I’m thinking about starting a photo series about signs I see while running. We start with the following beautiful specimen that I saw on July 22, 2019 in the forest near Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart. After I saw the sign, the run was rather less relaxed…
The sources of the Hybrid Bookshelf are now online at Github (LGPL 3). I haven’t had the time for a deeper analysis, but it seems that a lot of its features (coloring of the books, sharing items via email etc.) are only available as a commercial version and not released as open source software. The out-of-the-box demo connects to the Library Data Unifier, which is also at Github available (GPL 2).
Source:Reiterer, H., Rädle, R., Butscher, S., et al. (2016). Blended Library – neue Zugangswege zu den Inhalten wissenschaftlicher und öffentlicher Bibliotheken. Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis, 40(1), pp. 7-20. Retrieved 11 Apr. 2016, from doi:10.1515/bfp-2016-0010
I just noticed that Blended Shelf plays a role in the new image movie of the University of Konstanz. It is an honor that my alma mater uses my work to advertise for itself. I assume that an English version will follow soon.
I just stumbled (thanks to RR) over Arena for Books. This is a design challenge with the task to …
“Develop futureoriented and viable ideas for the physical presentation of digital publishing products and services in bookstores and at trade fairs.” Source: http://arenaforbooks.jovoto.com/
I added some screenshots of the current html5 version of the Blended Shelf. This is work in progress. A lot of features are still missing and the final product may look differently. The technological base is VuFind and a lot of html5, css3 and js.