Closing The Gap Interoperability between SL & the Web

Closing The Gap

Interoperability between SL & the Web

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

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