[Web4lib] The future of reference?

[Robert L. Balliot]

If you remove the assumptions about a traditional reference librarian:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L7sanpHCQY

 

 

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Robert L. Balliot

Skype: RBalliot

Bristol, Rhode Island

http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm

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From: Brian Gray [mailto:mindspiral at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:32 AM
To: Robert L. Balliot
Cc: Publib at webjunction.org; web4lib
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] The future of reference?

 

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?



http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/#research



We just started focusing on design for the tiny screen - what will it take
to design for this format?



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Robert L. Balliot

Skype: RBalliot

Bristol, Rhode Island

http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm