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The Fresh Twist Newsletter — November 2007 | Issue 30

BZA Implements Timeline for Seton Hall University Web Site

The Seton Hall University (SHU) Jewish-Christian-Islamic Virtual Media Library wanted to create a web site devoted to Jewish-Christian, Jewish-Muslim, and Muslim-Christian interaction. SHU approached BZA with the challenge of building a complex timeline that could be integrated into the web site and be easily updated by SHU. After diligent research, BZA recommend the use of “Timeline,” an open source program that is available through the SIMILE Project from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Timeline is a DHTML-based AJAXy widget for visualizing time-based events. It is like Google Maps for time-based information and can be viewed though a web browser without out any software installation. Viewers can easily pan the timeline by dragging it horizontally. Events on the timeline are clickable providing details about events along with associated photographs or illustrations. The timeline is populated with data by pointing it to an XML file. BZA customized the user interface and designed a color pallet that facilitates the finding of information. We also trained the client on how to update and upload images in the proper directory. Check out the timeline at http://tltc.shu.edu/vml/timeline/webapp/jewish_muslim_timeline.html.

Timelines such as this can be used for a number of different applications. There is even a web timeline that displays the recent history of Chinese product recalls. Other applications include:

  • Project Phase Plan
  • Documenting Historical Events
  • Scientific Discovery
  • Visual Gallery
  • Company History
  • Biography

 

Patent Searching Made Easy

Imagine a mere 7 million patents available at your finger tips. As part of Google’s mission to organize the world of information and make it widely accessible and useful be sure to check out Google Patent Search.

With a friendly user interface you can now search the full text of the U.S. patent corpus and find patents that are of interest you. All information from Google Patent Search comes directly from United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Viewers can download patents issued in the 1790s through those issued in the middle of 2006. Google has converted the entire image database of U.S. patents into a format that is easy to search.

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BZA to Launch New Web Site for the Paterson Education Fund


We are anticipating the launch of the new Paterson Education Fund (PEF) web site in early December. PEF is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to stimulate community action for change so that the Paterson Public Schools ensure that all Paterson children achieve high standards. Founded in 1983, PEF's activities build and nourish a constituency for systematic school reform by educating the community on the importance of high standards and expectations in providing quality education for all children.

Zaccone to Lead Panel of Experts at NJAWBO Event


Barbara Zaccone will be leading a panel of experts at the NJAWBO Annual Procurement event which will be held on February 13th, 2008 at the Pines Manor in Edison, New Jersey. The panel discussion entitled “Savvy Web Marketing to Boost Your Bottom-line” will cover topics such as search engine ranking strategies, pay-per-click campaigns and the use of Web 2.0 tools such as MySpace, YouTube and Blogging.