Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Smartphone App Makes SCLS Mobile

Somerset County Library System (SCLS) is accessible on the go!  The SCLS mobile app powered by Boopsie, now available, gives users access to the library’s catalog and their account.  Library cardholders can access the catalog anywhere they use their phone, run searches and place holds on materials that they want to borrow.

The app also allows users to access and download e-books and e-audio the library’s digital media collection in one step.  Downloads can then be done immediately or can wait until the user is on a computer.

In addition, the SCLS mobile app allows users to find branch locations and hours from wherever they are and even ask a librarian for help.  Choosing library programs at each branch and making reservations for the event are also a part of what the app can do.

“Content and information are mobile.  We recognize this and that our patrons increasingly need to access information on the fly.  The SCLS app is one tool that allows us to provide that content where, when and how our patrons need it.”  Richard Loomis, Electronic Services Librarian at SCLS explained while discussing the features of the app.

The app is available for Android, Blackberry, and other internet enabled mobile devices.  The app for the iPhone will be available soon.  It can be downloaded at popular application market places as well as on www.sclsnj.org, the library’s web site.

Patrons with further questions can call SCLS at (908) 526-4016 or enter the website at http://www.sclsnj.com.  The Somerset County Library System has branches in Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Hillsborough, at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill, North Plainfield, Peapack & Gladstone, Somerville, Warren Township and Watchung.

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