[Web4lib] Who's the Rock Star

[Walker, David]

I'm gonna offer up Chris Barr  http://www.chrisbarr.net/.  

Did an excellent job on the VUFind design, as well as some other great stuff at Villanova.

Tim said:

> I find it hard to separate design from content, and most 
> OPACs are serving up the same stuff. 

Worth pointing out that there is a lot more to libraries (academic libraries in particular) than just the catalog. There are plenty of opportunities for those working libraries to flex their design skills.

--Dave

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David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu
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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spalding [tim at librarything.com]
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 12:04 PM
To: Robert Balliot
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Who's the Rock Star

Yeah, LT's design solves a different problem, mostly. And, frankly, I
think we sacrifice design for information density and rapid
development. We aren't aiming for everyone, but for the crazy book
geek.

There are some real superstars in overall development: David Pattern
and John Blyberg come to mind.

But I can't really think of standout *designs*. I find it hard to
separate design from content, and most OPACs are serving up the same
stuff. The last OPAC I saw that really impressed me visually was the
demo version of TLC's Indigo. But I didn't dig into the feature set.

Tim

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Robert Balliot <rballiot at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tim Spalding - http://librarything.com - obvious rock star
>
> Paul Neave -  http://www.neave.com/imagination/  - not associated with
> libraries but a rock star of UI design
>
>
>
> R. Balliot
> http://oceanstatelibrarian.com
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Sutherland, Michael <
> msutherland at montana.edu> wrote:
>
>> Web4Lib,
>>
>> Who's the 'Rock Star' in the library world in terms of web services and
>> design? Who's doing something cool and can someone point me to some
>> examples?
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Michael Sutherland
>> Web Services Librarian/Assistant Professor
>> Montana State University Libraries
>> P.O. Box 173320
>> Bozeman, MT, USA 59717-3320
>> Ph: (406) 994-6429
>> msutherland at montana.edu<mailto:msutherland at montana.edu>
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