Imagine if your catalogue looked like Amazon Windowshop. Would this make you happy? Would it make browsing easier for your users?
We’ve taken out the text and created an immersive experience to help you lose yourself in exploration. Trailers for bestselling movies. Insight into the hottest TV shows and video games. Track samples from Tuesday’s new music releases. Audio reviews of books you should read. Amazon Windowshop lets you get a taste of many titles. They’re here – in one place – and all you have to do is move a few keys to zoom in on whatever flips your switch.
In an earlier post I discussed the possible impact of multi-touch computer screens on the catalogue display. Microsoft has just demonstrated the latest version of their software at the South by SouthWest Festival. While it is still in the development stage, it doesn`t stop us from imagining the possibilities.
Devices like the Surface, as well as Apple’s iPhone, are at the vanguard of a shift in how we interact with computers.
“Everything is moving to touch and multi-touch so you had better jump on that bandwagon,” Mr Klimczak told the conference of web developers.
Lately I have been spending a lot of time thinking about RDA (Resource Description and Access). One area that has piqued my interest is the effect its implementation will have on catalogue displays (OPAC’s).
The National Library of Australia’s Committee on Cataloging has some interesting material posted from the Beyond the OPAC : future directions for Web-based catalogues seminar. Ann Huthwaite and Philip Hider in their presentation The potential impact of RDA on OPAC displays explain two key elements in the design of RDA… Continue Reading »
