laurien @ August 31, 2007 # No Comment Yet
One of the projects in UF’s Digital Collections is Ephemeral Cities. The project is like Google Earth in that it spatially and contextually situates data and allows that data to be searched by term and category. The really neat part is that Ephemeral Cities does so using maps from around the turn of the last [...]
laurien @ August 31, 2007 # No Comment Yet
UF Libraries now has a Library 2.0 Working Group and we’re investigating what Web 2.0 apps/concepts best map to libraries. Our wiki will hold our notes and progress, so it may be helpful to others. Of course, our use of any technology is directly in relation to our current systems - how we work, what [...]
laurien @ August 21, 2007 # No Comment Yet
There’s a new article in First Monday that surveys Google Books by looking at multiple versions of Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.* The intent of the article is that the oddities of the book form make it difficult to digitize; however, this good and useful point gets a bit [...]
laurien @ August 16, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I posted on this on the main Gameology blog, but MIT Technology Review has a video of a multi-touch interface design. This is like the user-end next step in the same way that Photosynth, which maps pictures and then allows users to see and explore them spatially, is a next step for visual displays.
For [...]
laurien @ August 7, 2007 # One Comment
I remember hearing a whole lot about Picasa when it first came out, but most of the interest seemed to be from people using Picasa for personal photos or from photographers. Now that I’m working with it, I’m astounded with how useful it is for academics. The ability to have local and web albums [...]
laurien @ August 3, 2007 # One Comment
Some of the folks at the UF Libraries are working on a game to introduce new students to the library. The game is still in progress, but it’s available here.
Games are definitely making there way into all areas of life, and this game shows just one of the ways games are coming to the library.
laurien @ August 2, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I’m now on the Library 2.0 Working Group and I’m trying to make a few fun things for people to see and use that are Web 2.0 style and that apply to the library. So, I’ve started experimenting with Picasa which I hadn’t used before. Now, I have a couple of Picasa albums online with [...]