Virtual Serendipity: Preserving Embodied Browsing Activity in the 21st Century Research Library |
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| Authors: | Matt Cook |
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| Institution: | University of Oklahoma Libraries, 401 W Brooks St. Room LL108N, Norman, OK 73019, United States |
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| Abstract: | As academic library collections are moved off site to make room for learning commons-type collaboration spaces, exploratory research processes (e.g. stacks browsing activities) are threatened. Given the range of benefits associated with chance information encounters in the physical book stacks, the disappearance of accessible collections is problematic. Fortunately, by focusing on embodied aspects of the physical browsing experience we can leverage emerging technologies to preserve instances of serendipitous information retrieval. Virtual reality, in this case, provides a browsing platform that allows for the type of search activity typically associated with research in the physical books stacks and preserves the benefits thereof. |
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| Keywords: | Browsing Virtual reality Serendipitous information retrieval |
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