, and more.
MIT librarians will use the MediaMobile to share information and media in a variety of subjects with the MIT community.
- Posted June 18, 2012
MIT Libraries on Foursquare
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If you have a smart phone and use the Foursquare app, follow the MIT Libraries! Foursquare is an app that allows you to check in at locations and read tips and reviews from other users about that place. We've added tips about all of the MIT Libraries locations, and if you follow us, those will pop up when you check in around campus. We've also set up a list of libraries, so if you follow the list, you can take a tour of the MIT Libraries with Foursquare! |
- Posted September 6, 2011
Mobile music with QR codes
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Posters scattered throughout Lewis Music Library direct users to listen to streaming music on their mobile devices by scanning QR codes. Each poster highlights a different genre from Alexander Street Press music databases (Contemporary World Music and American Song). Tips:
- Posted July 19, 2011 |
Borrow an iPad from the Lewis Music Library
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Want to check out an iPad for a few hours? The Lewis Music Library has purchased an iPad to lend to MIT faculty, students, and staff. It contains over 85 music apps, along with an iTunes library holding over 3,000 sample tracks and video clips from the library’s recently-received CDs and DVDs. Borrow an iPad for 4 hours (no renewals or overnight loans). First come, first served. The iPad was purchased with money from the Class of 1982 Music Library Fund. We'd love to hear ideas on how you would use an iPad in your work at MIT, especially with library research. Tell us about it! |
- Posted May 6, 2010
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