Bowker Stacks, is a mobile app for iPhone™ that will allow subscribers to Books In Print® and RCLweb™ the ability to scan a barcode or enter an ISBN, link to basic metadata in Books In Print (retrieved a single record)and add items to their existing lists in Books In Print or RCLweb.
Using the Bowker Stacks app, book buyers in a store, faculty office or at a trade show will be able to simply scan and save titles from Books In Print on the spot to their device.
And collection weeding in libraries will happen right from the stacks, eliminating the need to cart books back to a desk for evaluation.
Bowker Stacks Mobile App
- Allows users to Scan a barcode or enter an ISBN from smartphone to access Bowker’s collection of book records
- Retrieves a title from BIP or RCL
- Add to lists in BIP or RCL for use at the desktop later
- Create lists to buy or to weed
- Free app that works with BIP and/or RCL subscribers only