Features of a Supplementary Virtual Exhibit

[Teresa Ashley]

These are excellent questions.  I'm glad you brought up this topic because
I have been thinking about the same thing.  My idea, though, was to have a
Libguide accompany a physical exhibit so that people at a distance could
experience it.  Our exhibit would have books that could be requested online
via the Libguide links and photographs of the other items in the exhibit.

However, your idea of having Augmented Reality of some sort in the physical
exhibit is an interesting one and I am eager to read the responses of
others on the list.

Thanks.

Teresa Ashley

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Michael Schofield <mschofield at nova.edu>wrote:

> Morning everyone,****
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> Our library has a large second-floor gallery and we’re lucky enough to be
> able to host some really neat exhibits—sometimes art, sometimes
> historical—and I’m starting to think it would be cool to have a
> supplementary web component. We’ve a lot of distance users who likely won’t
> cross the state to duck in, but if they’re curious they might click
> through. I say *supplementary *because I don’t want to volunteer to
> curate a standalone exhibit, but I’m thinking in terms of browsing or
> accessing further information about a specific [artifact] in the exhibit.*
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> What I want to do is essentially jury-rig reveal.js (an HTML Slide Deck [
> http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/]) to … I don’t know yet, that’s why I’m
> approaching the hive : ). You’ve been to museums that link QR Codes to
> audio-clips. What features do you appreciate in such a component? I’m also
> curious about what features would be *really *cool if you could pull them
> off.****
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> Some of my ideas:****
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> **1.       **Doctor revealJS because it is a feature-rich, swipe-friendly
> HTML deck that works just as well on phones as on desktops. Additionally,
> I’m only interested in working with the web – nothing native.****
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> **2.       **QR Codes [although I kind of hate them … ] *in *the exhibit
> link to specific pages with further reading and an audio description.****
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> **3.       **Option to auto-scroll through slides / stream all the audio
> as a walkthrough [e.g., a podcast].****
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> **4.       **One thought is that instead of a specific exhibit, you could
> use it as a self-guided tour of your building, potentially tied-in with
> Google Maps Interior / etc.****
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> Just brainstorming. I plan to do something locally, but if anyone is
> interested in collaborating on additional museum/library/tour-oriented
> features for RevealJS, perhaps we can make a public fork on github and go
> to town. Let me know.****
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> *M*ichael *Schofield*(@nova.edu) | Web Services Librarian | (954) 262-4536
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> Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center****
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> Hi! Hit me up *any* time, but I’d *really* appreciate it if you report *broken
> links*, *bugs*, your meeting *minutes*, or request an awesome *web app*over on the Library
> Web Services <http://staff.library.nova.edu/pm> site.****
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