November 18, 2009
by Shannon
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One of my favorite examples from yesterday’s tutorial is the Dashboard from the Indianapolis Museum of Art. What a fantastic way to demonstrate value to insiders and outsiders alike. I’m unclear on their methods for generating the Dashboard – the … Continue reading
November 4, 2009
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The National Library of Australia provides a fantastic search tool for resources pertaining to Australia through Trove. The interface gets a lot right – give it a try!
October 21, 2009
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The BHL lovefest continues during Open Access Week with this cool little tool: Since the public launch of BHL in Feb 2008, the BHL Technical development team has received repeated requests for an interface that would allow users to download … Continue reading
October 7, 2009
by Shannon
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The WIT OPAC is powered by III, but you would never know by looking at it. It’s a great example of how design affects the search experience. I encourage you to test it out, and leave us comments with your … Continue reading
September 30, 2009
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The University of Virginia has developed a robust mobile catalog using Summon and Blacklight. It’s an interesting example of merging commercial and in-house solutions. Check out the specs and try a test search. Does this solve any of the common … Continue reading
September 23, 2009
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The Franklin Park Public Library in Illinois was featured in Library Journal last year for its use of Google Maps. I particularly like the local history map, but check out the library’s other maps also. This simple tool helped the … Continue reading