Michael Lascarides : New York Public Library

Senior Manager for Web Initiatives for the New York Public Library. He worked as a web programmer, designer and information architect. He is the

author of the forthcoming book "Next-Generation Redesign“.

““No one forces you No one forces you to come to the to come to the

Library”Library”

““Comparing a Comparing a library with a library with a warehouse”warehouse”

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Michael Lascarides : New York Public Librarywww.nypl.org

175,000 followers

43,000 followers

Library policies have been changed:WE TRUST STAFF- Social Media staff use / encouragement and more involvement onlineMORE-library staff bookreviews

Michael Lascarides : New York Public Library

Social Media Social Media InitiativeInitiative

What’s on the What’s on the menu?menu?

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Library’s Current Key ProjectsLibrary’s Current Key Projects

menus.nypl.org

Transcription of historical restaurant menus, dish by dish, so that they can be searched by what people

were eating back in the day. Seeking public involvement!Seeking public involvement!

1-12-2011: 646,584 dishes transcribed from

10,976 menus

nypl.bibliocommons.com

BibliocommonsBibliocommons

Search that is as intuitive as it is intelligent

Andy Neale, Chris McDowall (Digital NZ); Kate Stone (Austalianscreen); Michal Parry (Australian Centre for Moving Image);

AndyFour Nasty TruthsFour Nasty Truths1.1.Digital material is a commodityDigital material is a commodity2.2.Physical items can all be copiedPhysical items can all be copied3.3.Metadata silos are selfishMetadata silos are selfish4.4.Most people don’t care about copyrightMost people don’t care about copyright

Pinterest.com is an online pin board.Organize and share things you love.

Tip of the dayTip of the day

Chris

Visualisation of Digital New Zealand siteVisualisation of Digital New Zealand siteSharing imaginary tool Sharing imaginary tool – in development– in development

Mitchell Whitelaw: University of CanberraMitchell Whitelaw is an academic, writer and artist with interests in new media art and culture, especially

generative systems and data-aesthetics. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra, where he leads the Master of Digital Design. He blogs at The Teeming Void.

canberra.edu.au

Generous interfacesGenerous interfacesShow everything!Show everything!

CommonsExplorer is an experimental interactive browser for the Flickr Commons.

It provides a "big picture" view of these collections- a rich, single screen interface that reveals structures

and patterns and encourages exploration.

““Provide Search Provide Search suggestions”suggestions”

““Wall of thumbnails”Wall of thumbnails”

““Link to rich content”Link to rich content”

““Ideas show first, don’t Ideas show first, don’t ask”ask”

““Show more fun with Show more fun with facets”facets”

““Show free samples, showShow free samples, showRelationships, provide Relationships, provide

clues, show the good staff”clues, show the good staff”

Be proud of our data, the public will still like you if it is less than perfect.

a visual exploration, good interfaces, Show everything

Mobile devices in (and around) museums

Content and data sharing

How open is our data - make API available, mesh up competitions for staff and public

Social Media as a “must”

for more info: ndf.natlib.govt.nz