[Web4lib] The future of reference?

[Brian Gray]

I am not sure I see "reference" in this product, at least the way most
people define traditional reference today. It would take a major overhaul of
most reference tools to see benefit from a tool like this. But they say
majority of the web growth is in the visual elements, so expect more
interfaces like this.

Seems like it would offer many possibilities such as interactive displays,
virtual book shelves, collaboration tools in user work spaces, display of
institutional digital depository items, and may be very appealing in a BI
session.

Brian Gray
mindspiral at gmail.com
bcg8 at case.edu


On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Robert L. Balliot <
rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote:

> Is this product from Intel showing us the future of reference and
> bibliographic instruction within libraries?
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> We just started focusing on design for the tiny screen - what will it take
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