Closing The Gap

Interoperability between SL & the Web

32rd ELAG, 14-16 April 2008Wageningen, 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)

My job

It is my job to develop & deliver

library services in my user’s workflow

I let them decide WHAT workflow

I am sure about nothing, butam expecting anything

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

But hey, guess what ….

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

Numerous different (search) interfaces with peculiar specifics ….

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

THEY choose

Now WE have the opportunity tocreate format agnostic & platform independant services

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

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

PubMed Search

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. ...

Kirk: Scotty, we need warp power now!

Engage!

32rd ELAG, 14-16 April 2008Wageningen, The Netherlands

Guus van den Brekel, Central Medical Library University Medical Center

Groningen (UMCG)

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