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Duke University Libraries moves historic treasures from library shelves to Apple’s iPhone
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Duke University Libraries moves historic treasures from library shelves to Apple’s iPhone Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 12:37 PM EDT Scholars and students who once had to travel to museums or libraries to view collections of historic images can now do so by clicking on their mobile device instead. With the launch of DukeMobile 1.1, the Duke University Libraries now offers the most comprehensive university digital image collection specifically formatted for an iPhone or iTouch device. It includes thousands of photos and other artifacts that range from early beer advertisements to materials on San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury scene in the 1960s. Although a growing number of ...
DukeMobile iPhone app puts historical images in your pocket
iPhone Atlas —
Here's an interesting tidbit for students, scholars, historians, and folks who like purty pictures: DukeMobile, an app ostensibly designed for students of Duke University, just added a collection of nearly 32,000 historical images, all of them specially formatted for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
I could blather on about it (and, truly, I do love to blather), but I think you're better off watching this impressive demo video:
The images come from 20 collections that cover topics like women's history, early American sheet music, and vintage advertisements. Duke will add new collections regularly as ...
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