http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/ This weblog focuses on the University of Miami Richter Library's website and strategies for thinking about 'visionary' possibilities for web services. It encourages 'dreaming' about 'academic library' information architectures so that dreams become reality and Richter sets the model for a next generation of academic library web services. en-us 2005-10-19T10:38:14-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000181.html Tim O'Reilly of O'Relly computer books, recently published an article on Web 2.0. Buzzwords such as 'folksonomy', AJAX and "Mashup" herald not only new terms but new methodologies and applications that are guiding next generation web development. This entry... 2005-10-19T10:38:14-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000180.html Is there anything to be learned from historically established twentieth century grammars of cinema in constructing information systems for the twenty-first century? With 2D paradigms and visual metaphors fairly well-established as 'icons' for enhancing intuitive usability in operating systems,... 2005-04-20T14:36:33-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000179.html The OCLC midwinter 2005 conference presented a symposium on online Games and the significance for information literacy. This is excellent news as what has been known for a while is finally being acknowledged within wider institutional parameters. This entry... 2005-02-23T16:45:57-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000178.html An new generation of commercial and easier-to- use'data' visualization applications are emerging. In a sense, building on Ben Shneiderman and the HCIL at Maryland's work on dynamic database queries and taking advantage of new possibilities with Macromedia Flash MX... 2005-02-18T16:11:09-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000177.html In the last year there has been a wealth of interesting publications with regards to Leonardo Da Vinci. What is so interesting about some of these newer texts is that focus has shifted from the paintings to more renaissance... 2005-02-11T12:45:44-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000176.html 2004 saw the continuing technologic shift of the library from 19th century repository to 21st century visual and virtual 'learning space' and the accompanying challenge that goes along with the shift of large systems of information from physical and... 2004-12-13T11:56:07-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000175.html The American Society for Information Science and Technology is an interdisciplinary organization focusing on the use, implementation and possibilities for information science and large scale information systems - theory and technology. The ASIS&T annual conference was held this year in... 2004-11-22T11:47:16-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000174.html Recently, I had the opportunity to participate as an instructor in the "Florida Public Space Project" a University of Miami semester workshop. Bringing together architects, urban planners, civic officials, historians and technologists, the interdisciplinary seminar was organized by Dr.... 2004-11-08T13:05:30-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000173.html In beginning to build new digital music libraries, the stronger online models that we currently possess are commercial. Both Real Networks Rhapsody and now legal and Sony owned Napster provide robust models for online digital music libraries. This entry... 2004-10-29T14:01:50-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000171.html Current DVD technology provides opportunities for instructional design through new video and display possibilities. More than simply packaging a 'movie' in a larger digital space, DVD technology is enabling paradigms of augmenting learning and enhancing digital archiving through the... 2004-09-20T13:41:00-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000170.html This entry continues from a previous entry that introduced the Zoomifyer application with a focused look at a few specific applications that Zoomifyer is currently used for and future digital library possibilities. The standard edition of Zoomifyer is being implemented... 2004-09-15T10:23:31-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000169.html Each year "Communication Arts Magazine" presents a series of 'winning' projects in its Interactive Design Annual. The projects are a good indication of the present state of interaction design. This entry glances at a few of the winning 2004 entries... 2004-09-14T09:43:29-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000168.html In her study of Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century, Berkeley Scholar Svetlana Alpers makes the assertion that advances in 'visual technologies' resonate large cultural advances. Alpers uses this to analyze Dutch renaissance painting using notions of the 'telescope',... 2004-09-08T11:05:41-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000166.html With the entrance of Macromedia Flash 2004 Professional, new online video possibilities have opened. Currently, the main multimedia products for integrating video online are the Real Player, Quicktime 6, Windows Media Player and the new Flash Video. While Real and... 2004-09-07T11:03:01-05:00 http://libprod.library.miami.edu:41430/webservices/archives/000165.html Pedagogy is currently experiencing a renaissance with regards to technology and the enabling capacity of new media. Web CT, Blackboard, electronic reserves and other internet technologies offer a range of methods to present, disseminate and digitally archive current academic... 2004-08-12T16:31:00-05:00