Mobile Web: Library of Congress Launches Their First Mobile App, A Virtual Tour of LC

Mobile Web: Library of Congress Launches Their First Mobile App, A Virtual Tour of LC

The new app (free) for iPhone/Pad/Touch is a virtual tour of the library.

You can download it here.

Matt Raymond writes on the LC Blog:

The app includes highlights of exhibitions and architectural features, with photos, audio by curators and other experts, links to more detailed online exhibitions, and even a video about the history of Thomas Jefferson's Library, which in 1815 reconstituted the Library of Congress after the British burned the Capitol in the War of 1812. The architectural photos come courtesy of Carol M. Highsmith, who has been donating magnificent collections of images to the Library copyright-free, for the American people

Matt adds that the app, "is an ideal companion to an on-site tour, as much of its content tracks with the Library of Congress Experience in the Jefferson Building."

Congrats to everyone at LC especially the three staff members who developed it in-house.

We're downloading it now.

Finally, the blog post end with a reminder that this is the first of many apps. We'll do the best we can keeping you current here on ResourceShelf. Btw, we have sent along a request to find out if the new app (#1) will also be available for Android users. If/when we here back, we will let you know with an update to this post.

Source: LC Blog

See Also: Here's the Description from the App Store:

The Library of Congress is the world's largest library and the largest body of knowledge under a single roof. Whether you're onsite, at home, in a classroom or elsewhere, this app will give you a virtual tour that mirrors the Library of Congress Experience, an award-winning group of exhibitions and features that has drawn record numbers of visitors.