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Archive for September, 2008

• More Conversation
  Posted September 5, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

  I wondered for those who wished to explore setting up a text messaging service if we would want to work together considering a system to use and verbiage for signs.  I called and talked with Roger Layton about posting signs instructing students how to send text messages for our science reference desks. Of course, we [...]

• Some interesting uses of text/sms messaging
  Posted by Rachel Wadham

  Thanks to Elizabeth Smart for these intersting tidbits on creative uses for text/sms messaging.
  Mobile phone becomes train ticket:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4348849.stm
   
  Prague public transport ticket paid by SMS:  http://www.czech-transport.com/index.php?id=337
   
  And on a more creative use:
  SMS opens doors to toilets in some rest areas along Highway 1 in Western Finland:
  http://www.hs.fi/english/article/SMS+opens+doors+to+toilets+in+some+rest+areas++along+Highway+1+in+Western+Finland+/1135233727523

• September Meeting Links
  Posted by Rachel Wadham

  Links for information covered in the September Meeting on text/sms messaging.
  Online Referece Wikki Link
  http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Software_We_Like_for_Other_Types_of_Online_Reference
   
  SMS Library Technology Guide
  http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=11902
  E-mail address for carriers:
  http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/939/sms_email_cingular_nextel_sprint_tmobile_verizon_virgin
  Text Message Goole:
  Text message your search query to 466453 (’GOOGLE’ on most devices) and they will text message back results.
  Peekamo (Free worldwide SMS messaging)
  http://peekamo.com/
  Paid company for text messaging:  Upside Wireless
  http://www.upsidewireless.com/