Visiting 2011 Digital Forum in Wellington, New Zealand was a wonderful experience. Read more about the presented trends libraries, museums and archives are facing in a near future.
Digital forum 2011 Wellington New Zealand, trends and higlights
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4. Michael Lascarides : New York Public Library Senior Manager for Web Initiatives for the New York Public Library. He worked as a web programmer, designer and information architect. He is the author of the forthcoming book "Next-Generation Redesign“. “ No one forces you to come to the Library” “ Comparing a library with a warehouse” www.nypl.org
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6. Michael Lascarides : New York Public Library Social Media Initiative What’s on the menu? www.nypl.org Library’s Current Key Projects menus.nypl.org Transcription of historical restaurant menus, dish by dish, so that they can be searched by what people were eating back in the day. Seeking public involvement! 1-12-2011: 646,584 dishes transcribed from 10,976 menus nypl.bibliocommons.com Bibliocommons Search that is as intuitive as it is intelligent
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8. Mitchell Whitelaw: University of Canberra Mitchell Whitelaw is an academic, writer and artist with interests in new media art and culture, especially generative systems and data-aesthetics. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra, where he leads the Master of Digital Design. He blogs at The Teeming Void. CommonsExplorer is an experimental interactive browser for the Flickr Commons. It provides a "big picture" view of these collections - a rich, single screen interface that reveals structures and patterns and encourages exploration. canberra.edu.au Generous interfaces Show everything! “ Provide Search suggestions” “ Wall of thumbnails” “ Link to rich content” “ Ideas show first, don’t ask” “ Show more fun with facets” “ Show free samples, show Relationships, provide clues, show the good staff”
9. Be proud of our data , the public will still like you if it is less than perfect. a visual exploration , good interfaces, Show everything Mobile devices in (and around) museums Content and data sharing How open is our data - make API available , mesh up competitions for staff and public Social Media as a “must” for more info: ndf.natlib.govt.nz