This Wednesday, ASIS&T is presenting another DCMI webinar about a concern for many of us trying to keep up with data sets that change over time.
Category Archives: Wednesday Spark
Wednesday Spark: Indianapolis Museum of Art
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 …
Wednesday Spark: Trove
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!…
Wednesday Spark: Biodiversity Heritage Library
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
Wednesday Spark: Waterford Institute of Technology Libraries
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 …
Wednesday Spark: UVa Mobile
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 …
Wednesday Spark: Franklin Park Public Library
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 …