Description
Numerous libraries are experimenting with Bento Box solutions for their library's search experience. These solutions help expand the utility of a single search box by grouping results together from numerous resources enabling a user to quickly navigate to the area they were intending. Bento Box systems are heavily reliant on API's from vendors to produce data that they can use to help create this experience. BrowZine, a product from Third Iron, is a service designed to streamline the locating, reading and browsing of a library's journals. New BrowZine API's are being designed to specifically enhance the Bento Box interface capability to ensure BrowZine's direct-to-journal concept can be utilized in this environment. John Seguin from Third Iron will talk about the capabilities of the BrowZine API while Robert O'Connell will show the Bento solution he developed for Smith College, the design choices that were made in that process and how he made use of the BrowZine API to enhance their solution.
Start Date
15-3-2017 2:15 PM
End Date
15-3-2017 3:15 PM
Enhancing Your Library's Bento Box Interface with BrowZine API's
Numerous libraries are experimenting with Bento Box solutions for their library's search experience. These solutions help expand the utility of a single search box by grouping results together from numerous resources enabling a user to quickly navigate to the area they were intending. Bento Box systems are heavily reliant on API's from vendors to produce data that they can use to help create this experience. BrowZine, a product from Third Iron, is a service designed to streamline the locating, reading and browsing of a library's journals. New BrowZine API's are being designed to specifically enhance the Bento Box interface capability to ensure BrowZine's direct-to-journal concept can be utilized in this environment. John Seguin from Third Iron will talk about the capabilities of the BrowZine API while Robert O'Connell will show the Bento solution he developed for Smith College, the design choices that were made in that process and how he made use of the BrowZine API to enhance their solution.