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| Title: | Web-based Software Integration for Dissemination of Archival Images: the Frontiers of Science Website |
| Authors: | Browne, Gary Stephen |
| Keywords: | science |
| Issue Date: | 25-Jul-2011 |
| Publisher: | Code4Lib Journal |
| Abstract: | The Frontiers of Science illustrated comic strip of 'science fact' ran from 1961 to 1982, syndicated worldwide through over 600 newspapers. The Rare Books and Special Collections Library at the University of Sydney in association with Sydney eScholarship, digitized all 939 strips. We aimed to create a website that could disseminate these comic strips to scholars, enthusiasts and the general public. We wanted to enable users to search and browse through the images simply and effectively, with an intuitive and novel viewing platform.
Time and resource constraints dictated the use of (mostly open source) code modules wherever possible and the integration and customisation of a range of web-based applications, code snippets and technologies (DSpace, eXtensible Text Framework (XTF), OmniFormat, JQuery Tools, Thickbox and Zoomify), stylistically pulled together using CSS. This approach allowed for a rapid development cycle (6 weeks) to deliver the site on time as well as provide us with a framework for similar projects. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8286 |
| ISSN: | 1940-5758 |
| Appears in Collections: | Papers and Presentations
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