I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the stars of the DPLA sprint- ShelfLife http://librarylab.law.harvard.edu/dpla/demo/app/ and BookWorm http://bookworm.culturomics.org/
Eric On Oct 27, 2011, at 4:27 PM, Julia Bauder wrote: > Dear fans of cool Web-ness, > > I'm looking for examples of projects that use visual(=largely non-text and > non-numeric) interfaces to let patrons browse/search collections. Things > like the GeoSearch on North Carolina Maps[1], or projects that use Simile's > Timeline or Exhibit widgets[2] to provide access to collections (e.g., > what's described here: > https://letterpress.uchicago.edu/index.php/jdhcs/article/download/59/70), or > in-the-wild uses of Recollection[3]. I'm less interested in knowing about > tools (although I'm never *uninterested* in finding out about cool tools) > than about production or close-to-production sites that are making good use > of these or similar tools to provide visual, non-linear access to > collections. Who's doing slick stuff in this area that deserves a look? > > Thanks! > > Julia > Eric Hellman President, Gluejar, Inc. http://www.gluejar.com/ 41 Watchung Plaza #132, Montclair NJ 07042 e...@hellman.net http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/ @gluejar