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- SearchResearch Challenge (7/8/20): Gomphotheres... in Panama? The other day I was thinking about gomphotheres, as one does on nice spring afternoons... ... remember them? They're a kind of elephant-like animal that lived in North America during the Pleistocene? We mentioned them in an earlier SRS post about avocado seed dispersal. I remembered that they were native to North America (or Siberia, depending on how […]
- Even more collections... and a thought about Pasteur's Quadrant I couldn't resist... ... an addendum to my previous post about Collections.The thing about collections is that there are so many of them. And yet, if you don't think about searching for a collection, you might miss a huge treasure trove of salient content that's exactly on target. This leads me to a general SearchResearch heuristic: Whe […]
- Answer: How to find collections of online content? While collections are fundamental... ... the organization of them is just as important. AND, for our purposes, searching for a collection that contains the stuff you seek is just as important. What's a SearchResearcher to do? For our purposes, a great online collection with a decent search interface is just fantastic! Engraving of the Museum Wormi […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (7/8/20): Gomphotheres... in Panama?
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Touch Graphics Inc. & Intrepid Museum: Multi-Sensory Museum Guide (from Library & Museum Accessiblity LinkedIn Group)
Manhattan’s Intrepid Museum Complex, which houses a tour-able aircraft carrier, submarine, and supersonic airliner, have used emerging technology, created by Touch Graphics Inc., to help people with sight disabilities have a more-immersive experience with the artifacts. On each floor, their “Talking Tactile Pen”, used in conjunction … Continue reading
Infocamp Seattle
This past weekend I attended Infocamp Seattle, an “unconference” presented by ASIS&T and the UW’s ischool. An “unconference” simply means that there are no planned events throughout the day – the participants are the presenters. Topics ranged from UX to … Continue reading
Posted in Information Science, Print Disability
Tagged accessibility, ASIS&T, Infocamp, print disability, UW ischool, WTBBL
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