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).
Cover and link to article
While I’m currently working again within the Open Access Repositories context, I found a nice overview article about the Blended Library by Harald Reiterer, Roman Rädle, Simon Butscher and Jens Müller from the Human-Computer Interaction Group at the University of Konstanz.
The article focuses on the four projects and interactive exploration tools
and summarizes the outcomes of the research projects
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
Today the Hybrid Bookshelf – as a result of the Blended Shelf Project – was presented at the 104. Bibliothekartag in Nürnberg. It is great to finally see the works and results of my master thesis arriving as an product. It will soon be available as hosted solution and open source software. More info at http://www.hybridbookshelf.de/
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/
… by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers and Booksellers Association) and others. Between all the ideas are various interesting approaches of digital shelves such as the Bookshelf 2.0:
Update: Now I realized that the Bookshelf 2.0 is the winner of the challenge. Buchreport published an article about it.
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.
One of the new screenshots – Rotating the shelf…
I’m happy that my old (the first) version of the Blended Shelf is part of the recently published Blended Library Vision Video:
The video was first shown at a workshop of the University of Konstanz about the outcomes of the Blended Library Project.
At the workshop I learned that the Blended Shelf was also incorporated into the great project Quellentaucher. The Quellentaucher is part of the libros project (a project of the HCI group of the University of Konstanz where I studied and worked as research assistant). A recent video shows the impressive Quellentaucher at the Stadtbibliothek Köln and how it uses parts of the Blended Shelf to visualize literature:
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