Turning Visitors into Users: Challenge for Virtual Exhibition on Genetics- ‘Reading the book of life

  • Jordi Domènech Casal Òliba Research Group (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Avda. Tibidabo, 39-43, 08035 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: jdomenechca@uoc.edu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.3.4602
Keywords: Virtual exhibitions, Joomla 1.5, content management system

Abstract

In this paper, the construction and main goals of a virtual exhibition on genetics has been described.A first attempt based in html and flash formats is described followed by a first evaluation by the users.The current developed version is based on the Joomla 1.5. The content management system (CMS)includes eight virtual exhibition halls,and interactive resources like news and multimedia. The navigationis improved by the use of metatags and other automated tools of Joomla1.5. Web 2.0 tools are used toincrease participation by the users, as well as Wikipedia and Facebook resources, are being set. Thevirtual exhibition has received 101,977 visitors from several countries in one year. The paradigm for virtualexhibitions has been discussed and the real exhibition can be seen at http://oliba.uoc.edu/adn.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.4602

Published
2013-05-20
How to Cite
Domènech Casal, J. (2013). Turning Visitors into Users: Challenge for Virtual Exhibition on Genetics- ‘Reading the book of life. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 33(3). https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.3.4602
Issue
Vol 33 No 3 (2013): Applications of Online Exhibitions
Section
Special Issue on Visualising Libraries

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