Re: Changes vs. new element

That is what I am saying Dan Scott, and others.

If you build it...they will come...and "they" are the Search companies
invested in this, just as much as you and Libraries are.
There are many folks on the inside of "they", that have been waiting for
movement in this area, on your part.

So... get 'er done.  The rest of the nice UX fantasizing that your talking
about is already in prototyping stages (in various parts and pieces,
including mobile), you just do not see or know about it yet. :-)



On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Dan Scott <denials@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Wallis,Richard <Richard.Wallis@oclc.org>
> wrote:
> >>To the User, it's an offer.  A free one.  That is offered by a particular
> >> organization... a local branch of a library or library system.
> >
> >>Do you care at that point that the user has 10 other additional data
> >> elements exposed to them on Google's search element ?  Probably not...
> you
> >> just want them coming into the library.
> >
> >
> > In that case, the exposure of call number/shelf location (in Schema)
> would
> > be superfluous, as it is unlikely that Google would display it in a
> snippet
> > – there would be no room after the title/creator/subject stuff.  And it
> is
> > not useful to the user at that point.
>
> It might not appear in a snippet; in Google, for example, individual
> offers (sales, loans, what not) could appear on the right hand side as
> part of their Knowledge Graph effort. Although yes, they would likely
> just be links to the corresponding offer page that can provide all of
> the gory details. Possibly something like:
>
> * Buy an ebook: Vendor1, Vendor2
> * Buy a physical copy: Vendor3, Vendor4
> * Borrow a copy: Library1, Library2
>
> If I can be permitted to fantasize about a library scenario for a
> moment, if the search engine recognized via your location or IP
> address that you were in or near a library, it could serve as your
> library catalogue and display the additional metadata when it was
> actually useful to you (much as it detects when you're looking up
> movies, it can show you the local movie listings, including name &
> address of the theatre, immediately rather than forcing you to click
> through).
>
> To fantasize further, if you maintained a wishlist that the search
> engine knew about, it could send you Google Now / Siri notifications
> when the item became available...
>



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