Closing The Gap

Slide 1: Closing The Gap Interoperability between SL & the Web

Slide 2: 32rd ELAG, 14-16 April 2008 Wageningen, The Netherlands Closing The Gap interoperability between Second Life & The Web Lightning Talk by Guus van den Brekel, Central Medical Library University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Slide 3: My job It is my job to develop & deliver library services in my user’s workflow

Slide 4: I let them decide WHAT workflow

Slide 5: I am sure about nothing, but am expecting anything

Slide 6: We might end up with numerous different environments and types of workflow

Slide 7: But hey, guess what ….

Slide 8: That’s exactly what we have been offering them for decades ….

Slide 9: Numerous different (search) interfaces with peculiar specifics ….

Slide 10: We are used coping with that, … only this time …..

Slide 11: THEY choose

Slide 12: Now WE have the opportunity to create format agnostic & platform independant services

Slide 13: We were way TOO late in recognizing and responding to new technologies i.e. Web 2.0

Slide 14: Are we going to wait until the new social WEB 3D browser is there already?

Slide 16: PubMed Search

Slide 18: Human: What is autism? Healthy: Let me try and Google it. Autism is a form of pervasive developmental disorder with an unknown origin. It can range from high functioning to severe in nature. Symptoms are a marked lack of awareness of the feelings of others and little or no social interaction or communications with others. ...

Slide 24: Kirk: Scotty, we need warp power now! Engage!

Slide 25: 32rd ELAG, 14-16 April 2008 Wageningen, The Netherlands Guus van den Brekel, Central Medical Library University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) http://www.rug.nl/umcg/bibliotheek http://www.netvibes.com/cmb http://digicmb.blogspot.com