Presentation by Matthew Shaw, Lead Curator, North American History, as part of Coalition for Social Science Libraries Study Day, British Library, February 17 2011.
- An exhibition which is trying to find out how readers want to use technology / social media in their research, and modelling possible futures for readers to try. Examples used included:
◦ Primo (shiny new BL catalogue in SOLO style)
◦ UK Web archive (ongoing BL programme)
◦ Codex Sinaiticus (augmented digitisation)
◦ NYPL Map rectification (comparing old maps to geo-data)
◦ London Lives (very searchable London social history)
◦ Timescapes (study from Uni Leeds – data ownership issues)
◦ MBS Portal (discussed in earlier blog post)
◦ JoVE (Journal of Visualised Experiments)
- Spaces / Places / Things
◦ What is a library? What will it be in the future?
◦ What kind of tech do people need for their research? Multiscreen PCs?
Findings: (skewed towards men, the over-40s, academics)
People liked:
- Mendeley
- JoVE
- UK Web Archive
- Anglo-Saxon England
- Silk Road
- Jane Austen
People disliked:
- BL Video Server (early functionality issues?)
- Crimean War
- eDance
- Galaxy Zoo
People didn't care about:
- Cite-u-Like
- Primo
No matter how intuitive things appear to their designers, people still want signage & hand-holding.
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