Paper details
iBRARY: Student Project for the Petr Bezruc's Library in Opava
Author
Štěpánka Tůmová, Silesian University in Opava - Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Institute of Computer Science, Czech Republic
Co-authors
Adam Uvíra, Kamil Škop, Silesian University in Opava - Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Institute of Computer Science, Karolína Olšanská, Silesian University in Opava
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Foto přednášejícího / Picture Poster Presentation
Abstract
The project iBRARY, ran by a group of creative students from Informatic Science department of Silesian University in Opava, was created to cooperate with the Library of Petr Bezruč in Opava (KPBO). The purpose is to concentrate on various ways of propagating the library with the use of modern technology. First step for the implementation team was to create a virtual tour of the main library building and while this could have been dealt with in several ways, it was decided that to use photographic panoramas would be most appropriate. Among others pros, this way helped Library of Petr Bezruč to save hard-drive space and not to waste it's limited amount of transferred data allowed. As means, the projectionists chose a software solution tried by many users which, as well, offers easier interconnection with browsers and maps that are accessible via internet. The best choice seemed to be a Google Inc solution, working on the basis of StreetView, in which the company allows easy input of 360° panoramatic pictures and then creation of the virtual tour. A side goal of this part of the project is to as well propagate the Department of Informational Science ÚI FPF SU to the expert librarians sphere. In the second step should the team concentrate on creating a tour for other libraries as well, namely the branch offices of KPBO; Kateřinky, Kylešovice and Olomoucká. And as the next one would be creating user instructions for the catalogues Carmen and Clavius REKS.
Author's professional CV
Mgr. Štěpánka Tůmová, Silesian University in Opava – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava – Institute of Computer Science
