Ray, this site isnt inspirational in the sense of glitzy, but it was
carefuly researched and tested from a user perspective to ensure it met
the needs of 3 identified target user groups: experts, students and
casual browsers.Despite being essentially an image archive it won a
Visionary Design award from the National Library for the Blind for its
usability. http://www.transportarchive.org.uk/
Regards Stephen
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Ray Shah
Sent: 27 September 2007 02:15
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Subject: Inspirational Archives
Dear All,
(Apologies for duplication MCN/MCG subscribers)
I am hoping you can help me find what I would in short describe as an
inspirational (digital) archive. Models for us to follow.
I am referring to the kind of resource that will facilitate both novice
and expert users in discovering resources. Too often, I have seen
archives rely on in-depth knowledge on the part of the user, to come up
with precise terms that happen to coincide with keywords or
descriptions. I understand taxonomy and tagging have roles to play that
can help here, but what's being used to good effect now?
Furthermore, the resource should allow browsing as a way of
discovering/honing-in on areas of interest.
Art world archives would be ideal, but any state-of-the-art resource
will do.
I checked back through the last few months of my mailings, and aside
from conference invitations that sound pretty exciting, did not find
what I'm looking for.
Many thanks.
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- Ray
Ray Shah
think design, inc.
retail museum education software development open source
tel: 212.922.0952 x212 mobile: 917.476.0952
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