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Project Description
The Cuyahoga County Public Library, CCPL, is introducing a The bookPal is a lifestyle device that melds the digital and
lifestyle changing strategy in order to promote literacy at it's 28 physical space in literacy through a live marker system that
area branches: Bay Village, Beachwood, Berea,Brecksville, synchs digital documents, audio, and physical books. No longer
Brook Park, Brooklyn, Chagrin Falls, Fairview Park, Garfield will your spot be lost across materials. Reading in bed, the
morning commute, and on the go are now synched together, so
you are on the same page!
Scenario: How often do you wish you could inconspicuously
Southeast, Strongsville, Warrensville. read a book or article while at work that you've been dying to
finish? How about listening to an audiobook during your daily
LiveBookmark TM is the strategic initiative debuting early commute? How often do you relax with a book before bed?
Wouldn't it be nice if somehow there was a way to have all 3
that will revolutionize the method that library patrons interact formats and have them automatically pick up where you left off?
and request information.
The CCPL will simultaneously introduce the new physical storage Use Context:
units, -bin, book industry networks, and bookPal. 5 -bins will be Search & browse categories
adjoined to neighborhood hotspots, coffee shops, and will serve recommendations by tastes & preferences
as a physical repository in absence of library buildings. The 5 2-3 weeks "digital" checkout (materials expire or can be
-bin categories are fiction, nonfiction, periodicals, academic, and renewed 1-3 days prior to expiration)
children - Physical pickup at nearby coffee shops
ments depending on size. -bin Library "meet ups" incorporate social interactions in
vote up or down physical spaces
Community driven "bids" promote contents of the -bins
The ideology was to unify the large physical data-warehousing Book selection changes weekly based on ranks
centers dispersed across multiple locations. The consolidation 200-500 books per each -bin
of the 28 library branches consolidates books, audio records, Need a specific book? 1-2 day (work)day shipping
and document reserves into one strategic location. Library warehouses conveniently locating next to USPS
sorting center
Find nearest location - do you want a book now? View
surrounding -bins
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Storyboard
Competition Badges Read Anywhere Physical Marker
John Doe -bin bookPal
Done
FICTION
Rank Title Promote Demote
The Girl Who Kicked the
1 Hornet’s Nest
2 To the End of the Land
3 Just Kids or
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The Big Short
5 Women Food and God
6 Mockingjay
LiveBookmarkin thepromotes social Physical book pages can be saved 1 of 2 Second, the device can use “Point at Thing”
7 Dead Family Badges are awarded to active members in Car, Bed, Anywhere!
competition among CPLL users by having ways. First, the secondary screen can be technology at the page to identify both the
the community based on participation &
them activelyBig Short removed and used as a physical bookmark, page number and paragraph structure.
The participate in a book activity.
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promotion system. Did you love a book? which will identify the page position and
Comment and help promote it up the list. synch digital and audio on the primary
Game Change
Hate a book? Demote it!
9 screen.
The Short Second Life of
10 Bree Tanner
Freedom
Sh*t My Dad Says
The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks
The Redy Pyramid
The Overton Window
Twighlight New Moon
Harry Potter
Catcher in the Rye
Breakfast of Champions
Slaughterhouse Five
Catch 22
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Reflection
Overview
LiveBookmark took a lot of inspiration from both the Samsung Both Fitt’s Law and Affordance was given special consideration
SCH-U740 cell phone and Red Box. The Samsung SCH-U740 is a to the touch interaction with the Rating screen. Josh Clark
cell phone with a rotating hinge that enables the screen to indicates particular areas where special consideration needs to
extend in 2 directions, vertical (hotdog) and horizontal be given in his book Tapworthy. Therefore, “Done” is at the top
(hamburger). Vertical rotation keeps the standard flip phone left of the rating page to afford returning to the previous screen
interaction with T9WORD text messaging, whereas, the once the ranking task is done. Furthermore, this is applied to the
horizontal flip is used for speaker phone and a QWERTY “up” and “down” primary actions in the book list. The arrows are
keyboard. The industrial design of bookPal was based off in a button to afford a larger target area and distinguish primary
Samsung’s pivoting screen and substitutes a physical keyboard to secondary tasks.
for a digital in order to increase screen real estate while reading. .
Additionally, Red Box was given great consideration due to how Don Norman’s Usability Guidelines
successfully it has been able to penetrate the movie rental Don Norman’s Usability Guidelines are Visibility, Good
business. Strategically located distribution machines with easy Conceptual Model, Mappings, and Feedback.
access and localized support seems like a logical transition for The primary page emphasizes the search through Visibility as
local library systems to make. The idea of providing a digital the primary task as it is more visible. The LiveBookmark
interface in order to promote and rank current -bin contents conceptual model affords visiual communication with both
and warehoused information was grounded in promoting bookPal & -bin by providing implicit starting points paired with
competition and social interactions among the user group. proven design patterns. Good mappings help the user
Therefore, it seemed logical to “reward” users for contributions determine the relationship between actions and results,
to the LiveBookmark community. controls, and effects, by using natural mapping.
Immediate feedback to the user is indicated through the
responsive touch screen as well as drop downs, which reveal
Fitt’s Law & Affordance additional information.
Fitt’s Law predicts that the time required to rapidly move to a
target area is a function of the distance to and the size of the
target.
Affordances are parts of a system that allow, or afford, us to
interact with the system.
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Reflection
Point at Things
Point at Things implies physically pointing devices at objects to
retrieve information, which can be contained in “information
shadows”. Augmented Reality is an artificial environment
created through the combination of real-world and
computer-generated data. Both principles are used in designing
bookPal’s LiveBookmark .
The LiveBookmark retrieves text from the book via a smart
flexible screen that acts as an optical lense. The information is
compared to markers for the audio and digital materials and the
position is pinpointed before all points are synched.
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