Toward a Library Platform

An open Library Platform would have a dramatic impact on the way information is shared and used by individuals and institutions. Learn more in a recent white paper, and engage in discussion with those working to ensure that this emerging Platform meets your needs.

Why can’t using a library catalogue be more like the experience you receive when you visit Amazon or Google? User-centric, personalised, easy to use, these sites are at the heart of the high expectations that many people now hold about finding information. So why can’t the same rich, fulfilling experiences be available to users of applications that provide services to institutions?

The answer is simple. There is no reason why this should not be the case. Sites such as Amazon and eBay are based on the idea of Web 2.0, a concept of delivering rich, participative, personalised experiences through open and economically viable applications. These next generation applications can be applied to the library domain just as they can to any other.

This is exactly what the Talis Platform supports. It is a revolutionary technology that will have a dramatic impact on the way information is shared and used by individuals and institutions. It works by providing the underlying infrastructure to support the collection of a large pool of content that is not held in the usual information silos but freely available to end users and other content providers. Libraries will be able to draw on this mass of information and deliver it to their users more cost effectively than ever before.

Find out more in this white paper by Dave Barker. Then why not share your own views in this forum?