The Seattle Public Library has such a map, but it's only visible from within the library--not remotely. It's main purpose is to aid customers in locating where in our 11-story central library to start looking for the items they want. One of my staff wrote the program. We use Sirsidyinx Horizon as our ILS.
>>> Thomas Arendall-Salvetti <tarendall-salvetti_at_UBALT.EDU> 8/9/2007 8:28 AM >>>
Joseph,
Brad Faust of the Ball State University Libraries was working on just
such a project (a dynamic book stacks map) a couple of years ago. The
beta showed promise, but I don't see it in Ball State's catalog now.
You might want to contact Brad Faust at bfaust_at_bsu.edu or (765) 285-8032
to see if he can answer any questions.
Thomas Arendall-Salvetti
Reference/Instruction Librarian
Langsdale Library
University of Baltimore
1420 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-837-4275
tarendall-salvetti_at_ubalt.edu
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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Joe Ryan
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 2:05 PM
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: [BULK?] [NGC4LIB] dynamic stacks maps?
Hello,
We are considering building a dynamic book stack map application, linked
to our catalog, that would show a color-coded map of what region of the
stacks a given book is in.
I am writing to see if anyone here has seen or developed any dynamic map
applications used for library stacks. I'd like to see some examples for
some inspiration, and I'd like to hear about any experiences that you've
all had when building these applications.
Thank you,
Joe
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Joseph Ryan
Digital Projects Librarian
NCSU Libraries
(919) 513-0346
joseph_ryan_at_ncsu.edu
Received on Thu Aug 09 2007 - 10:06:33 EDT