Demo of Austin's 1830 Map exhibit in spotlight for the Code4Lib Spotlight Community Call, November 9, 2018.

1. Spotlight on an Item
USING SPOTLIGHT FOR SINGLE ITEM FEATURE WEBSITE
Beth German
egerman@tamu.edu
Spotlight Community Call
November 9, 2018

2. Goal
Feature Austin’s 1830
map with context and
credits

3. The Libraries’ Web Ecosystem
Need to use the right service for the business and user need

4. CMS Options
Cascade
•Main website CMS / Microsites
•Flat pages, no navigation
•IIIF integration and IIIF reliant
•No curator access
LibGuides
•Service description does not include the use case
•Navigation
•Gallery capabilities
•Unexplored IIIF integration
•Easy for curators to use
OAKTrust
(dSpace)
•Hosts the files
•Limited easy viewing
•Little customization
•No navigation
Spotlight
•New to ecosystem
•Learning curve for curators
•Widgets and IIIF available

5. Spotlight Demo
HTTPS://SPOTLIGHT.LIBRARY.TAMU.EDU/SPOTLIGHT/AUSTIN-MAP/

6. Creation Issues = Flexibility
 Limited WYSIWYG
 Change widget size
 Custom CSS
 Button style links
 Font size bigger and smaller
 Skip Browse and go to all items

7. Bugs?
 Simultaneous edits
 Pages with same title
 Alignment shift
 All the same title (bitstream descriptions from dSpace; used custom metadata field)

8. Issues with model?
 Too many features?
 Citation? – OAKTrust or Spotlight?