What we wanted
• A map showing libraries in Herefordshire.
• Easy to use
• Easy to build
• Easy to maintain
• Low cost!
The old way…
• Not particularly attractive
• The writing is rather small, and in some cases illegible
• It is interactive - green dots are clickable, but it’s hardly exciting.
How easy? : What do I need?
• Geographical Coordinates
• A data store
• An edit interface
Working With ICT department
Where do I start?
Web serverWith PHP,And MySql
Write code for map display
Write code for coordinate editing
build a database
Business CaseMeetings
Persuasion! £
How does ‘the platform’ help?
• Helps find the coordinates!
• Provides the data store
• Provides the edit functionality
• It’s FREE!
Working With ICT department
What did I have to do?
Web serverWith PHP,And MySql
Write code for map display
Write code for coordinate editing
build a database
Business CaseMeetings
Persuasion! £
Write code for map display…
• Query the directory for details about Herefordshire's libraries
• Add the information to a Google map
• Show the Google map in a webpage
How it works…
• The webpage loads and gets the maps API
• My script asks the directory for details of libraries in Herefordshire
• My script adds a marker for each library
• The webpage shows the map• Done! Talis Directory
Google Maps
My Script
Bigger thoughts
• Web 2.0– User generated content– Thin client computing
• Open Access to… – Data– APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
• The ‘perpetual beta’
Responsive
• ‘Responsivity’ is a two way process.
• Users can respond to our data.
• We can add a new service in a matter of weeks, in response to our user’s needs.
• If a user sees us as useful, they will come back, and they will bring their friends.
The four R’s
• Responsive development
• Re-use existing tools
• Reduce complexity
• Reduce cost
• Library 2.0– “Library 2.0 describes a subset of library services
designed to meet user needs caused by the direct and peripheral effects of Web 2.0“ Michael Habib http://mchabib.com/
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